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Luckily, the nation’s schools do not seem to be filled with cyber criminals although this does not mean that students will not be creative. To offset the negative impact of student creativity, teachers should make every effort to educate their students on the importance of cyber ethics and safety. As schools begin to utilize online [...]

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Since the invention of the printing press, there has been an ongoing debate on how copyright laws should protect individuals who produce, and wish to protect, their original work. Now, with emerging technology and the information highway, policy developers are finding it again necessary to reshape these laws to fit the copyright needs of today [...]

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Avatars can be used by classroom teachers when designing interactive lessons as a way of interacting with students. Most avatars are known as “bots” and are powered by Natural Language Processing. Some avatars like Crazy Talk allows users to record natural voice overs along with secondary sound recordingd like music. Avatars like MASH (Microsoft Agent [...]

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The Digital Sandbox is now sponsoring a new blog entitled Educational Leadership. Educational Leadership is designed to define the roles of leadership and how these roles affect organizational decision making. The primary focus will be to develop definitions around the essential elements of leadership within the dynamics of the school setting and how leadership becomes a [...]

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