Frustration!
Hello, class!
How frustrating is it that we cannot do the things we want to do in class because the filters block our progress? I am concerned that we won't be able to accomplish the things I had hoped we would because of the blocks that are in place. What can we do? How should a district handle the increased importance of technology as a classroom tool while still protecting the students from some of the dangers we all know are out there on the web? For today, do a google search on internet censorship. Find a few sites that discuss this subject and respond to the blog after you have read the information on those sites. In your response, include the addresses of at least two sites where you found information. Your responses should be at least 7 or more sentences in length (use proper spelling and grammar!)
posted by KHannon @ 4:32 AM
57 Comments:
Hello and Goodday Greetings,
I followed your instructions and I discovered some websites. I visited netfamilies.com and cannet.com. I liked Adam's view on internet censorship. I feel that it is unconstitutional to block certain things or certain sites. In school I think that porn and perhaps myspace should be blocked, but outside of school. I personally believe that porn should not be on the internet but hey you got to do what you've got to do!!! (My girl Toasteee would most likely agree)!
Have a most splendid day!
Molly
P.S. Mr. Aiken's CD comes out in one week!!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship
and
http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/internet_censorship.HTM
I think that while the school's servers block out things, like pbwiki.com, some countries block out entire websites and severely hinder people in viewing things on the internet.
I hope that while many children are in danger of being stalked, or threatened by online predators, that to the students at our school, it shouldn't be an issue. I understand that while we shouldn't be able to view websites such as myspace, because everyone would be looking at their myspaces (I know I would! :) ). Maybe if there was a way to remove certain websites from being blocked on the servers it would be easier to make our wikis, etc.
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Having complete censorship on school computers completly screws up the whole curriculum. Our only hope for pictures was on WWW.ASK.COM and this site has also been block by censorship. whole curriculum. Our only hope for pictures was on WWW.ASK.COM and this site has also been block by censorship. On WWW.SPECTACLE.COM it explains the "Indecency" meaning words that may seem inappropriate will block sites. This completely S!CKS!
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www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/
and
www.netfamilies.org
Censorship is necessary in schools because students shouldn't be going on to unapproite sits in school but it is very fustrating not being able to view websites that we need to go on for school like pbwiki.com. Sites that students need for school should be unblocked. Espically for us seniors because I think that we are responsible enough.
It really is quite frustrating not being able to get on anything in here. I think censorship is definately necessary in schools but sites like pbwiki.com have no reason to be blocked. There is nothing on there that students shouldn't see or read. I think that each school should have a list of general sites that the teachers want blocked.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/censorship.html
http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Censorware/net_block_report/
Throughout the country internet censorship is becoming a porblem; especially in schools. Often students cannot get the work done that they need to do for class. It is understandable that anxiety is rising as internet use in schools increases, but there is a point where protection becomes a hinderance. In school there have been many times that I've needed to do something like an image search, but I've been completely blocked and can't get my work done. Somepeople are afraid that children will get on-line at school and go on inappropriate sites, but not all students wiil. Blocking any image search is a bit rediculus and it stops people from being able to do all of their work. I'm not done yet but class is over so i'll leave another later.
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/(dkr4a345tnyhmwz5pzz5bg55)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,9,10;journal,20,21;linkingpublicationresults,1:104480,1
http://news.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume52002/coley.htm
I do believe that it is necessary to have internet cenorship in order to moniter where the students have been and hat they are doing. But in some cases the schools are censoring sites that students may need for school work , schools should consider the sites they banned , because maybe the sites aren't as bad as they think.
Some sites I found were :
www.netfamilies.org
www.youdebate.com/debates/internet_censorship.tm
One website I visited was
http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/internet_censorship.HTM
On this website was different arguements for censorship for inschool computers and such. The one arguement I agree with is that porn websites end in .xxx instead of theregular .com, .net, and .org. If porn sites were to do this then Safari and Netscape would be able to weed out those sites they find offensive but still give us freedom to go to sites and make our own wiki's for example.
