<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc="http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:Repl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda="http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" xmlns:Z="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]-->
<title>AASL Blog</title>
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Cambria;
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Georgia;
panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
h1
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:24.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.Heading1Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1";
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:#365F91;
font-weight:bold;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:blue;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle22
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;}
span.EmailStyle25
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:54088883;
mso-list-template-ids:1411429190;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:963733163;
mso-list-template-ids:456537066;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l2
{mso-list-id:1436553659;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:-884555918 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693;}
@list l2:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l2:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l2:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level5
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level6
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level8
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level9
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l3
{mso-list-id:1833645370;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:1774846346 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693;}
@list l3:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.0in;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.5in;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:"Courier New";}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Looking for something new to add to your Banned Books Week activities? Banned Websites Awareness Day may be a good
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">issue</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> to include!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Learn more about Banned Websites Awareness Day (BWAD) on September 28, 2011</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> by checking out these resources:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">American Library Association’s BWAD Press Release:
<a href="http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=7873">http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=7873</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">American Association of School Librarians (AASL) BWAD website:
<a href="http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/bwad/bwad.cfm">http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/bwad/bwad.cfm</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Read the following AASLBlog post.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Key points</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> copied and pasted directly from the post</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><em><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black;font-style:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal">The reality is that “brute force” filtering of Internet content has resulted in us regressing rather than progressing.</span></em><em><span style="color:black;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I have asked a number of my fellow school leaders about policies and practices in their school and school system relating to content filtering. Most have no idea what
is going on in their school regarding filtering</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">According to [Karen Cator of the U.S. Department of Education], many schools are simply over-complying with federal guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">[Directors and administrators] Don’t wait another day! Meet with your IT staff and discuss content filtering. Work out a plan to address teacher [and library staff]
issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">What you must know about content filtering:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<ul type="circle">
<ul type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Accessing YouTube is not violating CIPA rules.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Websites don’t have to be blocked for
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">teachers [and library staff]. [Explanation:
</span>An adult can ask to have a website unblocked, but there is language about having to filter all machines.]<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Broad filters are not helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Scho</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">ols [and libraries] will
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">not lose E-rate funding by unblocking appropriate sites.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Kids need to be taught how to be responsible digital citizens.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Teachers [and library staff] should be trusted.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> noreply+feedproxy@google.com [mailto:noreply+feedproxy@google.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>AASL Blog<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 19, 2011 1:43 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> View the Latest Posts to AASLBlog<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="margin-left:24.0pt;margin-right:24.0pt" id="emailbody">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="99%" valign="top" style="width:99.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<h1 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.aasl.ala.org/aaslblog" title="(http://www.aasl.ala.org/aaslblog)"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">View the
Latest Posts to AASLBlog</span></a> <br>
<a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/Aaslblog"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://gmodules.com/ig/images/plus_google.gif"></span></a><o:p></o:p></h1>
</td>
<td width="1%" style="width:1.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.aasl.ala.org/aaslblog"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="feedimage" src="http://www.aasl.ala.org/aaslblog/" alt="Link to AASL Blog"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:140%">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
<hr size="2" width="100%" align="center">
</span></div>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" id="itemcontentlist">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.8pt">
<a name="1"></a><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Aaslblog/~3/2QJmqhkW8ds/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000099;text-decoration:none">National Association of Secondary School Principals
(NASSP) Supports Banned Websites Awareness Day (BWAD) | by Mel Riddle</span></b></a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#555555">Posted: 19 Sep 2011 02:35 AM PDT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">For more information about
<a href="http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=7873" target="_blank" title="AASL Press Release: Banned Websites Awareness Day">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Banned Websites Awareness Day</span></b></a>, please visit
<a href="http://ala.org/aasl/bwad" target="_blank" title="AASL Links Banned Websites Awareness Day">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">the AASL BWAD site.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">—<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.aasl.ala.org/aaslblog/?attachment_id=1817"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="150" height="44" id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.aasl.ala.org/aaslblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/NASSP2.jpg"></span></b></a>Background:
