About internet security in school

Personally, I believe that students learn more and faster when educated rather than restricted. But I believe that these things should be the choice of each individual parent. That generally leaves schools no choice, especially after parents complain. If all students have to log in then you could possibly ‘record’ access to such sites, using the protective server software, and report it to parents. A better approach might be to make a contract with the students that they are given more privileges than at most schools as long as they don’t do certain things. In my own classes, for example, I’ve always put out the goal of accessing other student’s computers over the network to have fun, even to mess up the computer a bit. But I make the deal that they can never touch another’s computer directly, only over the network, and that any changes can be undone easily. In 8 years my students have never violated this, but they do have a close relationship with me.