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LOL Nancy I can't wait for someone to tell you myspace is an educational activity. And then I can't wait for the next posting where someone is bound to say -- I have academic freedom. And I want those folks who seem to think that anything goes -- need to start looking at the bandwidth My next biggest complaint is the Internet is so slow. Well when have the place is trying to watch American Idol -- download music - etc. it takes up bandwidth and heaven forbid when you try to block it or limit the bandwidth. I actually have adults complaining to me about how slow some of the things they are trying to do are and by gosh -- I just didn't know that watching TV shows in an office was work related -- but hey - let's remeber free and unfettered Internet access. I would love to - but with 4000 users and a 10mg circuit -- hey you just can't do everything -- It;s kind of like getting your paycheck -- you have so much money and you have to prioritze what is more important... Is that a radical concept? -- SInce I am a librarian I block as little as possible and have a different filters for different age groups/ I have traffic monitoring software in place -- and when the traffic starts hitting 50% or more - I look to see what sites are taking up bandwidth And for just once - I would like to see it be instructional -- instead - I find -- radio stations, TV shows, on-line college classes that teachers are taking, etc. I also allow teachers and students to request to have websites unblocked and they are normally unblocked in a matter of a few minutes unless there is an emergency and everyone in my office is away from their desks. SOmetimes legitimate sites have been blocked - but inthe majority of cases -- the website was spelled wrong -- or they tried to guess at what the website should be -- and I go and find the correct website and copy and paste the URL into the email. Legitimate sites that I have found blocked -- have been very few. Now I know that is not the case in alot of places -- it takes alot of time and effort to provide this much flexibilty... And I think because I am a librarian -- I take the time to do it -- but alot of folks aren't librarians and one size fits all for them. I disagree but before you start crtiticizing the IT staff - you need to find out how many staff members they have - how many computers are in the district, what type of access to the Internet does your district have, how many servers, how many software applpications -- SOmetimes you have to choose -- If you have a very small staff --and alot of servers and software applications -- you are going to spend your time there -- the most people you can keep functioning. Try to remember those things when you start criticizing yout IT dept. --- Nancy Willard <nwillard@CSRIU.ORG> wrote: > The reason students should not be accessing MySpace > and the like from > schools is that is not an educational activity. > Internet use in school > should be for educational purposes. Further there > are some liability risks - > like cyberbullying. But schools really ought to have > monitored social > networking environments for educational activities. > > I have had a librarian tell me that she used to have > teachers come to her to > bypass the filter to get to sites that were > inappropriately blocked. But > they are not doing this any more. She thinks this is > not because the > filtering has improved, but that the teachers also > have figured out how to > bypass the filter. Hmm. I had someone else tell me > that his son has set up a > proxy on their home computer that the *teachers* and > students use to bypass > the filter to get to sites needed for educational > activities (probably not > the only reason). > > So here is the issue for you to consider: A teacher > has worked on a lesson > the night before and comes to school early in the > morning, checks her > lesson, finds she can't access a site or two, it is > now 7:45 and her class > comes in at 8:00. Do you have procedures set up so > that by 8:00 this teacher > can access the site she needs for her lesson? > > If this would not be possible, then changes need to > be made. And do not tell > me - or let your tech director tell you - that this > would be a violation of > CIPA. The only reason CIPA was upheld as > constitutional was the finding that > filters could be rapidly and easily overridden to > provide access to > inappropriately blocked sites. > > I am making this point really clear in the PPT for > schools I am working on > addressing effective Internet use management in a > Web 2.0 world. > > Nancy > -- > Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. > Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use > http://csriu.org > http://cyberbully.org > http://cyber-safe-kids.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) > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by > copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting > LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail > address book. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: > listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) > SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow > for confirmation. > * LM_NET Help & Information: > http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > * LM_NET Archive: > http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: > http://lm-net.info/ > * LM_NET Supporters: > http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Paula Yohe Director Of Technology/Library Media Center Dillon School District Two 405 West Washington Street Dillon, SC 29536 Phone: 843-841-3604 Fax:843-774-1214 paula_yohe@yahoo.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! 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