Resources

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Interesting Information (latest news on top, last updated 8/21/12, there will be no more updates) - Categorized Achive

• Article - How long would it take to crack your password? by Lisa Vaas
• Article - Inside Facebook security: defending users from spammers, hackers, and 'likejackers' By Ellis Hamburger
• Article - Business trips abroad could endanger your computer data by Mitch Lipka
  
• Blog - Notifying users affected by the DNSChanger malware posted by Damian Menscher, Security Engineer
• Article - The Unseen Security Dangers in Financial Web Sites by Alan Wlasuk
• Article - Nine Major Ways Criminals Use Facebook by Michael B. Sauter, Adam Poltrack and Ashley C. Allen
• Infographic - Free Wi-Fi: Friend or Foe? by Fergal Glynn
• Article - Social Media: Still A Popular Hunting Ground for Cyber Criminals by Steve Ragan
• Article - Kaspersky performing independent security analysis on OS X by Jacqui Cheng
• Announcement 5/8/12 - Malware Installed on Travelers' Laptops Through Software Updates on Hotel Internet Connections by FBI
  
• Article - Hackerproof: Your Guide to PC Security by Matt Smith
  
• Article - Hands-on with five antivirus apps for the Mac by Jacqui Cheng
• Article - Kaspersky performing independent security analysis on OS X (Updated) The firm's CTO says Apple asked for help—and at just the right time. by Jacqui Cheng
  
• Article - Apple Changes Security Playbook With Flashback Response by Matthew J. Schwartz
  
• Article - Global Payments Breach Window Expands by KrebsOnSecurity
• Article - Hotmail remote password reset 0-day bug found, patched by Help Net Security
  
• Article - Phishing victims' losses are own fault - court by The Local
• Article - The NSA Is Building the Country's Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say) by James Bamford
• Instructional Resource - Khan Academy
• Article - Mobile, internet & identity safety (be aware that this is a UK site!)
• Report - Google Wallet hacked again, no root access required by Taylor Wimberly
• Article - Defending Privacy at the U.S. Border: A Guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices
• Article - SOPA and PIPA: Just the Facts by Jared Newman
• Article - Top Ten Cyber Security Trends for Financial Services in 2012 by Booz Allen
• Article - Exclusive: Millions of printers open to devastating hack attack, researchers say by Bob Sullivan
• Article - Man-made super-flu could kill half humanity by Autonomous non-profit organization (ANO) "TV-Novosti", Channel "RT TV"
• Article - Think You Can Hide, Anonymous Blogger? Two Words: Google Analytics by Andy Baio
• Article - Which phones, networks run Carrier IQ mobile tracking software? by Zack Whittaker
• Article - There's still a lot we don't know about Carrier IQ by John Moe
• Article - BUSTED! Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps by Dan Goodin
• Article - How I was hacked – a tale of hijack, XBox Live and FIFA trading cards by Dan Crawley
• Article - New Facebook feature lets you exist at all moments in your life simultaneously by John Moe
• Article - PIPA, SOPA and OPEN: Three acronyms that could change the Internet by John Moe
• Article - The Impact of the iPad on K-12 Schools by Tanya Roscorla
• Article - 4 Ways to Prepare Teachers for Technology Integration by Tanya Roscorla
• Article - This is how Windows get infected with malware by Peter Kruse
• Article - Skype for iPhone makes stealing address books a snap by Dan Goodin
• Software - Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper
• Article - Mobile banking: Will you be hacked?
• Article - Is Social Media Pushing E-Mail to Extinction? by News Staff
• Question, Video - Can a 1964 Modem Still Connect to the Internet? by news staff of Government Technology
• Article - Botnet is both massive and sneaky by John Moe
• Question - According to a new study, how much digital data currently exists? by Chad Vander Veen
• Website - Recommended Items to Include in a Basic Emergency Supply Kit by the US government
• Article - Dropbox left document storage accounts open for four hours by Jeremy Kirk
• Article - What is Google hiding from you? by John Moe
• Article - San Francisco Picks Microsoft Cloud for Enterprise E-Mail by Sarah Rich
• Article - Google Takes NOAA as Battle for E-Mail Market Continues by Sarah Rich
• Article - More On Publisher Greed by Ulf Wolf
• Article - 'Epic' Corruption in New York CityTime System Uncovered by News Staff of Government Technology
• Article - ICANN Domain Rule Changes Usher in Unlimited Possibilities by Chad Vander Veen
• Video - How to change Facebook Facial Recognition Settings by Jeff Jackson
• Article - Facebook's Facial Recognition Flops, If the cutting-edge technology can't detect your face most of the time, what do you have to fear? by Megan Geuss and Sarah Jacobsson Purewal
• Article - Study: National Broadband Map Doesn't Include All Carriers or Coverage by Sarah Rich
• Article - World IPv6 Day Should Bring Surprises and Valuable Data by Matt Williams
• Website - Copyright at CUNY
• Book - Internet Security Book for Kids, Teens, and Adults: Own Your Space by Linda McCarthy

