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Understanding Scareware: How Fear Becomes a Cybersecurity Weapon

a post for students in newtwork security class, I uploaded my notes about scareware to Co-pilot which wrote this post In the ever‑shifting landscape of cybersecurity threats, scareware stands out not because of its technical sophistication, but because of its psychological precision. Unlike stealthy malware that hides in the background, scareware bursts onto the screen Read More

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The Ethics of Educational Platforms: Data, Privacy, and Technoethical Audits

152: The Ethics of Educational Platforms: Data, Privacy, and Technoethical Audits I am reviewing some recent books and chapters I have written as I prepare my next book. As I review, I am have AI blog posts. This is an example. The modern school is fundamentally dependent on digital technology for nearly every aspect of Read More

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Not Your Average User: Why School IT Is Different from Business IT

151: Not Your Average User: Why School IT Is Different from Business IT This is an AI-generated post based on a chapter from a book I published under a Creative Commons license a few years ago When we talk about Information Technology (IT) in schools today, we are almost always referring to complex systems utilizing Read More

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Your Online Course Is Draining Student Brainpower: Four Simple Fixes from Learning Science

150: Spinning Up Distance Learning Classes Quickly I uploaded the syllabus for a course I planned, but never taught, to NotebookLM which generated this post Introduction: The Challenge of the “Empty Classroom” If you’re an educator, you’re likely familiar with this scenario: you’re handed an empty digital “course shell” in your learning management system and Read More

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Supporting Education in Rural Schools With Open Source Technology

157: Supporting Education in Rural Schools With Open Source Technology I’m messing around with rehashing my old writing with AI… here is an example from a chapter I wrote several years ago. In the chapter, I described several projects in which we supported education in rural areas using open source technology. Rural educators and school Read More

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Open Source Technology

164: Open Source Technology | RSS.com I’m messing around with rehashing my old writing with AI… here is an example from a chapter I wrote several years ago Open-source technology is defined by its dimensions of transparency and freedom. This type of software is produced by a growing community and has begun to compete with Read More

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Supporting New Teachers with Open Source Technology

I’m messing around with rehashing my old writing with AI… here is an example from a chapter I wrote several years ago Educational environments today demand that teachers constantly evolve their curriculum to reflect rapidly changing content expectations and new discoveries from the learning sciences. For educators who are developing previously untaught curricula or using Read More