Through my time as a substitute teacher, it seems as though most of the districts I am in have an acceptable use policy. Most of the schools have filters which protect students from finding inappropriate web sites.
Obviously you can't protect them from every web site. There are going to be times where a student might accidentally stumble upon a web site they are not supposed to be on.
It is up to the teachers to monitor their students while they are on the computer and it is also the responsibility of the students to respect the rules regarding computer use.
Kelly,
ReplyDeleteYou made an important point when you mentioned that students may still stumble upon websites they should not be on despite these safeguards. This is why it is so important, as the article stated, to keep the computers where we can see them in the classroom and always keep an interest in what our students are doing on the computer. Students should be informed about appropriate ways to use the internet even though they have blocks on school computers, so that they will know to properly use computers while at home. -Kayleigh