Bob Bowman's Free Educational Technologies: Tech Issues and Technophobia
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TECH ISSUES & TECHNOPHOBIA ©

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    SECURITY/PRIVACY:

  1. Privacy Foundation (.org) lists the many ways your online and offline privacy is being monitored and actions to take (under resources: find glossary basics, Web bug primer, FAQs, etc.)
  2. Online Guide to Practical Privacy Tools - from the Electronic Privacy Information Center
  3. International Web Police - report crimes, request info, etc.
  4. Peacefire Takes Aim at Filtering software PC World
  5. An Overview of Cryptology (Gary Kessler)
  6. The Biggest Virus Encyclopedia (over 30,000 entries)
  7. See Security resources at PCWorld
  8. Security Page from Scrounge.org
  9. Getting Started with PGP from ACM Crossroads Student Magazine
  10. PCHELP security issues

    SECURITY/PRIVACY: SOFTWARE

  11. Trend Micro's Free Online Virus Scanner
  12. See Zeroknowledge.com for personal firewall and more
  13. SurfinGuard 5.51 - free for personal use from finjan.com
  14. SurfinGuard 5.51 - free for personal use from PC World
  15. See Security resources at PCWorld
  16. Stop pop-up ads via Proxomitron
  17. Intermute's Ad Subtract -also see 11745 -Guidescopes util
  18. Bugnosis utility from the Privacy Foundation
  19. Free version of PC Guardian encryptor from pcguardian.com
  20. Sircam Detector for PC defense
  21. Get LavaSoft's free Ad-aware program
  22. PC-Help.org (protection methods and software) BONUS: Find names of the URLs showing only numbers
  23. Free firewall from zonealarm.com
  24. See free Cypertext encryption at pcug.org (with related links)
  25. Trend Micro's HouseCall: Free Online Virus checker
  26. AVG Anti-Virus System Main Page - (free but offer restricted - see details)
  27. Freebyte's Guide to free anti-virus software
  28. ZoneAlarm (R) - firewall software, is still FREE for personal and non-profit use
  29. Sygate Personal Firewall is free for personal use
  30. Firewall Guide Freeware
  31. Freebielist.com offers security programs - free for personal use
  32. PGP(R): or Pretty Good Privacy(R) enables people to securely exchange messages, files, disk volumes, and network connections with encryption for privacy - restricted to U. S. use only (via MIT distribution)

    TECH ISSUES:

    (Including Technology in Education, Technophobia, etc.)

  33. Technophobia (BSU)
  34. Technophobia by Jennifer Spresser
  35. Michael's Tips for the Technophobic
  36. Free Articles on Technology, Anger/Stress Management, etc. (articles911.com)
  37. Opening the Bottleneck of Technology Skills Among Staff (tnellen.com)
  38. Anti-Technology: Luddism (Colorado Univ.)
  39. John Kupersmith's Webspace
  40. A Study of Technology Sophistication... - CSUDH
  41. Investing in School Technology- U.S. Dept. of Education
  42. Education Leadership Toolkit - for change and technology in America's Schools (NSBA)
  43. New Times Demand New Ways of Learning (NCREL)
  44. The emerging contribution of online resources and tools to classroom learning and teaching (Report submitted to SchoolNet / Rescol - by TeleLearning Network Inc.
  45. Parking your child in front of the computer may seem like a good idea, but think again. (article from U.S. News Online
  46. How to Tame Technology (USA TODAY)
  47. Constructivist Tools for Learning - beyond drill and practice tools and software (USASK)
  48. Softpanorama University Unix Security Pages
  49. Literacy Links - from the Learning Shop (UK)
  50. Literacy and Technology (Dr. Joyce Hinkson)

    WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION:

  51. See INDEX for COPING, TECHNOLOGY, TECHTOOLS, etc.
  52. FREEWARE SECTION has related FREE software
  53. Search the Internet using various engines and strategies listed in INDEX
    under HOW-TO GUIDES, and WEBTOOLS (for SAFE SEARCHING), etc., e.g.-
    Got a question? Just type it in and click "Ask."
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