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The intentions of using Internet filters in schools are good of course, but they were created in times when it was still possible to shield students from the the dangers of the unknown. Better now is to take needed steps toward educating students about how to live responsibly and productively on the Internet. ...students excel at breaking through filters and accessing whatever they want through proxy servers. It is counterintuitive to move forward with new technology in schools while still holding on to older models of the division between what is potentially harmful and what holds educational value.
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Schools Should Be Teaching Kids How to Use the Internet Well But outdated web filters make that mission quite difficult.
The Atlantic
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Cfp: Internet@schools Track At Computers In Libraries 2013 April 8 And 9, 2013 (washington, Dc)
CFP: Internet@Schools track at Computers in Libraries 2013 April 8 and 9, 2013 (Washington, DC)Deadline: October 12, 2012from David
[email protected] Internet@Schools track at Computers in Libraries 2013 is a two-day track created...
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Cfp: Internet@schools West
CFP: Internet@Schools West October 20-21, 2008 Monterey, CA Deadline: April 21, 2008 We're seeking presenters for our Internet@Schools West 2008 conference, to be held in Monterey, California, October 20-21, 2008. Sponsored by MultiMedia & Internet@Schools...
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Cfp: Special Issue Of Innovate Online On The Implications Of The Net (echo Boomer) Generation For Teaching And Learning.
CFP: Special issue of Innovate Online on the implications of the Net (echo boomer) generation for teaching and learning. URL: http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php? In a recent blog, one Internet maven described how his 15-year-old son made a live...
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Exhibit Of Student Art From Claremont & Coyoacan Communities
An exciting relationship is in its beginning stages between Coyoacan, Mexico (one of Arlington?s sister cities), and Claremont Immersion School, a Spanish immersion elementary school here in Arlington. Last year, art from Claremont?s students was...
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Gallery Talk: Architecture In The Schools - May 3
Join us Tuesday, May 3 at the Shirlington Branch Library for a Gallery Talk and Reception for Architecture in the Schools at 7:00 p.m. Architecture in the Schools (AIS) matches volunteer architects with public school teachers to enrich the learning experience...
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