Section 3 – The Grey Areas in between

Filtering aims to minimise the risk of students accessing inappropriate or illegal material.

There is little doubt that educators would agree on filtering pornographic, violent, racist or criminal content for students. There is little doubt that students should have access to the wide range of educationally appropriate sites.

The dilemma lies in restricting or allowing access to sites that lie somewhere along a continuum of educationally valid and appropriate.

You Tube is a hotly debated example.  Some schools restrict all access to You Tube, some allow teachers access but not students, some schools allow all users access.

Are there other sites that fall in the grey areas in between and what challenges do schools face in making  decisions  about access to these sites?

What do you think ?