"Attempting to use online social-networking tools, read blogs, or see multimedia presentations on a classroom computer can generate a message that’s become all too familiar in many American schools: Access Denied.
So what teachers and students in Trussville, Ala., are doing on the Internet might be considered illicit activity in other districts across the country. Lessons in the 4,100-student district near Birmingham include YouTube videos and film trailers, Internet chats with peers in Nigeria or award-winning children’s authors, even blogging sessions and Web research on open search engines such as Google."
| Spotlight On: Internet Filtering | |
| Some school systems are bucking the trend by expanding access to online resources, including social-networking sites. • Check out a list of filtering providers. (Education Week) |
| + Online Safety Law Seen as Teaching Barrier The Children's Internet Protection Act requires schools and libraries to filter Internet content for students. But what does it really require schools to do? (Digital Education blog) |