[Yr7-10it] block it all

[Geoff Hutchison]

You are being too subtle Rob.

Reminds me of my days working at a regional TAFE - VIC.GOV.AU was suddenly b=
locked, classified as porn (sic). Didn't even bother ringing our techs, took=
 them over a month to unblock it.

This blocking is just another case of the tail wagging the dog. Schools shou=
ld decide what to block, and by schools, I mean the teaching staff. School a=
nd dept tech support should deliver what schools want, not what they decide=
 schools can have.

 Which reminds me, Netspace is our ISP, and via an email a week ago, they in=
formed us all that, due to many requests from schools, they were going to bl=
ock many 'game' sites - they would decide what amounted to a 'game' site. 

SIGH.

If schools just got off their own backsides, and instigated their own filter=
s AS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO.

I could go on ................

cheers
Geoff

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On 01-Mar-07 at 3:32 PM Costello, Rob R wrote:

>Reading about more filtering - 
>
>http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/youtube-ban-for-victorian-schools
>/2007/03/01/1172338754827.html
>
>Personally, I think every student should be satisfied with 24/7 access
>to the official VELS site, and maybe the curriculum planning guidelines
>
>What more could they ask for? 
>
>Google, blogs, email, flickr, and all such web 2 apps should be banned
>by decree
>
>They might be used to communicate - and the risk of communicating is too
>high  
>
>I look forward to a world in which every interesting and interactive web
>site is finally blocked, and we all have handheld devices, on which we
>can access an approved list of 3 sites 
>
>Paper and pen might also need banning, as there are reliable reports of
>these media being used for obscene drawing and note passing in class 
>
>Rob 
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