Comments on: Blocking, the good and the bad… http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2007/12/02/blocking-the-good-and-the-bad%e2%80%a6/ Theory is nice, but we are working in practice... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:42:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Paul Hamilton http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2007/12/02/blocking-the-good-and-the-bad%e2%80%a6/#comment-156 Paul Hamilton Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:59:12 +0000 http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2007/12/02/blocking-the-good-and-the-bad%e2%80%a6/#comment-156 We'll never eliminate all risk, so I think it is counterproductive to try to do so. As Brian put it, I think "reasonable care" ought to be the goal. I believe it is important we have meaningful opportunities to discuss safe and appropriate internet use with our students. I think those conversations ought to start at the very beginning of primary school. Has anyone developed a "curriculum" for teaching safe internet use? We’ll never eliminate all risk, so I think it is counterproductive to try to do so. As Brian put it, I think “reasonable care” ought to be the goal. I believe it is important we have meaningful opportunities to discuss safe and appropriate internet use with our students. I think those conversations ought to start at the very beginning of primary school. Has anyone developed a “curriculum” for teaching safe internet use?

]]> By: Brian Crosby http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2007/12/02/blocking-the-good-and-the-bad%e2%80%a6/#comment-155 Brian Crosby Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:54:46 +0000 http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2007/12/02/blocking-the-good-and-the-bad%e2%80%a6/#comment-155 Alice - Nice post ... I look forward to seeing others' take on this. A similar topic came up today after my post about my students having access to Flickr. http://learningismessy.com/blog/?p=374 I've found that my parents (well ... I mean my students parents) understand that the use of these tools as part of learning usually outweighs "the risks" as long as reasonable care is used and students are taught what to do IF things go wrong. They like that their kids will have steps to take that they have practiced, and that you have had discussions with them about ethical use. Parents know that there are "Playboy" magazines out there their kids might see at the store or elsewhere... and cable channels at friends homes ... and the internet everywhere ... and they like that someone, besides them, have talked to their kids about that. I've gotten very good feedback from parents. That said, it is still an issue we all have to consider and deal with, and its going to get ugly sometimes. Brian Alice - Nice post … I look forward to seeing others’ take on this. A similar topic came up today after my post about my students having access to Flickr. http://learningismessy.com/blog/?p=374

I’ve found that my parents (well … I mean my students parents) understand that the use of these tools as part of learning usually outweighs “the risks” as long as reasonable care is used and students are taught what to do IF things go wrong. They like that their kids will have steps to take that they have practiced, and that you have had discussions with them about ethical use.

Parents know that there are “Playboy” magazines out there their kids might see at the store or elsewhere… and cable channels at friends homes … and the internet everywhere … and they like that someone, besides them, have talked to their kids about that. I’ve gotten very good feedback from parents.

That said, it is still an issue we all have to consider and deal with, and its going to get ugly sometimes.

Brian

]]> By: Larry Ferlazzo http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2007/12/02/blocking-the-good-and-the-bad%e2%80%a6/#comment-152 Larry Ferlazzo Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:21:35 +0000 http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2007/12/02/blocking-the-good-and-the-bad%e2%80%a6/#comment-152 Hi, Alice, Ben Rimes at The Tech Savvy Educator coincidentally has just written a post about filters, too: http://www.techsavvyed.net/?p=373 Larry Hi, Alice,

Ben Rimes at The Tech Savvy Educator coincidentally has just written a post about filters, too:

http://www.techsavvyed.net/?p=373

Larry

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