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• 14 Feb 10
  

  Craig Cunningham

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• 21 May 09
  

  Elizabeth Ortega

  McLeod, S. (2008, May). Blocking the future. Retrieved May 21, 2009 from http://www.aasa.org/publications/saarticledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=10341&snItemNumber=&tnItemNumber=.
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• 20 Nov 08
  

  Jamie Fath

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• 15 Sep 08
  

  Scott Shephard

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• 04 Jun 08
  

  Tom Murphy

  In this environment, school district leaders have a critical choice to make: Will their schools pro-actively model and teach the safe and appropriate use of these digital tools or will they reactively block them out and leave students and families to fend for themselves?

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• 02 Jun 08
  

  Rachel Lacy

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• 29 May 08
  

  Anne Bubnic

  [May 2008] AASA article gives examples of school organizations that are desperately and inappropriately blocking the future and Scott McLeod pleads, "Please don't block the future." Please don't relegate your students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to second-class status in the new economy because you left it to them and their families to figure out on their own what it means to be digital, global citizens. Ask AASA and its state affiliates to provide more technology leadership-related professional development opportunities. And let us know how we can help.

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  • In this environment, school district leaders have a critical choice to make: Will their schools pro-actively model and teach the safe and appropriate use of these digital tools or will they reactively block them out and leave students and families to fend for themselves?
  • o better way to highlight organizational unimportance than to block out the tools that are transforming the rest of society.
  • the specific policies are much less important than the general mindset of the school district.
    
  • If a district has decided to figure out ways to facilitate technology usage and empower students and staff, the policies will follow accordingly. Conversely, if a district is determined to treat technology from a fearful or wary standpoint, its policies will reflect that position as well.
  • they do have to exercise appropriate oversight and convey the message, repeatedly and often, that frequent, appropriate technology usage is both important and expected.
  • they have the right mindset. Their first reaction is not “keep this out” but rather “how we can make this work?” We can learn from these organizations how they have balanced safety concerns with the need to empower students with 21st century skills and dispositions.
  • lease don’t relegate your students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to second-class status in the new economy because you left it to them and their families to figure out on their own what it means to be digital, global citizens.

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  David Warlick

  middle school librarian in New Jersey receives national media attention for posting "Just Say 'No' to Wikipedia" signs over the computers in her library. A private school in Michigan forbids students from having a MySpace account. A ban on cell ph

• 18 May 08
  

  Web Blocking

• 15 May 08
  

  ted ingraham

  A middle school librarian in New Jersey receives national media attention for posting “Just Say ‘No’ to Wikipedia” signs over the computers in her library.

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• 08 May 08
  

  Kyle Kauffman

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        middle school librarian in New Jersey receives national media attention for posting “Just Say ‘No’ to Wikipedia” signs over the computers in her library. A private school in Michigan forbids students from having a MySpace account. A ban on cell phones in New York City schools causes a parent uproar. Students and staffers in some Texas and Oklahoma schools are prohibited from accessing Google. A Washington principal is told by his school district’s technology coordinator that he’s not allowed to blog to his school community. And so on.
     
      Some educators see these types of events as principled stands against the shortcomings and hassles of digital technologies. Others see them as rejections of the dehumanization of the education process by soulless machines. Perhaps we ought to view them instead as examples of school organizations that are desperately and inappropriately blocking the future.
     
      It is clear by now our world is becoming even more technological, not less. Technology tools such as digital software, online systems, global networks and personal computers are literally reshaping global civilization. The democratization of media, the ability of local sellers to compete in worldwide markets, and software that replaces jobs once done by humans are all examples of transformational impacts that have arisen in just the past decade. We are at the forefront of societal change on the scale of the agricultural or industrial revolutions.
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  Missi Baker
  • In this environment, school district leaders have a critical choice to make: Will their schools pro-actively model and teach the safe and appropriate use of these digital tools or will they reactively block them out and leave students and families to fend for themselves? Unfortunately, many schools are choosing to do the latter. As a technology advocate, I can think of no better way to highlight organizational unimportance than to block out the tools that are transforming the rest of society. Schools whose default stance is to prohibit rather than enable might as well plant a sign in front of their buildings that says, “Irrelevant to children’s futures.”
    
• 07 May 08
  

  Michelle Krill

  American Association of School Administrators - Publications - The School Administrator -

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• 06 May 08
  

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• 05 May 08
  

  Einar Berg

  Er blokkering av uønskede webtjenester det beste for elevene? Ed det ikke bedre å lære dem et kritisk forhold til dem?

  web2.0 education blocking pedagogy article

• 04 May 08
  

  Jane Greenspun

  Blocking the Future

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• 03 May 08
  

  Brad McAllister

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• 02 May 08
  

  Cam Good

  n this environment, school district leaders have a critical choice to make: Will their schools pro-actively model and teach the safe and appropriate use of these digital tools or will they reactively block them out and leave students and families to fend for themselves?

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  Evan Lembke

  A great article talking about the choice that school districts have regarding teaching digital tools or blocking them. Highly recommended!

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