Back in 1995, I was teaching an Internet course for our teachers. When I look at the syllabus for that course, I have a good laugh. Sad to say, we could do things in 1995 that would be difficult to pull off today. Yes, we were using ftp and a beta version
of Netscape, but we were regularly videoconferencing with people around the world. Today, I would have to get special permission from our district to conduct those same video-conferences. The reality is that “brute force” filtering of Internet content has
resulted in us regressing rather than progressing.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">School leaders are unintentionally killing the motivation of our teachers and students to make the most use of technology in our schools, not
by our actions, but by our inaction on the issue of web filtering.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Teachers repeatedly complain to me that their students cannot do research at school because so many web sites are blocked. Students are resigned
to the fact that doing research on a school computer is next to impossible. So, they just wait until they go home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Scotomas</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><br>
To put it bluntly, many of our colleagues have developed scotomas or blind spots in relation to certain practices in their schools, and content filtering is one of the most prevalent examples. Instead of asking why, they simply shrug their shoulders respond
with a deer-in-the-headlights look. I have asked a number of my fellow school leaders about policies and practices in their school and school system relating to content filtering. Most have no idea what is going on in their school regarding filtering or the
frustration experienced by their teachers and students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Flat World</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><br>
No, the world isn’t flat, but when it comes to content filtering in schools it might as well be. Most school leaders react to my questions relating to filtering in much the same way that Europeans must have reacted when Christopher Columbus challenged the prevailing
wisdom of the day by proposing that the world was not flat but was round. School leaders generally accept the status quo related to content filtering with a ‘that’s the way it is’ response.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">A Good Day In IT Land</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><br>
In fact, many school leaders are allowing IT folks to do what we used to joke a few isolated librarians would do–keep the kids out and the books in. That is certainly not the case in today’s school libraries. In fact, the
<a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/index.cfm"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">American Association of School Librarians</span></b></a> (AASL) is leading the way calling for more access and less restrictive filtering practices
by declaring September 28, 2011 as <a href="http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=7873">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Banned Websites Awareness Day</span></b></a>. The IT folks should follow the librarians lead on this issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Keep in mind that, for some, a good day in IT Land is when no one is on the network, and, thus, there are no problems. From my experience, IT
folk are among the usual, but certainly not the only, suspects who are practitioners of ABC management practices–Administration By Convenience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Over-Compliance</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><br>
In an April <a href="http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/04/straight-from-the-doe-facts-about-blocking-sites-in-schools/"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">interview</span></b></a>, which is a must-read for all school staff and parents, Karen Cator
of the U.S. Department of Education takes on what she calls “brute force technologies.” According to Cator, many schools are simply over-complying with federal guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">What you must know about content filtering<br>
In the <a href="http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/04/straight-from-the-doe-facts-about-blocking-sites-in-schools/"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">interview</span></b></a>, “Cator parsed the rules of the <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Childrens
Internet Protection Act</span></strong></a>, and provided guidance for teachers on how to proceed when it comes to interpreting the rules. To that end, here are six surprising rules that educators, administrators, parents and students might not know about
website filtering in schools.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Accessing
YouTube is not violating CIPA rules.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Websites don’t have to be blocked for teachers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Broad filters are not helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Schools will not lose <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/learnnet/"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">E-rate</span></b></a> funding
by unblocking appropriate sites.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Kids need to be taught how to be responsible digital citizens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Teachers should be trusted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">The Solution</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><br>
If you, as a school leader, don’t advocate for your teachers and students, who will? Content filtering is an important part of any school-wide technology effort. I should know. In my former high school, every one of our 3,200 students had a laptop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Yes, we blocked inappropriate sites. On occasion, our IT staff blocked appropriate sites, but we had a simple remedy. If a teacher came across
a site that she wanted unblocked, she simply emailed me the name of the site and the URL. I forwarded a request to our IT people and, within minutes the problem was solved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">The key here is that, as the principal, I got involved and assumed responsibility. IT people are simply doing what they think is best. If they
never hear from us, they have no idea that a problem exists. It is true that some IT people practice the ABCs (Administration-By-Convenience). However, I have found most IT people to be particularly helpful, especially when the school leader is willing to
take the time to show interest and to get directly involved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Don’t wait another day! Meet with your IT staff and discuss content filtering. Work out a plan to address teacher issues and advocate for improved
student achievement through the effective use of technology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Mel Riddle is the Associate Director of the National Association of Secondary Schools Principals (NASSP). He blogs at http://nasspblogs.org/principaldifference.
He Tweets as @PrincipalDiff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><img border="0" width="1" height="1" id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Aaslblog/~4/2QJmqhkW8ds?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;display:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt" id="footer">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border:none;padding:3.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td>
<td valign="top" style="border:none;padding:3.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:0in;text-align:right">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Email delivery powered by Google<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" style="border:none;padding:3.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>