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		<title>Seniors learning computers, the Internet despite the challenges</title>
		<link>http://learnthenet.org/2012/05/10/seniors-learning-computers-the-internet-despite-the-challenges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite having a computer in the home at several points in her life, my mother still doesn&#8217;t &#8220;get&#8221; them. First we had a Commodore 64 in the &#8217;80s, then a PC in the early &#8217;90s. Truth told, however, it was me using them, not my mom. So when in 2007 I gave her a Windows-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Offline and online data: back it up!</title>
		<link>http://learnthenet.org/2012/04/26/offline-and-online-data-back-it-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the observance of Preservation Week, I want to shift gears a bit for this week&#8217;s post and talk briefly about a topic dear to me: saving your data. The Internet age has brought with it many changes to how we use and share information. Rather than writing information in notebooks and letters, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social media websites and applications on the rise</title>
		<link>http://learnthenet.org/2012/04/12/social-media-websites-and-applications-on-the-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;re new to the Internet — or have been living in a cave — you know that social media has been an influential part of the Web for well over a decade. As an interactive social instrument of communication, social media has shaped how we communicate with each other, all thanks to that wacky [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education and the Internet: Who is getting left behind?</title>
		<link>http://learnthenet.org/2012/03/22/education-and-the-internet-who-is-getting-left-behind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Douglas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a student or parent of a student, you&#8217;re likely to be at least somewhat aware of the push to include technology in education. Whether at middle school or graduate school, the presence of interactive whiteboards, tablets, and online lectures is greater every year. And while there&#8217;s still plenty of debate about the effectiveness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet privacy: It&#039;s a complicated issue</title>
		<link>http://learnthenet.org/2012/03/08/internet-privacy-its-a-complicated-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend a ruckus was made over Google&#8217;s implemented privacy policy changes, with many critics arguing that the changes will only further crush people&#8217;s online privacy rights. Yet seemingly for every critic who protested the changes, someone else expressed how either the changes weren&#8217;t so limiting or — even more drastically — how our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children benefit when parents introduce them to, know something about online environments</title>
		<link>http://learnthenet.org/2012/02/23/children-benefit-when-parents-introduce-them-to-know-something-about-online-environments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month news broke of parent Tommy Jordan and his somewhat unorthodox method of dealing with his daughter&#8217;s disobedience in the online realm. Jordan&#8217;s daughter, Hannah, reportedly used vulgarity on Facebook to talk poorly about her family. In response, Jordan lectured his daughter and then shot his daughter&#8217;s laptop nine times with a pistol. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safer Internet Day supporters rely on statistics, information to increase awareness</title>
		<link>http://learnthenet.org/2012/02/10/safer-internet-day-supporters-rely-on-statistics-information-to-increase-awareness/</link>
		<comments>http://learnthenet.org/2012/02/10/safer-internet-day-supporters-rely-on-statistics-information-to-increase-awareness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Tuesday saw people all over the globe observing Safer Internet Day (SID), with the aim of &#8220;promot[ing] safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world.&#8221; Originally spawned as a European event in 2004, support for the cause has expanded significantly since. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet activism makes grand strides in battle against SOPA, PIPA</title>
		<link>http://learnthenet.org/2012/01/26/internet-activism-makes-grand-strides-in-battle-against-sopa-pipa/</link>
		<comments>http://learnthenet.org/2012/01/26/internet-activism-makes-grand-strides-in-battle-against-sopa-pipa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in March 2010, Learn the Net posted an article about internet activism, stating that despite criticism, e-activism &#8220;isn&#8217;t going to disappear.&#8221; The closing line of that article was: &#8220;Often it takes more than a few words on a blog or an e-mail to make a difference, but it&#8217;s a positive start.&#8221; Fast forward a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social learning, bandwidth issues top education technology trends for 2012</title>
		<link>http://learnthenet.org/2012/01/12/social-learning-bandwidth-issues-top-education-technology-trends-for-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://learnthenet.org/2012/01/12/social-learning-bandwidth-issues-top-education-technology-trends-for-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Douglas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet in Classroom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[2011 has come and gone, and tied to it were numerous stories related to education technology. E-readers and tablets like the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Apple iPad gained momentum, big-name universities offered even more free online classes, and the flipped classroom gained more attention. And while some ed tech predictions weren&#8217;t realized in 2011, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discover what makes today special</title>
		<link>http://learnthenet.org/2012/01/09/discover-what-makes-today-special/</link>
		<comments>http://learnthenet.org/2012/01/09/discover-what-makes-today-special/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lerner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to beat the Internet as a learning tool, regardless of your interests.  But one area in which the Internet really excels is history. Because history is a passion of so many people, there’s a wealth of resources available on the Web.  That’s why Learn the Net has recently teamed up with Famous Daily [...]]]></description>
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