Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eB1Kc0910092; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:38:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:38:00 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <sa27c556.029@jsi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jeff Carter" <jeff_carter@jsi.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:1444] Re: Digital Divide - A Skills or Acces X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Status: O Content-Length: 1391 Lines: 36 Mary Maloney wrote: >I am experimenting with different free services that include substantial >questionnaires that I found personally invasive. The students I work with >are limited to free services, so I am trying them out. >Access to the Internet through >these free services opens a Pandora's Box that includes lures to gambling, >pornography... Mary, you've identified a very important and often overlooked issue in adult ed regarding Internet access. I was facilitating a training a couple of weeks ago in New Jersey, for example, and one of the participants noted that she was "afraid" to show one of her students e-mail because of the dangers you cite above. In K-12, because the students are kids, many of these issues are either not as much of a concern (privacy -- while a concern, children don't usually have the same expectation of privacy as adults) or dealt with in a variety of ways that are not necessarily appropriate for adults -- because they are adults (like filtering programs to block Web sites). (I realize that some people don't consider filtering programs appropriate for K-12 either, but that's another issue.) I think this huge deal. I would be interested in hearing about some recommended techniques for dealing with these issues, possibly for a project idea I've been chewing on. Jeff Jeff Carter NELRC/World Education (617) 482-9485 jcarter@worlded.org
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