Handouts

• The Multimedia Center of the School of Education (2 pages; pdf file)
• The CCNY E-Mail and CUNY Portal (3 pages; pdf file)
• Using Blackboard (2 pages; pdf file)
• Using the iPod Nano with Video (1 page; pdf file)
• Microsoft Office Handouts by California State University, Los Angeles: MS Office 2007, 2003, 2002 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, etc.) for different levels: Introduction, Intermediate and Advanced
• Using the CCNY Server Space with Secure Shell 3.0 for Windows (10 pages; pdf file)
• How to install Secure Shell 3.0 for Windows (SSH) (33 pages; pdf file)
• Notes on Website Design (1 page; pdf file)
• Inspiration 8.0 tutorials (videos, webcasts, etc.) a visual graphic program by Inspiration Software, Inc.
• Using e-mail via the CCNY account (7 pages; pdf file)
• Search the Internet (4 pages; pdf file)
• Research with the Internet (1 page; pdf file)
• Introduction to Computers (4 pages; pdf file)
• PDF Handouts for several software applications by Baseline Access, Training and Support at San Diego State University: Operating Systems, MS Office 2007, 2003, 2000; Adobe Photoshop CS, 5.5; etc.
• How To Guides by catalyst, University of Washington
• TaskStream topics
• How to set up your ePortfolio Account in Epsilen (4 pages; pdf file)

Technology

• Internet Security Book for Kids, Teens, and Adults: Own Your Space by Linda McCarthy
• Online Dictionary for computer terms.
• TaskStream Information
• Search engines:
  • List of Search Engines with brief description on Wikipedia.
  • Search Engine Colossus - a directory of international search engines.
• Educational search engines:
  • Ask ERIC - the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• Search engines designed for children:
  • KidsClick - web search for children made by librarians.
  • Yahooligans - search engine for children by Yahoo.com.
• Evaluating website information:
  • Evaluating Web Sites by Lesley University Library
    
  • Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources by the USM Libraries
    
  • Critically Analyzing Information Sources by Cornell University Library
• Acceptable Use Policies by Virginia Department of Education, Division of Technology - their meaning and example policies.
• W3 Schools.com - tutorials on different web scripting languages from beginner to advance levels.
• Mac Viruses, Malware, Spyware, etc.
• • Apple Mac Malware - A short history (1982-2010)
  • Free Anti-Virus Software: Sophos,   ClamXav

General

• Online Writing Lab - handouts for teachers and students. Topics:
  General Writing Concerns (Planning/Writing/Revising/Genres), Research and Documenting Sources, Punctuation, Spelling and Capitalization, etc.
• Copyright
  • (C)opyright @ CUNY
  • US Copyright Law
  • US Copyright Law - Fair Use
  • Fair Use Challenges in Academic and Research Libraries by Brandon Butler, Peter Jaszi and Patricia Aufderheide
  • Copyright Consideror by Jim Lengel - this tool helps you to think through your copyright questions
  • Linking Rights by Brad Templeton - Article about linking to other websites.
  • 10 Big Myths about copyright explained by Brad Templeton
    
• Plagiarism
  • Educational Cyberplayground - Information for teachers and students about plagiarism.
  • Plagiarism.org - Latest news about plagiarism and prevention.
    
• Citation
  • All about MLA, APA, Chicago, etc. Citation Styles for websites, email messages, and other web resources.
    
  • Columbia University Citation Guide: Citing Electronic Resources

Libraries

• CCNY and CUNY Resources - the City College directory of campus libraries.
• The Internet Public Library - contains over 40,000 annotated web resources about different topics (e.g. Astronomy, Education, etc.).
• Librarian's Internet Index - an annotated subject directory of Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians.
• Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image - special Collections Library to provide the scholarly community with web access to virtual facsimiles of original texts, documents, and sources from Penn's collections.
• The United States Library of Congress - the Library preserves a collection of nearly 121 million items, more than two-thirds of which are in media other than books. These include the largest map, film, and television collections in the world.
• Project Gutenberg - free online books.
• SearchBiblio.com - find used, rare, and out-of-print books.

ePortfolios

School of Education ePortfolio samples

For information about ePortfolios of the School of Education please click here.

Education

• How to get started with Wikis
  • Articles:
    • Taking a Walk on the Wiki Side : Campus Technology by Brian Lamb
    • Main Articles: 'Making the Case for a Wiki', Ariadne Issue 42 by Emma Tonkin
  • BLOGs WIKIs RSS Feeds etc Tools Exploring Online Resources TLT Group Faculty Professional Development Workshop Tailored Website - Educational Uses of Blogs, Wikis, RSS Feeds, etc.
  • Open Course Collaboratories? - In virutal communities, teachers help teachers to use Web technology to improve their teaching. They discuss how to develop evaluate and use open, non-proprietary learning objects in their discipline.
  • Build your own Wiki - PB Wiki - Free Collaborative Editing & Publishing
  • Find the best suitable Wiki for you - WikiMatrix
• How to get started with ePortfolios:
  • University and School Level ePortfolio Samples
  • Electronic Portfolio Articles
  • My Electronic Portfolio for Kintergarden 2000-2001, Victoria Barrett
  • Electronic Portfolios from Discovery Middle School
  • Helen Barrett - Technology & Assessment
• Kid Info - homework help, reference resources, fun sites for students, teachers and parents.
• Edutopia - George Lucas Educational Foundation
• ThinkQuest - A global network of students, teachers, parents and technologists dedicated to exploring youth-centered learning on the Net.
• Instructional Technology Online Resources from Philadelphia University