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Chris Hails wrote a new blog post: Section 6 – Questions 4 months ago
How do educators deal with instances where students are aware of strategies to bypass a school’s filtering software?
Should there be levels of filtering that New Zealand schools can choose from based on age or student responsibility?
How can educators determine the readiness of their students to act responsibility in a moderately filtered or un filtered environment?
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Chris Hails wrote a new blog post: Section 5 – Value for Money? 4 months ago
Internet filtering is a balancing act and not just in terms of content. Blocking sites may be a bandwidth issue for schools that are concerned about escalating costs.
A site that offers streaming video may have educationally appropriate content but regular use of the site can be so costly that educators must determine the overall value
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Chris Hails wrote a new blog post: Section 4 – Missed Opportunities 4 months ago
Filtering services operating in New Zealand provides each school the mechanism to unblock sites that school personnel have determined appropriate for viewing. Essentially schools can put their own filtering policies in place to best fit their context.
New Zealand teachers have reported that current filtering blocks potentially legitimate and valuable content for both them and their
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Chris Hails wrote a new blog post: Section 3 – The Grey Areas in between 4 months ago
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
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Chris Hails wrote a new blog post: Section 2 – Filtering Categories 4 months ago
Generally web filtering software blocks a default set of content categories, i.e. adult material, gambling, file sharing. The categories in turn determine which sites are unavailable for viewing.
One of the issues schools face is how sites are categorized. Some educators report that filtering categories may be too narrowly defined and that some educationally appropriate content
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