Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Fridge's Weekly Bookmarks (weekly)


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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Who's is the Enemy?

While watching Twitter last night, I saw Sylvia Martinez (and her blog post from today) and Bud Hunt begin the "assault" on the session title "The Enemy Within: Stop Students From Bypassing Your Web Filters." The irony is that the description on the Wikispace page was open for anyone to edit, so the onslaught of educators adding their thoughts began.

Here is the session description from the one hour session description page of the NYSCATE wiki:

How can you detect and block anonymizing proxies to stop students from accessing content which can create security risks to your network? Sophos security expert, Chris Ridgeway, will discuss risks posed by Web 2.0., how anonymizing proxies compound that threat and best practices to thwart anonymizing proxies in your network.

To me, the title represents what can be so wrong with security and the companies that provide them. Granted, they prey on the fear that some parents and administrators have. They aren't as concerned with providing effective instruction as they are creating an impenetrable bubble isolating students from the rest of the world. If you had engaging instruction and a relevant curriculum, you would have less discipline issues. It's as simple as that.
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

The Fridge's Weekly Bookmarks (weekly)


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Sunday, October 25, 2009

The Fridge's Weekly Bookmarks (weekly)


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Sunday, October 11, 2009

The Fridge's Weekly Bookmarks (weekly)


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