At 01:28 PM 3/2/2005, Don Korte wrote:
>of switching filters, again. Many, student appropriate, sites are now
>being blocked. We have been told by the district technology director
>that this is because of the new filter's system of categorizing sites.
>So far I have seen nothing blocked as either pornography or for sexual
>content, only for games, hobbies, free sites, advertising, etc. Does
>CIPA require this? So far today this filter has trashed one teacher's
Your District Tech people may be using CIPA as the reason to clamp down on
behaviors (like game playing) that are unwelcome in the network
environment. Those types of behaviors should more properly be addressed in
the Acceptable Use Policy. And then the Policy has to actually be enforced
by the campus administrators.
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Splendora, Tx 77372 fax: 281-689-8445
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drag." - Seneca
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