[LM_NET] Shifting from Blocking to Watching

[Nancy Willard <nwillard@CSRIU.ORG>]

Hi all,

Now that I am a new blogger, I am realizing that many questions that I
receive or are posted on these lists are providing the opportunity for a
blog response. Yesterday I wrote a blog about copyright that I have not yet
posted because I want to get permission to include portions of the really
great question that was asked.

This morning I was interviewed by a writer for District Administrator who is
working on a story on filtering and monitoring. Of course, I have no
strongly held opinions on filtering. Right? ;-)

So there is now a new blog on my site about filtering and monitoring.

On the advice of a wonderful colleague (yes, I take all of the advice I can
get) I have shifted my blog to a new address: http://csriu.wordpress.com/

Here are a few opening comments: When schools first established on-ramps for
the information superhighway, the common wisdom was that ³filters would
protect children as they use the Internet.² I never bought into that myth.
My position has always been that the best filtering software sits under the
hardware that rides on top of the shoulders. ...
I do acknowledge that filters are necessary for school Internet systems. But
they have to be managed appropriately so that they do not interfere with
effective instruction or school safety. It is inappropriate for schools to
place heavy reliance on filtering.

All best.

Nancy
-- 
Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org
http://cyber-safe-kids.com
NEW BLOG at: http://csriu.wordpress.com/
nwillard@csriu.org

Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social
Aggression, Threats, and Distress (Research Press)

Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use the
Internet Safely and Responsibly (Jossey-Bass)

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