Re: Net Behavior at School
Amy Terlaga (aterlaga@www.biblio.org)
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 11:22:05 -0400
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 11:22:05 -0400
Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970915153203.0087129c@www.biblio.org>
From: Amy Terlaga <aterlaga@www.biblio.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: Net Behavior at School
Thanks, Isabel, for jumping up to the plate. I know that there are many
libraries out there who have been offering Net access in their children's
rooms for awhile now. I've heard no reports of libraries having to pull
access because of rampant misuse.
But I am *really* curious to know how kids use the Web. Would love to hear
some stories if anyone has any.
Amy
At 11:05 AM 9/15/97 -0400, Isabel Danforth wrote:
>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
>
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>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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Amy Terlaga Libraries Sharing Computerized Services
Bibliomation, Inc
Stratford, CT
aterlaga@biblio.org