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The reason students should not be accessing MySpace and the like from schools is that is not an educational activity. Internet use in school should be for educational purposes. Further there are some liability risks - like cyberbullying. But schools really ought to have monitored social networking environments for educational activities. I have had a librarian tell me that she used to have teachers come to her to bypass the filter to get to sites that were inappropriately blocked. But they are not doing this any more. She thinks this is not because the filtering has improved, but that the teachers also have figured out how to bypass the filter. Hmm. I had someone else tell me that his son has set up a proxy on their home computer that the *teachers* and students use to bypass the filter to get to sites needed for educational activities (probably not the only reason). So here is the issue for you to consider: A teacher has worked on a lesson the night before and comes to school early in the morning, checks her lesson, finds she can't access a site or two, it is now 7:45 and her class comes in at 8:00. Do you have procedures set up so that by 8:00 this teacher can access the site she needs for her lesson? If this would not be possible, then changes need to be made. And do not tell me - or let your tech director tell you - that this would be a violation of CIPA. The only reason CIPA was upheld as constitutional was the finding that filters could be rapidly and easily overridden to provide access to inappropriately blocked sites. I am making this point really clear in the PPT for schools I am working on addressing effective Internet use management in a Web 2.0 world. Nancy -- Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use http://csriu.org http://cyberbully.org http://cyber-safe-kids.com nwillard@csriu.org Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social Aggression, Threats, and Distress (Research Press) Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use the Internet Safely and Responsibly (Jossey-Bass) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. 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/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------