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• EdWize helping teachers have an effect on education debate

  With the launch of its blog EdWize (www.edwize.org) this summer, the UFT embraced an advocacy tool that has gained popularity over the last few years, especially in political campaigns and among citizen pundits during the 2004 elections.

• Which browser works for you?

  I hate to mention this to the Intelligent Design folks, but Darwinism is alive and well on the Internet. Right now there is a new struggle for dominance in the browser wars. Internet Explorer (IE) is the tyrannosaurus rex at the top of the food chain, but now other theropods are taking a bite out of T. rex’s digital domain.

• UFT launches blog

  Even though there wasn’t any announcement, the UFT made a splash in the blogosphere when it launched EdWize last month.

• Celebrate Black History Month on the Web

  The timeline of the civil rights movement is complex and should not exclude the major historical, social and cultural context of the time. For those of you who believe in that notion, the Internet will become your most valuable resource.

• Avoiding viruses not so easy

  “Never take candy from strangers!” In one form or another, that is probably the most frequently and universally volunteered advice given to children. But, for some reason, we fail to apply that lesson when we are on the Internet.

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