Comments on: Accessing the web where URL shorteners don’t work? Problem solved with Untiny http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/15/accessing-the-web-where-url-shorteners-dont-work-problem-solved-with-untiny/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa Thumann http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/15/accessing-the-web-where-url-shorteners-dont-work-problem-solved-with-untiny/comment-page-1/#comment-103835 Lisa Thumann Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:02:52 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3911#comment-103835 Wes - I just came across this today... Check out http://www.unhid.co.cc/ to unshorten shrunken URLs. They even have a bookmarklet you can install on your toolbar! Wes – I just came across this today…
Check out http://www.unhid.co.cc/ to unshorten shrunken URLs. They even have a bookmarklet you can install on your toolbar!

]]> By: Chan Bliss http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/15/accessing-the-web-where-url-shorteners-dont-work-problem-solved-with-untiny/comment-page-1/#comment-103667 Chan Bliss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:12:40 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3911#comment-103667 I was reading on e-school news about new rules for schools e-rate. http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=61672 According to the article school will have to "certify that they are, "as part of [their] internet safety policy, ...educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking web sites and in chat rooms and cyber bullying awareness and response." My interpretation of this is that districts will have to do more than just block sites they will have to have in-place ways to teach how to safely use the sites. I was reading on e-school news about new rules for schools e-rate. http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=61672
According to the article school will have to “certify that they are, “as part of [their] internet safety policy, …educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking web sites and in chat rooms and cyber bullying awareness and response.”
My interpretation of this is that districts will have to do more than just block sites they will have to have in-place ways to teach how to safely use the sites.

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/15/accessing-the-web-where-url-shorteners-dont-work-problem-solved-with-untiny/comment-page-1/#comment-103643 Wesley Fryer Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:23:59 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3911#comment-103643 Cliff: I totally agree "reasonable, alternate policies" need to be proposed and showcased in a campaign like this. Exemplary AUPs and other policies need to be showcased. Thanks for the feedback as well. You are most welcome! :-) Paul: I agree having to resort to using a proxy is not a good situation, but what else would you have recommended for me when I was in China so I could access the <a href="http://k12online.ning.com/" rel="nofollow">learning community on Ning for our K-12 Online Conference</a>? It is troubling that we find this type of content filtering in our public US schools, as well as the closed society which is modern China. Cliff: I totally agree “reasonable, alternate policies” need to be proposed and showcased in a campaign like this. Exemplary AUPs and other policies need to be showcased.

Thanks for the feedback as well. You are most welcome! :-)

Paul: I agree having to resort to using a proxy is not a good situation, but what else would you have recommended for me when I was in China so I could access the learning community on Ning for our K-12 Online Conference? It is troubling that we find this type of content filtering in our public US schools, as well as the closed society which is modern China.

]]> By: paul shircliff http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/15/accessing-the-web-where-url-shorteners-dont-work-problem-solved-with-untiny/comment-page-1/#comment-103628 paul shircliff Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:38:31 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3911#comment-103628 advising people to use a proxy to bypass their filter is not a good thing. I disagree with a majority of the filtering, but having someone violate their AUP keeps sending a bad message to the kids "break the rules if you do not like them or if they inconvenience you." Tell them to actively work to get sites unblocked or actively pursue a less strict filter. There are many sites, web-apps that I want unblocked and as I come across them I get them to our overworked tech people. I keep reminding them I need things unblocked until it happens. advising people to use a proxy to bypass their filter is not a good thing.
I disagree with a majority of the filtering, but having someone violate their AUP keeps sending a bad message to the kids “break the rules if you do not like them or if they inconvenience you.”
Tell them to actively work to get sites unblocked or actively pursue a less strict filter.
There are many sites, web-apps that I want unblocked and as I come across them I get them to our overworked tech people. I keep reminding them I need things unblocked until it happens.

]]> By: Cliff Baker http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/15/accessing-the-web-where-url-shorteners-dont-work-problem-solved-with-untiny/comment-page-1/#comment-103601 Cliff Baker Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:20:47 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3911#comment-103601 "At some point in the not too distant future, I think we need to coordinate a collective action campaign to change school Internet filtering policies around the United States – and potentially in other countries where overly strict filtering policies are enforced." I like your idea, but think that it would be beneficial to have some reasonable alternate policy to propose to District IT depts. As you are in touch with people nationally, have you found such a policy in place? Or would it be possible to come up with one? If such a policy were readily available to propose, I think lots of people would be willing to push their local people to adopt it. I certainly would. Also, I'd like to thank you for the work you do--you have been a great resource for me, and I'm sure many others trying to get "up to speed" with our new digital world. “At some point in the not too distant future, I think we need to coordinate a collective action campaign to change school Internet filtering policies around the United States – and potentially in other countries where overly strict filtering policies are enforced.”

I like your idea, but think that it would be beneficial to have some reasonable alternate policy to propose to District IT depts. As you are in touch with people nationally, have you found such a policy in place? Or would it be possible to come up with one? If such a policy were readily available to propose, I think lots of people would be willing to push their local people to adopt it. I certainly would.

Also, I’d like to thank you for the work you do–you have been a great resource for me, and I’m sure many others trying to get “up to speed” with our new digital world.

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