Jeff Utecht – Educator, Consultant, Author
Posts tagged Filtering
Policies, Safety, and Social Networking ~ Steve Dembo ISTE10
Jun 29th
“I want my student to be found, he already has 3,000 hits on Google.”
How many people are uploading pictures of their babies the day they are born? First and Last name with Birth Day.
84 Billion Dollars spend on a filter in Australia cracked in 30 minutes by a 16 year old.
Over 50% of schools in the US prohibit social networking….and there is no law saying they have to.
Most policies are vastly different than most educators think.
11/08 Update: Educating minors about appropriate online behavior
CIPA left vague on purpose.
All you have to do is try your best to block porn.
Teaching Filtering Skills More Important Than Ever!
May 19th
(Thank you everyone for your concern! We are all safe in Bangkok this evening with Government imposed curfew on the city)
I’m not sure what the news is like about the Bangkok protests outside of Thailand. But inside of Thailand is has been sporadic at best. Leaving people wanting to know and turning to constantly updated streams of information such as Facebook and Twitter.
Twitter has made it big within our school community. Many teachers, students, and parents have been following different hash tags or lists. Popular Twitter hash tags have been #bangkok #redshirts #redshirt #thaicrisis.
Here’s the issue…..everyone has an opinion and both sides have been using More >
Why Facebook is Unblocked at ISB
Nov 13th
I thought I would share an e-mail that was sent from our department today to a parent who had raised a concern about Facebook being unblocked at school. A very well thought out e-mail from the group. Chad Bates did most of the work with Dennis, Kim and I adding our two cents in as well.
Dear Parent,Thanks for your email, you raise an issue that schools, teachers, parents and workplaces are currently grappling with i.e. weighing the benefits of social networks against the concerns. When considering the relative merits of Facebook, there are some very obvious negative uses as well as positive More >