Another website I found was
http://review.zdnet.com/45206033_16-4207713.html
This website talked about internet censorship and discussed how the US does not give funding to schools and libraries that do not use a filter. This leads to places using a filter against their better judgement because they believe in free speech, and our right to search the internet, to use the filters so they recieve money to keep the computers running.
I think it is wrong for so many websites to be banned from our viewing. The country thinks they are helping us and protecting us from things they think we should not see but is it not our right from the Bill of Rights to say and see what we want? Is it wrong for the country to take away our civil liberites because they think they know what is best for us? We know what is best for us, and that is furthering our education and with the filters the way they are we may not be able too.
well mrs. hannon, my opinion on internet censorship is that to protect children and what they see on the internet, things like porn should not be shown on the internet at all. But the censorship on things that can be school related is stupid. Two websites that i found to be very interesting in the help of searching the internet for internet censorship are Freepress.net and www.cached.it/English/Blog
I think that the district should only allow us to use alot more websites than they block because with new technology and new ways of teaching, websites that us students are told to go on are blocked for bad reasons. Usually when students try to search for information for a project, most of the sites that google tells us are blocked by the district. A lot of the time it messes up the teachers cirriculum becuse students can not do what they are told by teachers because some students can not access an outside of school computer and with the filters, they are at a huge disadvantage. With todays technology mostly based with research with a computer, I think that the district should adapt to the changes and allow sites like pbwiki for students to use.
cannet.com
ask.com
I think that the district should only allow us to use alot more websites than they block because with new technology and new ways of teaching, websites that us students are told to go on are blocked for bad reasons. Usually when students try to search for information for a project, most of the sites that google tells us are blocked by the district. A lot of the time it messes up the teachers cirriculum becuse students can not do what they are told by teachers because some students can not access an outside of school computer and with the filters, they are at a huge disadvantage. With todays technology mostly based with research with a computer, I think that the district should adapt to the changes and allow sites like pbwiki for students to use.
cannet.com
ask.com
I think that internet censorship is needed in some cases but like Amar said it is getting kind of ridiculous. I visited Wikipedia.com and cannet.com. In computer sciences last year I visited ask.com a lot to get pictures for projects etc. and now I have to go through other websites to get them and it takes FOREVER!! Some websites like myspace should be blocked in school because of the drama they create but search engine's should not be. ~Dominique Burruss
I had seached the google for the internet censor ship and i found a few websites. I visited epic.org/free_speech/censorship ; cannet.com; youdebate.com/DEBATES/internet_censorship.HTM. I feel it's not right to censor the internet because of the 1st amendment. I think we should write a petition of removing the blocks off the internet. The main reason they have blocks is because of porn online. I think it's stupid to have porn online since the people who does it knows children goes online, but as long as we're in school we have to deal with it.
I think they shouldnt block sites that we need to use for our english 5 class or any class for that matter.I feel they should moniter the sites we are visiting for safety reasons.I dont think the district should be blocking our computers so strictly because we need to use some websites for educational purposes.I believe it should be okay that we are using some sites for education and for the purpose of learning.
http://www.eff.org/
http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/internet_censorship.HTM
www.epic org/free_speech/censorhip & http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/internet censorship are the two sites i looked at. After reading them I feel that as far as school goes unappropiate and non school related things should be censorsed.This would exclude any mishaps or danger coming to students.
Hello Mrs Monaco-Hannon,
I've found two sties that have discussed the topic about blocking certain websites in the Buffalo School system. They are as follow; www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/ and also www.youdebate.com/DEBATE/internet_censorship.HTM. My opinion about this is that I think the membors on the Buffalo Board of Education is that, they need to open their eyes and relieze that most of these students are not that immature to go on these pornographic sites. They want to be educated on this new program that we have going on, but they can't be with every site that they go to blocked!! If they didn't think that they could trust us on the internet then they shouldn't have introduced us to this program. We can't get totally involved and it isn't fair to any of us who want to learn!
