1. Do you think Internet Filtering is a positive or a negative idea? Would you implement it in your classroom? What about your home?
2. What should an AUP (Acceptable Use Policies) be designed to do? Do you think it is a good idea? Why or why not?
1. I believe that internet filtering is a positive attribute in a classroom. Internet filtering controls what content is visible to the reader. In my classroom, I would purchase a software that would block certain programs that the children can not search. At home I believe that the software could also be used more effectively seeing as there is more freedom to "explore" the internet than in school.
ReplyDelete2.AUP's I believe should be designed to block illegal content from school computers. The school district should have a say in what websites are not allowed and are to be blocked on school grounds. I believe this is a good idea because it will promote learning in the classroom when using computers to be strictly for the lesson and not for surfing the web and the different websites it has to offer.
Question 1: As the Internet has become an almost essential part of life for us, it has inevitably gained a negative side as well. Aside from simply being the valuable research tool it is, there are also the hackers and "bad guys" online, as well as porn sites and glorified violence, which are all side effects of a society that functions on the open content of the Internet.
ReplyDeleteHaving made its way from large corporations, to homes, and now to public places such as school and libraries, the idea of filtering or blocking certain sites has been introduced, which, for such places, is extremely important. Public places should never be used for extremely personal matters such as looking at "dirty" pictures or websites on the Internet.
Though filtering is important to prevent inappropriate information from reaching the eyes of our students, in private places the user should be able to choose what should and should not be allowed into their home, not the people who provide a service. Such behaviour could be compared to the phone company screening a person's phone calls before they reach their home.
The line between both public and private is very clear and what content is to be viewed will be entirely up to the user - while in their home.
Question 2: An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) would be an outstanding way to develop and maintain open communication between both the parents, students, and the school district.
This would give the parents and the students a chance to help develop such a policy, and that way it helps to alleviate any concerns that they will have little or no control over what students will be able to see.
But again, with the school being a part of the public atmosphere, there must be strong consideration on the limitations necessary to keep everyone's rights safe and secure.
1. I think internet filtering is a positive idea. I definitely like the idea of implementing it in the classroom because it controls what students are able to access. I think that is important because in school the computer and internet should be used for educational purposes only.
ReplyDelete2. AUP's should be designed to:
* Educate parents about their children's use of the Internet.
• Educate students about
• risks peculiar to computer communication.
• rules for efficient, ethical, legal computer/network use.
• safe and appropriate computer social behavior.
• use of available and unavailable services.
• Preserve digital materials created by students and teachers.
• Protect vulnerable children from inappropriate approaches.
These are only some of the many reasons for using an AUP. I had never heard of an AUP before but I think that it is a great idea because it's important that everyone is informed of how the internet is being used. I'm sure that parents appreciate AUP's so they know what their children are using the internet for at school and they know that their children are safe.