What exactly is considered appropriate when using the Internet in your classroom? Students want to use Facebook or Myspace or A.I.M. (AOL Instant Messenger), but what are the risks involved? Can the students access material that could be deemed offensive, or explicit in content? Technically, students are not supposed to be able to access web sites that the district has blocked through filtering, but how failsafe are these restrictions? Facebook is not supposed to be accessible through our district's internet server. When a student tries to open the page up by typing in the URL in the address bar, they are given a message that the page is unavailable. The only thing is, students find ways around, or back doors to gain access to these restricted sites. "I know how to get in," and "they can't stop me," are familiar scoffs at the administrations attempted control over its students.
What has been your experience in dealing with these difficulties? Is there a remedy? Respond now!
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