No wonder my lunch hour of surfing at school is a dismal failure. Cumberland County has locked out so many sites it's not funny. But what is (and isn't), is that kids know how to get under and around those firewalls to get into the off-limit sites. As told to me by my Wonder Geek child, who was able to put games on the school system last year and got his skinny arse in deep trouble.
The bill completely overlooks the valid educational uses of social networking sites. Forward-thinking teachers have started incorporating blogs and wikis into their curriculum; this would have to stop. Schools that use blogging software to update their webpages would be forced to block themselves.
And like you say there are articles like this that are very pro blog and very right on the money with what we do need to do with our kids.
Thing is that a lot of parents aren't monitoring their kids. They look at the internet and gaming sites as keeping the kids out of their hair. Luckily, WGC hates me for keeping tabs on what he's into and on everyday. even at school when I'm there as a Sub. (does help that he's one of the kids who works on the computers too.) I'm always asking about who he's talking to. :) Evil Mom that I am. :)
Kids today are very savvy and they are learning to watch out for the predators. idiots like the Congress need to be leashed. Not the internet through the school systems.
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Date: 2007-03-25 12:35 am (UTC)And like you say there are articles like this that are very pro blog and very right on the money with what we do need to do with our kids.
http://www.collinseducation.co.uk/Resources/Extracts/Blog.pdf
Thing is that a lot of parents aren't monitoring their kids. They look at the internet and gaming sites as keeping the kids out of their hair. Luckily, WGC hates me for keeping tabs on what he's into and on everyday. even at school when I'm there as a Sub. (does help that he's one of the kids who works on the computers too.) I'm always asking about who he's talking to. :) Evil Mom that I am. :)
Kids today are very savvy and they are learning to watch out for the predators. idiots like the Congress need to be leashed. Not the internet through the school systems.
Thanks for posting all this, Deza!!!!