[Yr7-10it] block it all

[Bill Kerr]

filter busting service:
http://psiphon.civisec.org/index.html

psiphon is a human rights software project developed by the Citizen
Lab<http://www.citizenlab.org/>at the Munk Centre for International
Studies that allows citizens in
uncensored countries to provide unfettered access to the Net through their
home computers to friends and family members who live behind firewalls of
states that censor

"states that censor"
sounds like a bad thing - repressive, authoritarian, fascist - not like our
freedom loving democracy
mmm ...
oh dear, it's school too

"The child shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall
include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all
kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in
the form of art, or through any other media of the child's choice." (Article
13, UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child<http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm>
)

-- 
Bill Kerr
http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/
http://www.users.on.net/~billkerr/
skype: billkerr2006


On 3/1/07, victor rajewski <askvictor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Eh; I'm getting increasingly tempted to show my students how to
> circumvent any firewall restrictions using tor.
>
> To top this off, I'm finding a large number of forum websites used for
> technical support issues are blocked. I mean, really. At least we
> still have email, or, if they block that, fax machines ;-)
>
> On 3/1/07, Costello, Rob R <Costello.Rob.R at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> > Reading about more filtering -
> >
> > http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/youtube-ban-for-victorian-schools
> > /2007/03/01/1172338754827.html
> >
> > Personally, I think every student should be satisfied with 24/7 access
> > to the official VELS site, and maybe the curriculum planning guidelines
> >
> > What more could they ask for?
> >
> > Google, blogs, email, flickr, and all such web 2 apps should be banned
> > by decree
> >
> > They might be used to communicate - and the risk of communicating is too
> > high
> >
> > I look forward to a world in which every interesting and interactive web
> > site is finally blocked, and we all have handheld devices, on which we
> > can access an approved list of 3 sites
> >
> > Paper and pen might also need banning, as there are reliable reports of
> > these media being used for obscene drawing and note passing in class
> >
> > Rob
> >
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