Hello Mrs Hannon, Im really enjoying this class! But back to the topic I viewed these 2 websites on internet censorship:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship
also: http://www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/
I feel that while the school is trying to block out the inapproprate things viewed online such as myspace or porn but the problem is, is that they are also blocking websites with use. For insitince our wiki's! How are we going to get our work done is they are blocking sites, expecially this english 5 class!
Bonjour Madame Hannon,
I believe that for the everyday computer lab it is understandable that there are some steep fiters. However, for classes like this a seperate filter should be in place. Classes where we learn the more modern day tools such as blogging and podcasting, it is not a distracton but a part of the class. Of course filters on porn and on line gambleing should stay on school computers, purely to reduce classroom disraction. In the two sites I visited, www.youdebate.com and www.netfamilies.com, different valid sides of the debate. It disturbs me that some sites are blocked by their government, and in the U.S. it is a different story, its unconstitutional against our 1st Amendment right. Yet school is the exception, as it is a place of learning and some freedoms are limited. I also think it is a good idea for sites with pornographic images should be changed from .com to .xxx.
Well thats just what I think,
Lloyd
I followed the instructions and i found some interesting web sites. censorship.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship and http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Censorwarenet_block_report/20030623_eff_pr.php are two of the web sited i visited today during class. I believe it is important to have censorship in schools to a certain extent. I mean things like porn and myspace (because that would be a major distraction for some students) should be censored. but it does get quite frustrating when you're trying to do projects and you can't find the information or pictures because the site happens to be blocked. pbwicki.com is something we need for school and I dont think it should be blocked. Also those other sites that we need for school should be unblocked as well, since we as SENIORS should be mature enough to access them.
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Sup Mrs.Hannon,
from reading the site pages, I think that internet censorship is necessary, but is overdone. Of course schools need to block kids from "inaproprete" websites, but some sites that we do need are blocked also. I mean Ask.com is block on the school computers. So as long as it's used in the correct way, i'm all good. ^_^
sites:
www.eff.org/Censorship/Censorware/net_block_report/20030623_eff_pr.php
www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kuander/censorship.html
I Believe that censorship on the internet shouldnt be allowed. Although in schools i believe is a different story. If we are in school to learn then certain things should be blocked from our use in school. I think that teachers should have a password to unblock things that are needed for a lesson. Other than that i think that computers in school should be used for school or educational subjects only. The two internet sites that i looked at are at the bottom.
http://www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/54793/internet_censorship.html
Good afternoon everyone,
Ok, here's the deal. Internet censorship in all schools go a bit above and beyond what is necessary to keep us safe. I do agree that censorship is important to keep students from accessing inappropriate materials, but there is no need to block sites such as nfl.com, or things of that nature. I also agree with Amar, when he said that it's crazy how we can not even search images on the web anymore. The school board should site down and make a revised edition of censorship in our schools. With the system that we have now, the student's right to learn is being hindered greatly.
Censorship sites:
http://www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship
Mrs. Hannon...
So this is my proof that I actually was on this thing trying to create my own page...and yeah...it's not working for me at all. My grammas computer is so crappy...
See you tomorrow.
www.netfamilies.org/
www.youdebate.com/
I would have to agree with both of the websites. I agree most with changing the domain naming system and the FAIC's commitment to opposing censorship on the internet. This way children underage will have no access to pornographic material and adults wouldn't be offended by them. I think that parents should have all the right to decide what there children should and should not see. I believe that by opposing censorship on the internet it will help parents raise moral and responsible children.
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spectacle.org
Under spectacle it gave great insight on different topics. I especially liked when they were talking about the CDA. Under the cda, websites are liable for the words of third parties who use their services.I think that certain things on the net, such as porn,bootlegging,and chat rooms should be blocked.
Hi Mrs. Hannon,
At Epic.org/free_speech/cencorship the website talks about how legislation was passed defending freedom of speech on the computer. However, while the federal government defends freedom of speech on the internet the state is passing its own legislation for internet censorship. I feel that the blocking of pornographic sites from public libraries and schools is appropriate. I also feel that blocking sites that are hit to frequently by schools, such as this blogspot can be a little limiting.
