Internet Censorship Device

In Fischbowl's Two Steps Forward (and 1.8 Steps Back) article, Fischbowl described how his school switched to a new internet filter over the summer. In his post, Fischbowl describes the problems with the new and old filter, which he so lovingly refers to as the "information censor."

I applaud Fischbowl on this post, believe it or not. Fischbowl wrote of more readily explainable ideas, like censorship, and what leaving education to third-party entities could mean for our students. I will not discuss the political feelings associated with censorship, but I will say that secondary students should be held accountable for the misuse of internet at school but that the schools should not censor students from potentially educational material on the web. I agree with the comment "Our philosophy is to have high expectations for our students, to educate them to behave ethically, responsibly and safely and then expect that they will do the right thing. When they don’t, they know we’ll have a conversation and try to learn from the mistake, but we don’t assume they are going to screw up. In other words, our philosophy has been to educate, not ban." - Two Steps Forward (and 1.8 Steps Back)