Fisch Bowl 2007

In returning to Fisch Bowl 2007, I chose to read the October blogs. Theses different blogs made some good points. Let me back up, all of these blog posts were related to filtering the internet in schools even for teachers. The different blogs will really make you think about the same thing that all of these people are trying to figure out, "how best to meet the needs of our students?"

The first statement that really stood out to me in one of theses posts that,"not one of those who sigh or are critical of filtering decisions has their job on the line should "Johnny" access inappropriate content. This was straight to the point and oh so true. This guy also pointed out that these critics would not sit in court with him either when a lawsuit was filed.

This made me think, filtering is neccessary, as sad as it is to say, even for teachers because in another post, someone said, what if the teacher uses bad judgment? We are suppose to be able to entrust our children with their teachers but truth be know, not all teachers are trustworthy. On the other hand though, some of the internet does need to be accessible to teachers and students because it will enhance their learning experience.

One of the other posts suggests way to save youtube videos and similar sites locally. Teachers could save these type things from their own computer and still use them in their lessons. If necessary, these saved videos could be approved before the students are allowed to view them.
This is a link to a youtube video that I watched that I thought all should watch, it is not related to filtering but it is related to education. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRlmhWSvEM
I couldn't figure out a picture to incorporate so thought a youtube link would be good.

These posts from October can be found atOctober