Claiming to be "The nations largest filtered internet service provider",(www.integrity.com/about_us.php) it blocks over 4.2 million active pornographic sites. And "shields you from over 99% of objectionable material. I guess the question I am left with is, What is inappropriate and what is not? Where is line between being protected on the internet and being limited from discovering ne technology...?
new technology** :)
youdebate.com
netfamilies.org
I think having censorship in school is not great at all because good websites are blocked. You cant go on websites you go on at home. Some people dont have the access to a computer at home and cant make it anywhere else. With so many websites being blocked in school we cant look up things we wanna look up even when it involves school.
cannet.com/~adam/netcensr.html
netfamilies.org
I would have to agree with both of my websites.Especially Adams website.I believe that it is really inappropriate for some websites to be shown.Like adam said "some people enjoy them" and it wouldnt be fair to block those sites.I think that the sites that are inappropiate, should be banned from school.If people choose to have them at home then they can.Parents can choose to block the inappropriate sites as they choose.
Hello Mrs Hannon!!
One site that I visited was
http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/internet_censorship.HTM
and after reading that website it made even more against internet censorship then I was before. The number one pro they have on the website is that students can access pornographic material, but I think that one thing people dont realize is, were not immature were not going to go looking for porn on our school computers. And if schools are so concerned about that then only block links and sites that contain pornographic material.
I also am very frustrated about internet censorship because we can't look up information for most of our school project or be more involved in this clas in the classroom..
The other website that I visited was
http://www.rense.com/general69/intercens.htm
Samantha
Raaarrr ... Thats all i can say about this "internet censorship". Powerpoint presentations are a very important part of a students life, and when i find free time to work on them in school it gets so annoying that i cannot find pictures for it. In some cases, yes its good but to an extent i can understand sties that contain nudity being blocked but simple site like the ones we are useing for our education being blocked gets upsetting.
The beasty sites
netfamilies.org & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship
Ok so this is my second part. Another thing that censoring is doing is giving librarians a problem. In many schools librarians are having problems doing their research from school. They are also bothered by children that are trying to research for their projects, but can't access all of the information they need. In some cases children don't have computers at home and then they can't do the work that is necessary for their class. At least it will become more difficult for them to do work. Although the filters are important, they are also becoming a bother and a nuesance. That finishes my comments.
Not being able to do the things we need to, on the internet in order to accomplish are class assignments is very frustrating.I agree that blocks placed on school computers are good to a certain extent. They are placed there for the purpose to protect students from internet dangers. But when these blocks interfere and limit us to what we can do in class something should be done. To work around this problem is probably the only thing we as a class can do. Even though this is a big inconvenience and might even be a hard task maybe its possible to find assignments that can be done in class despite are limitations on the internet. As far as the district handling the increased importance of technology while still protecting students, is possible. The district should handle this situation by taking the time out to discuss this issue. A solution should be the result after a district discussion. These are a couple of websites that discuss the subject of internet censorship:
www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship
www.freeessays.cc/db/48/tvh83.shtml
http://www.cannet.com/~adam/netcensr.html
or
http://www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/
I feel that censorship, on out-of-school terms, shouldn't be allowed.
Censorship for schools is needed, even though its prohibiting us from doing certain things in class right now. The Buffalo Board of Education needs to recognize that with the new classes that use the internet a lot, like our English 5, need to be able to get access some sites that are being restricted. So, they need to review and change the censorship system so we could be able to do projects online in school, other than at home.
Mrs Hannon,
I feel that it is unfair that we cant do most of the activities that you had planned for us this year in class, because of the blocked websites we have in school. Im not saying that all blocked websites are bad but when it comes to school related sites that we need such as google and ask.com there should be a limit on what we can see not the whole google images gone for instance. We cant even get simple pictures anymore with the site being blocked. The info that i found on www.netfamilies.org/ and www.spectacle.org/freespch/faq.html were very helpful and I agree with most of the information that was presented. For instance I do feel that it is unconstitutional for there to be internet censorship.
