[Year 12 IPM] Schools and MySpace et al

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Well noted Andrew .. nothing beats the human interface, a responsible
teacher who engages the students, monitors their progress and keeps them on
task. This week we spotted another proxy redirector and did the right thing,
it wasnt a big deal and we took it in our stride. I wont be drawn into the
details or ethics on this list but there is actually a reasonable case for
some people (inc students) using these tools to cover their tracks ..
albeit, certainly not on a public school computer or network.

Regards Roland

On 23/10/06, WEIR Andrew <WEIR at thomascarr.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Cameron
> Whilst not the answer you wanted if you are planning on blocking Myspace
> may I also suggest you also make sure you try to keep up to date with
> blocking Proxy sites such as Kproxy and many others. Our students had
> been using my space so we blocked it using sina but the students then
> used proxy sites to bypass the security and go to myspace.
>
> Our technician keeps an eye on the activity lists each week and updates
> the filters as the need arrises.
>
> As for article about liable via the internet the age has been really
> good in the last few weeks. But the big key is to remind the students
> that It's not just about where the article or blog was written it's the
> laws of the country that it was read in that apply. So if they write in
> Australia about someone in the USA and it is read over there then they
> can be found liable under there laws not ours.
>
> Regards
> Andrew
>
> Andrew Weir
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Cameron Bell
> Sent: Monday, 23 October 2006 12:04 PM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Schools and MySpace et al
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> Hi All,
> well it was only a matter of time before we found our first reference to
> staff here on MySpace. Of course it is not too complimentary and most
> likely libelous and or defamatory. I have had a chat with the boss and
> he wants to block MySpace, however he realises that we can't control
> what students have access to at home and we can't keep up with the sheer
> amount of sites available to students to post to.
> These sites offer much to education, just take a look at the amount of
> PD about blogs etc, however, I wonder if we are being effective in
> communicating to students the legal implications of this tool.
> We are only just introducing blogs etc to staff in PD sessions, I was
> wondering if anyone can share with me any official legal advice they
> have had or had to give in this area.  Do you know of any sites
> (Australian would be good....sigh) that have info on this?
> Many thanks
> Cameron
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