Comments on: Freedom and Safety for All http://erichoefler.com/2007/01/20/freedom-and-safety-for-all/ Notes on education, writing, litracy, and culture Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:56:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Abigail Smith http://erichoefler.com/2007/01/20/freedom-and-safety-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Abigail Smith Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:44:15 +0000 http://edublog.erichoefler.com/?p=37#comment-386 Need a myspace proxy? Here is a free <a href="http://www.grasstop.info" rel="nofollow">Myspace Proxy</a> for you to use. Its easy and quick and will make your favorite sites work. Enjoy! Need a myspace proxy? Here is a free Myspace Proxy for you to use. Its easy and quick and will make your favorite sites work. Enjoy!

]]> By: Geoff Brown http://erichoefler.com/2007/01/20/freedom-and-safety-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Geoff Brown Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:32:28 +0000 http://edublog.erichoefler.com/?p=37#comment-36 Your concerns are accurate and well-spoken. The larger picture is that schools must stay ever-vigilant in protecting their students. For example, teachers are legally REQUIRED to report any "reasonable suspicion" of child abuse. Fair enough. The only problem is that teachers often don't know how to talk to a student in whom they spot <a href="http://www.hownottotalk.com/abuse" rel="nofollow">signs of child abuse</a>. But now there's a new online <a href="http://www.hownottotalk.com/abuse" rel="nofollow">role-playing </a>course that lets teachers rehearse a conversation with a possible child abuse victim, getting instant feedback on their choices. It has a free version, and a CEU-credit version. Hopefully it'll help. Meanwhile the schools must continue to find the balance between protection and censorship. Your concerns are accurate and well-spoken. The larger picture is that schools must stay ever-vigilant in protecting their students. For example, teachers are legally REQUIRED to report any “reasonable suspicion” of child abuse. Fair enough. The only problem is that teachers often don’t know how to talk to a student in whom they spot signs of child abuse. But now there’s a new online role-playing course that lets teachers rehearse a conversation with a possible child abuse victim, getting instant feedback on their choices. It has a free version, and a CEU-credit version. Hopefully it’ll help. Meanwhile the schools must continue to find the balance between protection and censorship.

]]> By: shmek http://erichoefler.com/2007/01/20/freedom-and-safety-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-32 shmek Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:44:06 +0000 http://edublog.erichoefler.com/?p=37#comment-32 You can try web proxy servers to unblock and login to myspace directly from your browser at school or work: http://www.hidemyway.com *updated 01.2007 http://www.hidemyway.com/prox *working for myspace unblock http://www.vipsurfer.com http://www.msproxy.net *myspace dedicated proxy server http://www.surfinter.net/prox *secure myspace login, last update 01.26.2007 ENJOY You can try web proxy servers to unblock and login to myspace directly from your browser at school or work:

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]]> By: Eric Hoefler http://erichoefler.com/2007/01/20/freedom-and-safety-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Eric Hoefler Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:06:38 +0000 http://edublog.erichoefler.com/?p=37#comment-34 Miguel, The email itself was nothing special. I sent the email to the Supervisor of Instructional Technology, and--because I know her personally--was less formal than I otherwise would have been. Is it "who you know," even in the world of education? I hope not. Anyway, here's the email: ----- I'm not sure what kind of help I can get here, but I really need it. A while ago, I set up an "elggspaces" account to use with my students (and paid $100 out-of-pocket to get it ad-free). Elggspaces is designed specifically for providing students with safe, flexible blogging and online portfolio management. I discovered that, apparently as of today, PWC has decided to block elggspaces. Is there any way to get http://wshsbeyond.elggspaces.com unblocked!? My students have been doing amazing work on there. Thanks, Eric ----- She forwarded the issue to the appropriate people and two days later we were up and running again. I'm not sure what arguments she presented to make this happen, but I'll ask next time we talk. As for the OpenID issue: it's a <a href="http://blog.verselogic.net/projects/wordpress/wordpress-openid-plugin/" rel="nofollow">WordPress plugin</a>, and I'm sure I could edit the hyperlink, but probably won't. The reason is that you can get OpenIDs from a variety of places, and I wouldn't want to send someone to only one of those places. For example, <a href="http://www.claimid.com" rel="nofollow">ClaimID</a>, <a href="http://www.myopenid.com" rel="nofollow">MyOpenID</a>, and <a href="http://www.livejournal.com" rel="nofollow">LiveJournal</a> all offer OpenIDs. Thanks! Miguel,

The email itself was nothing special. I sent the email to the Supervisor of Instructional Technology, and–because I know her personally–was less formal than I otherwise would have been. Is it “who you know,” even in the world of education? I hope not.

