One of my big arguments against filtering teacher and student internet access at schools is because it blocks connections to amazing resources. Students should learn how to form personal learning networks, and teachers should be utilizing them in their practice as well. Case in point: Out of the (relative) blue, @nporter threw a link at [...]
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I officially addressed the rest of the school improvement team with my concerns over the draconian level of filtration at my school. I essentially said something like, “We’re charged with educating students for the 21st Century, yet we’re telling them they can’t use the tools of the 21st century. We’re missing a major opportunity to [...]
Too many times, our schools block websites, social networks, and brilliant content rather than emphasize education and appropriate use of these tools. Most of the time, the decision makers don’t even know what it is they are banning. They act out of fear. -Mike Sansone (Is Fear Disabling Our Students’ Future?) We’re not focusing on [...]
I’m trying to convince my district to lax their filtration policies. Currently all blogs, social media sites, image hosting or searching sites, and many other online tools are blocked. I’ve met with and sent out emails to our tech directors and principals explaining my concerns. So far I haven’t received any response to my emails [...]
under: How School is Done, Internet Safety, Lessons
Tags: creative commons, filtration, flickr, images, projects
Tags: creative commons, filtration, flickr, images, projects
Monday Afternoon The school tech came into my room and asked me to restart my computer for the work order I had put in. I told him that I hadn’t put a work order in. He told me that he still needed me to restart my computer because of an update they did with the [...]
