The professional organization that I asked about filters and censorship respectfully responded that the issues raised by Internet filters are not yet covered by the organization. The technologies are too new. Which is a fair position. This is new stuff.
But if we wait until someone else sets the norms and the status quo, won’t it then be too late to change it?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation looked at Internet filters in schools two years ago — I just got my hands on the report. I’ll be leafing through it tonight. Full report on whatever I find interesting. Or useful. Or both.
I’ll ask again — anyone got a policy on filters that covers exactly what will or won’t be covered? I’ll settle for names and e-mail addresses of the people in your area who are responsible for maintaining the filters.
Thanks.
Internet Filtering & the EFF
October 11th, 2005 · 6 Comments
Tags: Filtering
6 responses so far ↓
EdWonk // Oct 11th 2005 at 11:24 pm
Our small-town backwater in California’s “Imperial” Valley uses a filter called, “Bess.” Our school district has a so-called “acceptable use policy” that is so broadly written (requiring the teacher to literally stand over students’ shoulders) that most teachers in our district have given-up using computers or the internet as teaching aids.
Teacher Sol // Oct 12th 2005 at 3:16 am
Our district is still not as advanced as some of the public schools in most cities in the US when it comes to technology. In my school, students who are using the computer lab can still download some obsence pics and websites, sometimes I wonder if they are really using filters as they say.
Teacher Sol // Oct 12th 2005 at 3:17 am
Our district is still not as advanced as some of the public schools in most cities in the US when it comes to technology. In my school, students who are using the computer lab can still download some obsence pics and websites, sometimes I wonder if they are really using filters as they say.
Teacher Sol // Oct 12th 2005 at 3:19 am
Our district is still not as advanced as some of the public schools in most cities in the US when it comes to technology. In my school, students who are using the computer lab can still download some obsence pics and websites, sometimes I wonder if they are really using filters as they say.
JennyD // Oct 12th 2005 at 6:45 am
Carnival of Education
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Miguel Guhlin // Nov 4th 2005 at 4:14 pm
Bud, how would you folks respond to this situation?
http://www.mguhlin.net/blog/archives/2005/11/entry_632.htm
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