Anyway, here’s the email:

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I’m not sure what kind of help I can get here, but I really need it.

A while ago, I set up an “elggspaces” account to use with my students (and paid $100 out-of-pocket to get it ad-free). Elggspaces is designed specifically for providing students with safe, flexible blogging and online portfolio management.

I discovered that, apparently as of today, PWC has decided to block elggspaces. Is there any way to get http://wshsbeyond.elggspaces.com unblocked!? My students have been doing amazing work on there.

Thanks,
Eric

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She forwarded the issue to the appropriate people and two days later we were up and running again. I’m not sure what arguments she presented to make this happen, but I’ll ask next time we talk.

As for the OpenID issue: it’s a WordPress plugin, and I’m sure I could edit the hyperlink, but probably won’t. The reason is that you can get OpenIDs from a variety of places, and I wouldn’t want to send someone to only one of those places. For example, ClaimID, MyOpenID, and LiveJournal all offer OpenIDs.

Thanks!

]]> By: Miguel Guhlin http://erichoefler.com/2007/01/20/freedom-and-safety-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Miguel Guhlin Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:01:42 +0000 http://edublog.erichoefler.com/?p=37#comment-33 Eric, nice post. Would you share the email that opened the doors? I'd love to read it. Also, while the "?" next to OpenID leads to a blog and places to find out what it is, it might be more helpful to have a link to the exact page one can go to CREATE an OpenID. I looked around, and maybe it's just that it is early, but I couldn't find it. Looks interesting, though. Thanks for the post, Miguel Eric, nice post. Would you share the email that opened the doors? I’d love to read it.

Also, while the “?” next to OpenID leads to a blog and places to find out what it is, it might be more helpful to have a link to the exact page one can go to CREATE an OpenID. I looked around, and maybe it’s just that it is early, but I couldn’t find it. Looks interesting, though.

Thanks for the post,

Miguel

]]> By: Vicki Davis http://erichoefler.com/2007/01/20/freedom-and-safety-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Vicki Davis Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:24:20 +0000 http://edublog.erichoefler.com/?p=37#comment-35 Eric, This is a phenomenal post. I agree with you and have written in the past about blocking policies. I like that you have done your research which is what must happen in order to discuss these issues properly with administrators. As the person who teaches AND controls my own filtration policy, I know that sometimes these sites are blocked because the filtering company has had another school complain and they add a site to their innappropriate list. Additionally, many provide the filters for schools AND businesses -- a business may want to block an elgg but certainly a school wouldn't. That leaves administrators with the manual override which takes some time and technical expertise. My manual override takes all of 5 minutes because I do it myself. <a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/10/what-to-do-about-filtration-allow-ad.html" rel="nofollow">So, I proposed a method</a> whereby teachers could be allowed access and accountability for what they unblocked. Just a thought! GREAT post. I bookmarked it and it will go through my site's feedburner feed today! Eric,

This is a phenomenal post. I agree with you and have written in the past about blocking policies. I like that you have done your research which is what must happen in order to discuss these issues properly with administrators.

As the person who teaches AND controls my own filtration policy, I know that sometimes these sites are blocked because the filtering company has had another school complain and they add a site to their innappropriate list. Additionally, many provide the filters for schools AND businesses — a business may want to block an elgg but certainly a school wouldn’t.

That leaves administrators with the manual override which takes some time and technical expertise. My manual override takes all of 5 minutes because I do it myself.

So, I proposed a method whereby teachers could be allowed access and accountability for what they unblocked. Just a thought!

GREAT post. I bookmarked it and it will go through my site’s feedburner feed today!

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