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Internet Rights for Students

Internet Rights for Students. Why are websites blocked?. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) twenty-five states have Internet filtering laws that apply to publicly funded schools or libraries.

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Internet Rights for Students

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  1. Internet Rights for Students

  2. Why are websites blocked? • According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) twenty-five states have Internet filtering laws that apply to publicly funded schools or libraries. • Filtering prevents students from gaining access to sexually explicit, obscene or harmful materials.

  3. Why websites shouldn’t be blocked. • Certain websites that students aren’t allowed on don’t contain harmful material and can be useful in school such as their e-mail accounts. • Most high school students are responsible enough to use their internet time wisely.

  4. Why websites should be blocked cont.. • Research for a school project can be difficult if students can’t access information because of a filtered website.

  5. Most wanted websites to be unblocked

  6. Interviewing Students.. • Q. Do you think that most of the websites shouldn’t be blocked? • A. 100% - yes • Q.If the websites weren’t blocked anymore, would you still study and stay focused? • A. 80% - yes 20% - no

  7. Interviewing Students cont.. • Q. Would you be able to put school work first and save internet time for your free time? • A. 66% - yes 34% - no

  8. Solutions At the beginning of the school year, parents could sign a form allowing their child to use the free internet or to not use the free internet. Students might concentrate more on studies if they have access to more websites so they wouldn’t be messing with their phone all of the time. Have certain computers that allow more open websites.

  9. Interviewing a Teacher • Q. Do you think most of the websites shouldn’t be blocked? • Ms.H- No, they would be used at inappropriate times such as Facebook and Youtube. • Q. What websites would you like to see unblocked? • Ms.H- None. • Q.Do you think it is fair that teachers have unblocked internet? • Ms.H- Yes, for educational purposes but in other cases such as Facebook, no.

  10. Sources • "Google Images." Google. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. <http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/facebook_logo.png>."Google Images." Google. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. <http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://saypeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/YouTube-logo.jpg>."Google Images." Google. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. <http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://simplyzesty.com/wp-content/uploads//2011/08/Twitter-Logo-300x293.jpg>."Google Images." Google. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. <http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Pinterest_logo.png>."Google Images." Google. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. <http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.way2onlinejobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/email.gif>."State Internet Filtering Laws." NCSL Home. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. <http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/telecommunications-information-technology/state-internet-filtering-laws.aspx>

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