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This is NOT quite the SAME topic, but sort of related... I read an EXCELLENT blog post today about FREEDOM and RESPONSIBILITY and WEB2.0 and ONE to ONE intiatives that was good food for thought. Thought I'd share it with all of us who are struggling to find the balance between freedom and responsibility and web2.0 tool. http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/731-Dealing-With-The-Worst-Consequences-of-Your-Best-Ideas.html It's a long post... but here is an excerpt that sums up some of the thoughts that caught my attention in this post... "The best thing about Beacon is that we have really empowered kids. The worst thing about Beacon is that we have really empowered kids. So, when the moment comes, and that student says, 'Excuse me, Mr. Lehmann? Your lecture today, a bit teacher-centric, don't you think?' before you decide to clobber the child, remember that the same student was at school until 7:00 pm the night before, working, building, creating, practicing, performing... and realize that both actions stem from a sense of empowerment, belonging and ownership of their school." And I've said that same thing to every teacher at SLA because *nothing* is a panacea, and sometimes, even the empowerment that we instill in our students can cross the line into entitlement, no matter how much we preach about the balance of freedom and responsibility." Food for thought... Lucie On 12/8/06, David Curtis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dansguardian has options for "forcing" google safe search. Not sure if > it can do others. We have not tried it yet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: School Information Technology Discussion > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Jarrett > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 1:02 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: images, streaming and filtering > > Two areas: > > 1. IMAGES > Chittenden East Supervisory Union has an effective Internet content > filter, SurfControl. However, we are unable to filter image searches. > We want to leave open image searches, but with moderate filtering. > People can, and do, easily turn off the moderate filter in Google. > > We've tried: > a. white-listing in our server the moderately filtered search of Google > s while black-listing the other types, but the url fluctuates too much > to make the approach effective. > b. using other "safe" sites, but have found none that are satisfactory > for our purposes. > > Has anyone come up with a satisfactory image filtering method? > > Is there a master list of "safe" sites that someone has compiled? > > > 2. STREAMING > We block sites like youtube.com during the day, and tell teachers to > save them after school for later use. However, many educationally > appropriate sites, for example CNN, have video streams. Does anyone > have an efficient way to avoid clogging the bandwidth while making > available appropriate streaming during the day? Is any technology on > the horizon to help schools? > > Steve Jarrett > District Technology Coordinator > Chittenden East Supervisory Union > (802) 899 - 4690 X502 > (fax) (802)899-2904 > > This e-mail may contain information protected under the Family > Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). If this e-mail contains > student information and you are not entitled to access such information > under FERPA, please notify the sender. Federal regulations require that > you destroy this e-mail without reviewing it and you may not forward it > to anyone. > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________ > This email may contain information protected under the Family > Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) or the Health Insurance > Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). If this email contains > confidential and/or privileged health or student information and you > are not entitled to access such information under FERPA or HIPAA, > federal regulations require that you destroy this email without > reviewing it and you may not forward it to anyone. > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, ClamAV and Bitdefender and is > believed to be clean. > -- Lucie deLaBruere www.LearningWithLucie.com Work: 802 527 0565 x 3206 Cell: 802 752 6086 Home: 802 334 2938 [log in to unmask]