[Moodle] Double Standards??

[Fahey, Neil M]

The Herald Sun is somewhat bad for the brain... I think I get dumber
every time I read it!

 

From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Ros Meadows
Sent: Wednesday, 11 March 2009 9:11 PM
To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List; The
Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
Subject: [Moodle] Double Standards??

 

Hi all

The moodle site I set up on our web server was inaccessible for some
time today - the message ACCESS: DENIED came up.
Wondering why this was so I spent some time using my mobile broadband
internet connection to log into it and investigate student logs and
profile pics, looking for obscenities etc
In frustration I returned to the home page only to scroll down and see
the RSS feeds (Herald Sun Top Stories and Tech News) featuring articles
on
    - NBL player involved in a s&x assault
    - Home and Away to feature a le$bi at n romance (It was referred to as
"Home and a Gay")
    - Gmail servers down due to p0rn attack
(misspellings here so this email will hopefully get through Kevork's
filter system!!)

No wonder the filter had banned the site!!

So I fixed it by completely deleting all of the RSS feeds, but I
contemplated the fact that students in my class could get up and walk to
the other side of the Library, pick up a copy of the Herald Sun, and
read, in full, all three articles. Oh how their minds would become
corrupt by this act!!!

Yet the whole moodle site was blocked - even though it only displayed
the headings!!

Double Standards?? Or perhaps we should also ban students from reading
newspapers at school?????

Sometimes ya just gotta have a giggle!

Cheers
The Lone Moodler
Ros Meadows
BentleighSC
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