Re: SEC: Revoked Internet Privileges

[Betty Hamilton <bhamilt@tenet.edu>]

Bob Laramee wrote:
>The type of situations we are asking of ourselves and now our students
> makes me question whether we really believe in the totality of what >"the freedom 
>to read" for students.  This AUP clause would ask our >students to play policeman.

Hi Bob and All,

No, we are not asking students to "play policemen". We ARE asking them
to be responsible for this very open privilege that they are being
given. When we talk about "inappropriate" we mean INAPPROPRIATE for a
public school (the same reason why I don't spend tax dollars on Hustler
magazine and some others). We who explain the AUP tell them that what
may be appropriate on their computer at home with parents' permission or
knowledge is quite different from access that is paid for by tax dollars
and is available to students via a public school facility. We also
compare it to driving appropriately.

So far we have not considered filtering software and we really don't
want that. We feel that once students thoroughly understand and sign the
AUPs, then THEY are responsible for their own behavior. At high school
level, we don't feel that's too much to ask. As far as being a
"policeman", I feel that that sentence puts them in the same category
that it would one of us if WE saw someone doing something that was
clearly against the law -- defacing property, stealing a car, abusing
someone, etc. We certainly would report such.

I *do* think that a federal law has been passed saying that to interfere
(hack into) electronic files that are not open to the public IS a
federal offense kind of like messing with the U. S. Mail. Am I right
about that? It seems that the law was passed (or at least being
discussed) back when some bank databases had been hacked into by some
"hobby hackers."

Thanks for the comments....

Betty
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