Mrs. Hannon,
It is very frustrating. I think they should only block the xxx-rated sites from being accessed through schools. This way it won’t be a distraction for the ones who don’t want to learn. Other sites should not be blocked. If a student is given an assignment and he/she is instead blogging on myspace, that's their fault when they get the bad grade for not completing what they were assigned. On some of the web sites that I have accessed, many people believe their freedom is being limited. I strongly believe the Board of Ed. took it way too far. When they think they are “ protecting” us, what they are really doing is getting in the way of our learning experiences. If a student really wants to access a certain web site, they will do it no matter what. It is very unfortunate that our class has to suffer while others decide what is appropriate for us and what is not.
www.eff.org/censorship/internet_censorship_bills/
www.youdebate.com/DEBATE/internet_censorship.HTM.
Mrs. Hannon, I finished it up and reposted it again. This is the second post and I'm going to delete the first post.
In my opinion I believe that internet censorship is good to an extent. In our case for the English five class it has gone way past the extent line. Internet censorship is good when you have a younger kid just looking at the internet and trying to get to some games but types in one letter wrong and ends up at some nasty porn site. In that case, I understand why there is internet censorship. On some of the websites I have viewed on internet censorship it even said that some countries pay to get websites blocked out. Websites that my contain some sort of racism towards their country or some sites that contain personal views about personal subjects. Maybe someone wants to search on more views about abortion but even that is blocked out because of the morality views. Everyone has a right to view what they want. I get why we have certain things blocked in school but some things that you wouldn't think could be educational, like blogs actually can be educational.
The first website that I visited was www.well.com/~bbear/censorship.com.On the website it explained how block certain sites. It told how to block sites own racism and things of that nature. This site was actually telling how to block it because they think that all those things are wrong and they don't want people to know about Anti Semetic groups and things of that nature. People have a right whether they want to look a those things or not. The country shouldn't have the choice to just block it off because they think its wrong. The second website that I visited was http://www.cannet.com/~adam/netcensr.html. I agree with the person who wrote the piece on this website. Adam Garlock started off with talking about violence, language and drugs. Garlock hit a remarkable point stating that people are not forced to view what they view on the internet, it's strictly their own choice. Why block something off if its their choice to look at it?
While we still have trouble in class accessing some of the sites that we need, we can only try our best because the district believes that they are protecting the students. Maybe there should be some kind of conference talking on the issue and stating points where to some point that the sites that they blocked are actually an educational material that we would like to use.
dear mrs.hannon,
the three sites thet i went to were youdebate.com and rense.com and thirdly netsfamilies.com which just specified theat students can access pornagraphical material. i think it is wrong to block certain things from student because we need to learn things by finding out for ourselves.
liz
The first website I went to was http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/internet_censorship
While reading this it sounded like the people dont trust us. They make us sound like untrustful little kids. I am very against censorship yes it keeps kids out of porngraphic sites but children are not that stupid to be going on those sites' at school. The other site i went to was www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/
Mrs. Hannon,
I think it is very unfortunate that we can't do certain things that we want to in class due to filters. If it is shown that many activities that are done in class need websites that are blocked something should be done. The district should allow administrators at each school to decide what is appropriate for each school. They know what their students should have access to and what shouldn't be allowed. Some websites about internet censorship include netfamilies.org,cannet.com and epic.org. The net families website gives insight from parents about how they feel about internet censorship. Can net has a link from a different perspective, a student's perspective. Adam Garlock shows his opinion about this subject as a teenager. Even though filters are used for our protection, I do think some of the things that are blocked are a step too far.
I know there should be a purpose for filtering out nudity on the internet but filtering out educational sites gets up setting. I am frustrated that a kid would look up porn in the first that would make our schools become censored but to block everything is agravating. I tink schools districts find that it is a threat to have kids not censored but what about sites that are educational. How would the district find educational things at fault? There should be a list of sites that should not be blocked and even the district can check them. I will add the sites at home.
