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Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth; Nworgu, Helen; Nworgu, Julie – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
As a result of the rapid increase in technological development and the widespread use of computer-based communication and information sharing via the internet, regulation relating to child protection has become a serious issue of concern. This concern is shared across many countries around the world, including those in Africa. But the issue of…
Descriptors: Internet, Child Safety, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse
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Yan, Zheng – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA; 2000) requires an Internet filtering and public awareness strategy to protect children under 17 from harmful visual Internet depictions. This study compared high school students who went online with the CIPA restriction and college students who went online without the restriction in order to…
Descriptors: College Students, High Schools, Safety, Internet
Olagunju, Amos O. – Online Submission, 2008
Incorrect access to Web site addresses and spam e-mails are continuing to make pornography rampant on the Internet at schools, homes and libraries. Collectively, parents, teachers and members of communities must become more aware of the risks and consequences of open access to the Internet, and the distinction between censorship and Internet…
Descriptors: Safety, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship
Pownell, David; Bailey, Gerald – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1999
Discusses whether schools should somehow filter the information available to students via the Internet. Highlights include censorship versus an individual's right to information; fear for children's safety as motivation; filtering legislation; deciding what to block; rating Internet sites; filtering options for schools; and recommendations. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 2002
This Congressional hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary presents testimony on the Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization Act, or the TEACH Act, introduced by Senator Orin Hatch (Utah) and Senator Patrick Leahy (Vermont). This legislation updates the education and distance learning provisions of the copyright…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Copyrights, Distance Education, Educational Development
Noor Al-Deen, Hana S. – 1994
The utilization of teleconferencing as part of the information highway, mainly among schools in North Carolina, is examined. The National Information Infrastructure, outlined by Vice President Gore in January 1994, is the official name of the information system. The U.S. Congress issued four pieces of legislation in support of high-tech…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cost Estimates, Distance Education, Educational Development
McAllister, Deborah A., Ed.; Deaver, Sharon R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2008
As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. Licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience. This course, Education 590 Culminating…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Projects, Student Projects, Student Teaching