Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Dealing with Web 2.0 as a Tech Director
In looking at some of the readings for my current IT Master's course I came across the blog of Wesley Fryer. One post that interested me was called Lawsuit Fear and Lack of Vision Explain a Lot. It talks a bit about the blocking of many Web 2.0 tools and social networking sites. From the title you can tell that "fear" and ignorance are cited as the main reasons for this phenomenon. I would agree that there is a fear factor - dealing with angry parents, upset principals, frustrated teachers... all that and more. We are also constantly fighting the battle of what constitutes electronic communication and is therefore "discoverable" under lawsuits. And while it may be easy to take pot-shots at Districts, I would hope that the Tech Community can create positive reasons for the use of these tools in the classroom and beyond.
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I constantly grapple with blocking verses student protection. We are expected as a school to filter 'bad' sites from children, yet those sites are most likely available to those same children at home. We need to educate students on how to qualify good sources and how to stay clear of inappropriate sites as well.
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