Re: Net Behavior at School
Isabel Danforth (danforth@tiac.net)
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 11:07:36 -0400
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 11:07:36 -0400
Message-Id: <3.0.2.32.19970915111421.00809330@sunspot.tiac.net>
From: Isabel Danforth <danforth@tiac.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: Net Behavior at School
We don't offer net access in our kids room yet. Actually the CONNECT text
base terminals have had lynx access for quite a while. During last school
year a number of middle school kids made great use of it in the adult room.
Since we have had a graphical station at the reference desk, those same
kids, as well as adults have used it for research, browsing, foreign news
information, and chat space. I have not noticed any problems during any of
these sessions.
Isabel
At 09:21 AM 9/15/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Earlier today, Joe Cadieux posted the following news item:
>
>>From: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,14179,00.html
>>C/Net Unedited
>>September 12, 1997
>>
>>As more politicians push for classroom Net access, parents and teachers are
>>struggling to come up with with solutions for some of the problems that
>>come along with the Internet.
>>
>>Although sound bites from politicians who promise "wired" schools make the
>>evening news, so do stories about students plagiarizing essays from the
>>Internet, teenagers being stalked by adults in online chat rooms, and
>>technologically precocious students hacking into schools' computer systems.
>>
>>The University of California at Berkeley Extension is teaching one of the
>>first courses aimed at giving administrators, parents, and teachers answers
>>to these problems.
>>
>>"Ethics, Access, and Equity in Technology," taught by Ana Solomon, will
>>include topics like copyright law, intellectual property, profanity,
>>pornography, online etiquette, and gender issues related to technology.
>>
>>"In schools, there need to be some guidelines for how to use technology,"
>>Solomon said. "It's very easy to break the law and not know it. Because the
>>Internet is coming into so many homes and classes, it has the potential to
>>be a very powerful and dangerous tool, and there need to be guidelines."
>>
>[snip]
>
>Just curious. How many libraries here in Connecticut offer Internet access
>in their children's rooms? What kind of policy do you have in place? How
>much supervision do you give your users? Do you offer classes for them on
>the responsible use of the Internet? Or (if you do offer any training for
>kids) is it more along the lines of instructional use and leave the ethics
>of it to their parents? Have you encountered any problems since the
>introduction of the Net into your children's room?
>
>Thanks in advance to all who reply to this.
>
>Amy
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>Amy Terlaga Libraries Sharing Computerized Services
>Bibliomation, Inc
>Stratford, CT
>aterlaga@biblio.org
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Isabel L. Danforth Reference Librarian, Wethersfield Public Library
danforth@tiac.net Co-Director of Librarians' Online Support Team
http://www.gnacademy.org:8001/~lost/
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