I'm not really sure why, but during our law class I remember reading that for a school to receive funding they must have a filter on all of their devices to protect students from inappropriate material that may pop-up on their device or that they may even attempt to search. So when we discussed the raise you left hand and turn off the monitor with your right hand technique of "filtering" it really made me think about how far technology has come in such a short time, and how far it has yet to go.
With this in mind it is critical as an administrator that if we are providing technology to our students then we also need to protect them. The technology plan that is established needs to recognize the dangers as well as the benefits technology has to offer and needs to continuously ensure that the filter they have is capable of keeping up with the ever changing technology and offering our students the safest environment possible.
Amy,
ReplyDeleteYou are correct! Now you must have a filter. I was talking about the Internet the week after Al Gore invented it......
Back then you were not required to have a filter :)