Tod Baker on 2009-07-13
Although I have been impressed with the effectiveness of the GFW lately.
This link has been bookmarked by 36 people . It was first bookmarked on 11 Jul 2009, by Tom Daccord.
an editorial on how student know how to go right around a blocked site at school while teachers can't and so the blocks hurt teachers more
Web site filters in schools have had tremendous success in keeping one group of people from freely searching online. Unfortunately, that group is teachers.
Under the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000, any school or library that uses federal funds to buy computers is required to install Internet filters. Such legislation may score political points, but it isn't safeguarding students from online hazards. More often, filters hamstring teachers' efforts to develop lessons that effectively prepare students for 21st-century challenges.
Web site filters in schools have had tremendous success in keeping one group of people from freely searching online. Unfortunately, that group is teachers.
Tod Baker on 2009-07-13
Although I have been impressed with the effectiveness of the GFW lately.
Tod Baker on 2009-07-13
Of course. Students with street smarts can be the same good people online.
Web site filters in schools have had tremendous success in keeping one group of people from freely searching online. Unfortunately, that group is teachers. Content filters are knee-high fences around the Internet: They may trip up older folks, but teens leap right over. Our students are at risk of making bad decisions online, and our knee-high fences won't help. Filters stifle teaching innovations and don't effectively keep students safe. The best strategy for protecting students online is educating them about Internet citizenship and safety. The other effective strategy for protecting youths online is supervision, both high-tech and old-fashioned.
Content filters are knee-high fences around the Internet: They may trip up older folks, but teens leap right over. Walk the halls of a public school, and students will readily share tips for evading filters, some of which would be good work-arounds for the Great Firewall of China
Our students are at risk of making bad decisions online, and our knee-high fences won't help. Filters stifle teaching innovations and don't effectively keep students safe. If you don't believe me, I can refer you to 187,000 kids who will set you straight.
Great article about school filters. Read it and pass it along to your administration, maybe. But certainly, discuss it with them.
Op-ed article on need to rethink how we facilitate internet use in schools.
The best strategy for protecting students online is educating them about Internet citizenship and safety. Young people need to learn about safeguarding their personal information, handling cyber-bullying, reporting and ignoring advances from strangers, avoiding online scams, and being courteous in online communication. They must understand the dangers and consequences of making details of their private lives available to the public. This education needs to happen at home as well as in homerooms, health classes, school assemblies, technology classes and guidance counseling.
The Internet is an integral and growing part of our lives and, to prepare our children for the future, schools must help students wisely and safely use the Web.
Kind of a weak article, but good in that it is in the Washington Post. Maybe this will generate some much needed discussions, focusing more on educating, then blocking.
Discusses the futility of firewalls and how they hamstring teachers but not students; encourages teaching digital citizenship and responsibility.
Alternatives to firewalls / filters in schools.
In Schools, a Firewall That Works Too Well
By Justin Reich
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Web site filters in schools have had tremendous success in keeping one group of people from freely searching online. Unfortunately, that group is teachers.
Web site filters in schools have had tremendous success in keeping one group of people from freely searching online. Unfortunately, that group is teachers.
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