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Sites I visited:
http://www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship
The censorship we have on the school computers are absolutely ridiculous and uncalled for. While it is appropriate to have this type of censorship on computers for grammar and middle school children, we are adults. For the most of us, we know how to use the school computers appropriately. Although I understand why some sites like Myspace are blocked, simple sites Google Image Search being blocked as well is unfair. We won't use these sites inappropriately, but yet the administration thinks we will.
Looking around for some wedsites about internet censorship i found two websites out of may more. the two i decide to do is website WWW.eff.org/censorship/censorware.com and WWW.efa.org.au/issues/censor.com . These two websites show and explane how blocking some websites which some people may think is not a good thing but it really is. blocking websites are not to keep people or children from seeing things its to keep them safe. blocking provides protection to minors from child pornography and other dangerous ideas.Also blocking some sites that are disliked and disapprove is a main goal to censorship. I think censorship is a great idea even though some sites that they block are find for all age's but they block just to make sure you stay safe.
Mrs. Hannon, I found my WIKI!!!!!
The link is:
http://jeffys.pbwiki.com/?pwd=4sFb397YE2
I figured i'd post it on here so I wouldn't forget it again.
I LIKE CAKE!!!
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Hay Mrs.Hannon!!! I finally got this stuff working at home!!
Internet censorship in schools is neccessary, but to a certain point. Of course pornographic material, vulgar language, and other inappropriate activities, are trying to be avoided in schools, but they went to far. I hate that I have to do so much at home because of the censorship at school. How can we get through an English 5 class?!
According to http://www.nyclu.org/crewinternet.html
they also agree that "The blocking program sweeps far too broadly. It significantly undermines teachers' ability to conduct their lessons and students' ability to complete their classroom assignments on the Internet." Also http://www.ncac.org/internet/filters.cfm
agrees.
Good Morning/Good Afternoon,
Until today I was not aware of how frustrating censorship is. I wasn't of how much it can limit our education during school hours. I'm concerned about its effect on our schools and class progress. Censorship has its advantages as well as its disadvantages. Topics such as porn sites, chat rooms, ect. should be censored from schools. But, what's the point of censorship on sites where educational purposes can be met. I found it ironic that while when I looked for censorship sites they themselves were censored.
Some parents don't appreciate the fact that schools decide to choose what their children can learn on the internet.WWW.netfamilies.org/ happens to deal with this opinion. Everyone has a different point of view, but shouldn't parents have a right to have a say in the limits of censorship? But then again isn't censorship a violation to the right of expression and privacy? Censorship can be sais to be a a controversial topic all over the world. Sites such as WWW.serendipidity.li/cda.html, discuss the different views of censorship and the differences in different areas of the world.
I understand that censorship is a way to protect students in schools, but limiting the way we use the technology available to us does not seem correct. Why can't we take full advantage of all the possibilities in front us and be more educated on the internet and its different purposes. If they are looking into our future,then the school districts should see that technology is a key field in today's world, that provides work, which equals money and better lives. So where should the line for censorship and limiting of technological education be set?
Mrs.Hannon here is the websites I found http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/internet_censorship.HTM
and also
www.netfamilies.org
Hello
Mrs. Hannon,
This thing is actually pretty sweet once I got over the whole" my Gramma's computer is 100 years old" thing...
I'm still trying to get pictures on it though.
See you tomorrow.
♥ Crystal
Mrs hannon,
I can't get my wiki to work. it says that they will send me a password and they never do. I need help but there is no one that lives around me that can help me.
I do think that school computers should be censored to a certain extent. It's really frustrating when you are looking up something only to be denied. We're in a computer class for a reason. We as teenagers should know that there is a time and place for everything. If someone feels the need to do pointless acts then someone should step in. We should be able to find information when and where we want it from without any problems.
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