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basically, i would agree with you BUT our students are not only accessing these
areas but they are using our resources to PRINT THEM OUT...and that is making
me bonkers. it's expensive. one of my students printed gaming information and
directions 120 pages...last year. that was before we caught him. when i did,
i charged him .10 a page. he paid up! but i extracted a promise from him that
whe would not do it again....this year caught him printing an 18 page simcity
document. he was banned from the puters for one week.
i'd like to be able to do what you do, but my budget won't allow it!
Roselle
Roselle Weiner,
LRC/Library Coordinator
American School for the Deaf
West Hartford CT
Jane Arnett wrote:
> I also found some of the suggestions for internet supervision to be
> unreasonable for high school students. We allow students to browse the
> internet during their free time and of course they go to find sites that
> interest them..World Wrestling Federation, cars, dirtbikes, song lyrics,
> etc..my feeling is that in searching for material that interests them they
> are teaching themselves how to be information literate as opposed to mearly
> computer literate. When an assignment comes along they will know how to
> search the internet. We include a page in the student handbook that covers
> our basic internet rules. Students and parents must sign that they have
> received and are willing to comply with the rules and guides in the
> handbook. Also as a personal opinion, standing behind someone and reading
> their computer screen is as rude as reading printed material over their
> shoulder...a quick look at the page graphics can tell you all you need to
> know about where the student is on the Internet.
> Jane Arnett, Media Specialist
> Waltrip High School Library
> ajarnett@tenet.edu
>
> ----------
> > From: Mary Alice Anderson <Maryalice@VAX2.WINONA.MSUS.EDU>
> > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject: Tech: internet supervision
> > Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 7:42 PM
> >
> > I am writing to respectfully differ with some of the suggestions in the
> HIT
> > about Internet supervision.
> >
> > Yes, we need to suprvise, yes we need policies, but I think should allow
> > kids to surf when appropriate. Don't we encourage them to browse through
> > magazines and books? It's no different if we really want them to use
> > information resources for both school assignments and leisure. Many kids
> > have hobbies and intrestes and some of those needs are best met with the
> > internet.
> > Our policy is that class assignemnts always take precedence and we don't
> > want the same kids "hogging" the internet during before and after schoel
> > open time. But, it is wonderful to see them excited about the information
> > they find. Yesterday for excample I watched how excited a group of girls
> > who were very excited about something. They are allkids whose families
> are
> > recent immigrants to the United States; I know they do not have acess to
> > the Internet in their homes.
> >
> >
> > Our school policy is that everyone has permission and permission is
> > defaulted to "yes" in the district computer system. If a parent does not
> > want to have the child use the internet then they fill out an "opt out"
> > form. We had only had one or two kids out of 1100 opt out. This is lot
> less
> > paperwork than rquiring a form from over 4700 kids! Wehave a district AUP
> > and also some shortened "common sense guidelines" posted by all the
> > computers.
> >
> > I am convinced that the best suprvision is good staff development and
> good
> > lesson design. With 3 years "under our belt" and the teachers using the
> > internet in valid ways problems are practically non exstent.
> >
> > Mary Alice Anderson, Media Specialist
> > & Editorial Consultant, _Book Report/Technology Connection_
> > and columnist, _Multimedia Schools_
> > Winona Middle School 166 West Broadway
> > Winona MN 55987 Ph: 507-454-9439
> >
> > School web site: http://wms.luminet.net
> > Personal home page: http://wms.luminet.net/teachers/manderso.html
> > Media tech page: http://wms.luminet.net/wmstechnology/index.html
> >
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