Re: [LM_NET] Website that lets kids access myspace, etc

[Paula Yohe <paula_yohe@YAHOO.COM>]

I agree 100%
I don't think teaching them or encouraging them or
turning your head when they do try to get to sites on
the Internet that are supposed to be blocked is
appropriate either.

One thing I learned in library school was your
clientele should not be able to tell from your
collection your personal opinion on any issue

and I equate this as the same thing
Kids would never know what I think about traffic
rules, copyright law, religious beliefs, the IRS
(LOL),  etc.
and the use of the Internet is no different

Kids are kids and if they think we allow them to get
away with one thing - they will think the same thing
about every other rule and/or procedure

Paula

--- Deborah Stafford <deborah.stafford@T-ONLINE.DE>
wrote:

> Have been thinking this through as I prepare to give
> a workshop on Web 2.0
> next week.
> 
> My district does not allow myspace or facebook. They
> do allow NING if you
> set up a specific one.
> 
> My thoughts;
> 
> We should not be teaching kids that it is OK to
> bypass filters. Bypassing
> filters, hacking for myspace also allows bypassing
> systems for lots of other
> things. Do you want to open that can of worms?
> 
> We should NOT allow any and all social networking
> sites. Yes, students will
> use them now and in the future. Yes, we should do
> some teaching using these
> tools. But the tools we SELECT should be ones that
> we can monitor and adjust
> to our needs. I am working hard for my district to
> loosen up, allow someone
> at school to allow filter unblocking but I do not
> advocate nor do I use a
> proxy filter blocker.
> 
> This is an analogy I have been thinking over. It
> probably has a hole or two
> in it, but I think it does address this issue
> somewhat. Our students will
> probably all drive cars one day. We need to teach
> them traffic safety both
> as drivers and as pedestrians. But we don't put them
> in cars unless they are
> in Drivers Ed classes. Even when they are in driving
> situations we don't
> just say "go for it".
> 
> 
> 
> Deborah Stafford
> Gen. H.H. Arnold High School
> Wiesbaden, Germany
> deborah.stafford@t-online.de
> 
>
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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


      
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