According to this article Battling Censors
schools are now censoring the children so that they cannot go to myspace. Not only can they not go there, but they can't visit any websites that have "my space" on the page.
Let me tell you a little something about myspace. Myspace uses HTML which stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. This is a simple yet elegant code that most of the internet is based on. Despite taking a class on HTML back in my community college days, when I started using myspace I did not remember how to use the code, but through using the website and customizing my page I learned a great deal on HTML. Not only have I learned how to use the code but I have also learned a plethora of information on human relationships. Why on earth would a Learning institution want to block children from learning? I believe and this is what I want to talk about mostly in my project for this class is that all information should be free and that all humans should be free to view it. The second some organization starts blocking websites is the second they become all the more seductive. As humans we want what we can't have. And everyone knows that these children are going to visit the website any way they can. So why try and stop them. If I was a teacher I would give an assignment to the children such as edit your myspace page to show a unique video quality or picture. I would be surprised to see what they come up with. This would force them not only to learn, but also they would have fun while doing it.
schools are now censoring the children so that they cannot go to myspace. Not only can they not go there, but they can't visit any websites that have "my space" on the page.
Let me tell you a little something about myspace. Myspace uses HTML which stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. This is a simple yet elegant code that most of the internet is based on. Despite taking a class on HTML back in my community college days, when I started using myspace I did not remember how to use the code, but through using the website and customizing my page I learned a great deal on HTML. Not only have I learned how to use the code but I have also learned a plethora of information on human relationships. Why on earth would a Learning institution want to block children from learning? I believe and this is what I want to talk about mostly in my project for this class is that all information should be free and that all humans should be free to view it. The second some organization starts blocking websites is the second they become all the more seductive. As humans we want what we can't have. And everyone knows that these children are going to visit the website any way they can. So why try and stop them. If I was a teacher I would give an assignment to the children such as edit your myspace page to show a unique video quality or picture. I would be surprised to see what they come up with. This would force them not only to learn, but also they would have fun while doing it.
2 comments:
I agree with the fact that if we empower student vs. impose fear into them, we encourage them to be productive members of society, who view the world as a comfortable place for self expression.
In all the schools I've subbed in the kids have found a way to bypass the schools firewall. In doing so they risk losing their computer privileges, but I haven't heard of it happening yet.
I liked being able to follow the link you included to read the article you were discussing.
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