Comments on: A Letter From a Student About Filtering http://www.edtechswami.com/a-letter-from-a-student-about-filtering/ Not another expensive paperweight Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:25:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lizzy http://www.edtechswami.com/a-letter-from-a-student-about-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Lizzy Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:06:08 +0000 http://www.edtechswami.com/?p=187#comment-142 This made me laugh. I love how you call Jimmy an "exceptional young man." hahaha. Also, way to block out everyone's name except for his! PS. Remember that time that you were helping me and Erin search for pictures of cowboy hats on the internet (for that prank on Ms. V) and a picture of a naked woman in a cowboy hat popped up? That right there proved that all those filters don't work anyway..that was right on google! At my school we even have gchat blocked, and teachers aren't given overrides to anything. It's just inconvenient, especially since students rarely use the computers in the school anyway. This made me laugh. I love how you call Jimmy an “exceptional young man.” hahaha. Also, way to block out everyone’s name except for his!
PS. Remember that time that you were helping me and Erin search for pictures of cowboy hats on the internet (for that prank on Ms. V) and a picture of a naked woman in a cowboy hat popped up? That right there proved that all those filters don’t work anyway..that was right on google!
At my school we even have gchat blocked, and teachers aren’t given overrides to anything. It’s just inconvenient, especially since students rarely use the computers in the school anyway.

]]> By: Chris http://www.edtechswami.com/a-letter-from-a-student-about-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Chris Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:06:22 +0000 http://www.edtechswami.com/?p=187#comment-140 Could not agree with you more on this one. I am working as hard as I can to convince the decision makers. Could not agree with you more on this one. I am working as hard as I can to convince the decision makers.

]]> By: Chris http://www.edtechswami.com/a-letter-from-a-student-about-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Chris Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:05:30 +0000 http://www.edtechswami.com/?p=187#comment-139 He is quite an exceptional young man. He started his own DJ business with a Macbook and some speakers. Very driven and bright. He is quite an exceptional young man. He started his own DJ business with a Macbook and some speakers. Very driven and bright.

]]> By: Dave Sapp http://www.edtechswami.com/a-letter-from-a-student-about-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Dave Sapp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:48:35 +0000 http://www.edtechswami.com/?p=187#comment-138 So true!!  The student is absolutely right!  At our school we use NetSupport.  It allows us to monitor all screens at the same time, get full screen views, take snapshots of the screen and much much more.  There are other programs that also do this.  The schools firewall/filter should handle the rest that he was talking about.  It should handle blocking a particular student from Internet access if they have behaved inappropriately.   I believe we should be opperating in the "least restrictive environment" just like it is required for special education students.  Why is it different for everyone else? Dave  So true!!  The student is absolutely right!  At our school we use NetSupport.  It allows us to monitor all screens at the same time, get full screen views, take snapshots of the screen and much much more.  There are other programs that also do this. 

The schools firewall/filter should handle the rest that he was talking about.  It should handle blocking a particular student from Internet access if they have behaved inappropriately.  

I believe we should be opperating in the “least restrictive environment” just like it is required for special education students.  Why is it different for everyone else?

Dave 

]]> By: Clint Buhs http://www.edtechswami.com/a-letter-from-a-student-about-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Clint Buhs Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:21:16 +0000 http://www.edtechswami.com/?p=187#comment-137 It's a  message full of insight, and well-written to boot! I'm sure you're proud of this student. I really hope you're able to implement some of his ideas. It’s a  message full of insight, and well-written to boot! I’m sure you’re proud of this student. I really hope you’re able to implement some of his ideas.

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