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Oops... I forgot to add the responses. Thanks again to everyone who sent a response. I so appreciate everyone who took the time to share their expertise with = me. Readingly yours, Chris ****** Google has SafeSearch filtering. Do you have it set on "strict filtering"?= I did a search for Marco Polo and for Paris and didn't see anything = objectionable. ****** From your google page go to advanced search and choose safe settings. You = will need to do this on each computer. Obviously it will not be a totally = successful answer but should improve the situation. ****** We had the same trouble with Google. We only blocked Google images. The = students had to go another search engine for pictures. We found Google to = be the worst so far with inappropriate images. This solved the problem for = us. Plus, we told the students we would be looking at the history of the computers. We were very diligent for a week or two so the students knew we = were doing it and that alone helped stop it. We also let it be known to = the students why Google was blocked. Really upset them and some teachers as = they had a been using this site as a quick source. Knowing we would block = any engine image sites for the entire school calmed our student body down = as they did not want to search for pictures doing a regular search. We = were not afraid to block to prove a point and show how miss using the = internet will immediately have consequences of loss to the entire student body. ****** If you go into Advanced Image Search in Google, you can turn on the = feature "Safe Search." You can choose between "no filtering," "moderate = filtering," and strict filtering." At the top of each search results page it says = what kind of filtering is applied, so you can tell when passing by if = somebody has disabled the safe search. ****** Chris, this is a long shot... set your preferences for Google's Safesearch = options. The strict filtering for images is pretty good. THEN, find your = Cookies file. It should be in /Documents and settings/[loginname]/Cookies. = You'll know that you have the right folder, since you'll see all sorts of = text files. Change the google cookie file to 'read only'. That way a = student won't be able to change the preferences to no Safesearch. I don't = know if per session changes can be made, but a student shouldn't be doing = that anyway. On the other hand, your kids are proving the 'experts' wrong = by their persistence in looking through many pages of pictures. <groan>. = Supposedly, folks don't keep looking after a page or two. We have similar = experiences, especially with 5th grade boys. We decided to block google = images and let them find the images they need on the paid for databases = and encyclopedias; after all their parents are paying for the DBs and = encyclopedias and the kids are finding images for educational purposes per = the mission of the school district. ****** The only idea I've come up with is to do the research ahead of time, and = store the appropriate images on a CD or your intranet. Then the students = could access that. Some schools don't use google at all. I have the same = problem here, too! Picsearch.com is another image site, but it tends to = be even more graphic than google images. ****** If you go to Preferences on Google you can set it to filter. . . this = solved our porn issues.. . . Christine L. Evans, librarian Library/Media Center Barrington Middle School - Station cevans@cusd220.k12.il.us 847-381-0464 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. 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/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-