Comments on: A Common Sense Approach to Internet Safety http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:44:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Alex Delaforce, Head eLearning http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51447 Alex Delaforce, Head eLearning Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:03:07 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51447 This comment will make me seem like a prudish wowser, however..... I think it is a shame that to make this valuable video available to parents without subjecting them to poor language and ill-considered comments on the youtube page, I cannot merely mention the link in a newsletter or school podcast. I realize that we live in a big, diverse and adult world with many views and standards but I despair at the way powerful, engaging web-based tools too easily become unusable because the content 'contributed' by casual site users does not exhibit appropriate community standards. I will be using the video with my school but will need to download it. Thanks for the link to the video This comment will make me seem like a prudish wowser, however…..
I think it is a shame that to make this valuable video available to parents without subjecting them to poor language and ill-considered comments on the youtube page, I cannot merely mention the link in a newsletter or school podcast. I realize that we live in a big, diverse and adult world with many views and standards but I despair at the way powerful, engaging web-based tools too easily become unusable because the content ‘contributed’ by casual site users does not exhibit appropriate community standards.

I will be using the video with my school but will need to download it.

Thanks for the link to the video

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]]> By: Thomas Anglero http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51284 Thomas Anglero Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:20:12 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51284 Hi Wes, You should spend sometime reading about WiHood ( http://www.WiHood.com ). A virtual desktop service for children that has integrated a very advanced web filter. WiHood's focus is to close the digital divide so all children grow up with the opportunity to have a PC with all the necessary software included but without the financial burden and simultaneously, a web filter to make sure they are protected while surfing. Nothing will ever replaces the parent, nothing! Technology like WiHood is probably the best overall solution for kids and parents. A traditional web filter service doesn't work with today's sophisticated young people and their lives. That model of business is permanently broken! Thanks for sharing and I hope WiHood can make a difference for you as it has done for families all over the world. Thomas F. Anglero, CEO WiHood Hi Wes,

You should spend sometime reading about WiHood ( http://www.WiHood.com ). A virtual desktop service for children that has integrated a very advanced web filter. WiHood’s focus is to close the digital divide so all children grow up with the opportunity to have a PC with all the necessary software included but without the financial burden and simultaneously, a web filter to make sure they are protected while surfing.

Nothing will ever replaces the parent, nothing! Technology like WiHood is probably the best overall solution for kids and parents. A traditional web filter service doesn’t work with today’s sophisticated young people and their lives. That model of business is permanently broken!

Thanks for sharing and I hope WiHood can make a difference for you as it has done for families all over the world.

Thomas F. Anglero, CEO
WiHood

]]> By: AllanahK http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51271 AllanahK Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:55:45 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51271 Thanks for the video- I am facilitating a parent afternoon of cyber-safety next week and will use the video as a discussion starter. Children have just started created content on the net and some parents are concerned about the unknown- media hype has made some very wary. Some are even forbidding their children to use computers at all. Quite an uphill journey to have them accept the 21st century is here whether they like it or not. Thanks for the video- I am facilitating a parent afternoon of cyber-safety next week and will use the video as a discussion starter.

Children have just started created content on the net and some parents are concerned about the unknown- media hype has made some very wary. Some are even forbidding their children to use computers at all. Quite an uphill journey to have them accept the 21st century is here whether they like it or not.

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51247 Wesley Fryer Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:10:33 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51247 That is strange. Here is a link that works for that video, I'll fix my previous one both on this post and my Videos for PD page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOQyMvG99w That is strange. Here is a link that works for that video, I’ll fix my previous one both on this post and my Videos for PD page:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOQyMvG99w

]]> By: Ian http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51242 Ian Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:33:07 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51242 I tried following the link to the cyberbullying video but it seems that it has been taken off due to terms of use violations. Strange. Ian I tried following the link to the cyberbullying video but it seems that it has been taken off due to terms of use violations.

Strange.

Ian

]]> By: Tracy Weeks http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51232 Tracy Weeks Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:52:42 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51232 Speaking of Internet Safety, I just wrote a poem about school web filtering: http://pargonet.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/web-filters-a-poem/ Speaking of Internet Safety, I just wrote a poem about school web filtering:
http://pargonet.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/web-filters-a-poem/

]]> By: Rick Tanski http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51227 Rick Tanski Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:28:25 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/10/a-common-sense-approach-to-internet-safety/#comment-51227 Sorry Wes, I think you may have missed the point in general. Internet safety is about web (blockers) filters, ignorance, fear, and control: see http://ricktanski.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/fear-and-control-online/. If we use common sense, what would we spend out technology dollars on? What about the filter administrator's job? I'm thinking about getting a street filter for kids. I mean, have you heard about them newfangled things called cars?! More kids die and suffer injuries in those things every day that all the evils purported online. Seriously, though, we educate our kids about driving and swimming and skiing and sports safety and on and on. We don't actively, as a culture, prevent their access to these (arguably more) risky activities. If we did, we'd certainly see rights infringement lawsuits everywhere! Why is it such a struggle to get people to understand that purposeful, relevant education is the key? The higher we build walls of ignorance, fear, and control, the more we encourage kids to go over, around, under, and through those walls to see what we're hiding. By forbidding and blocking, we are actually encouraging the improper behaviors we are trying to prevent. It's probable that someone will read into this that we should improperly expose kids to inappropriate stuff; that's not the point. Your post (and the several others) here are examples of thoughtful, proactive approaches. However, I'm not sure we'll be able to overcome the pandering hysteria behind CIPA and the Dateline-ish culture that has grown up around that kind of hysteria. Sorry Wes, I think you may have missed the point in general. Internet safety is about web (blockers) filters, ignorance, fear, and control: see http://ricktanski.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/fear-and-control-online/. If we use common sense, what would we spend out technology dollars on? What about the filter administrator’s job? I’m thinking about getting a street filter for kids. I mean, have you heard about them newfangled things called cars?! More kids die and suffer injuries in those things every day that all the evils purported online.

Seriously, though, we educate our kids about driving and swimming and skiing and sports safety and on and on. We don’t actively, as a culture, prevent their access to these (arguably more) risky activities. If we did, we’d certainly see rights infringement lawsuits everywhere!

Why is it such a struggle to get people to understand that purposeful, relevant education is the key? The higher we build walls of ignorance, fear, and control, the more we encourage kids to go over, around, under, and through those walls to see what we’re hiding. By forbidding and blocking, we are actually encouraging the improper behaviors we are trying to prevent. It’s probable that someone will read into this that we should improperly expose kids to inappropriate stuff; that’s not the point. Your post (and the several others) here are examples of thoughtful, proactive approaches. However, I’m not sure we’ll be able to overcome the pandering hysteria behind CIPA and the Dateline-ish culture that has grown up around that kind of hysteria.

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