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Well said, Nancy.
It's still our obligation to teach kids how to responsibly use whatever
information sources they have access to.
Tom Kaun

Thomas T. Kaun, Teacher Librarian
Bessie Chin Library @ Redwood High School
Larkspur, CA 94939
tomkaun@gmail.com | Library Web site: http://rhslibrary.org
President: Calif. School Library Assoc. - NS

Information doesn’t deserve to be free. It is an abstract tool; a useful
fantasy, a nothing. It is nonexistent until and unless a person experiences
it in a useful way. --Jaron Lanier


On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Nancy Willard <nwillard@csriu.org> wrote:

> Sometimes I say too much. There are two questions:
>
> Where do you think you will find the most complete and accurate information
> about Martin Luther King?
>
>   * A textbook that meets the standards of the Texas Textbook Commission.
>   * The martinlutherking.org web site hosted by Stormfront.
>   * A web site set up to honor the legacy of the leaders of the civil
> rights movement.
>   * A Wikipedia entry.
>
> Recognize that each has deficiencies. But in my opinion that the
> user-generated and edited approach on Wikipedia has the greatest chance of
> being the closest to complete and accurate. Recognize also that students are
> going to find information on all of these kinds of sites. So what skills do
> they need to ensure that the information they find and rely on is credible.
>
> How can we best prevent students from accidentally or intentionally
> accessing pornography? Given that ...
>
>   * Filters have demonstrated a 10% failure rate under conditions of
> intentional access.
>   * Students can easily bypass filters - search for "bypass Internet
> filter."
>   * Students are accessing the Internet from school, from home, from
> friend's homes, and through their personal devices.
>
> Nancy
>
>
> --
> Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
> Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
> http://csriu.org
> nwillard@csriu.org
>
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