Tic-Tech: New student internet access forms

From: Michael Dawson (mdawson@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us)
Date: Wed Sep 26 2001 - 12:35:29 PDT

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    Our parents have had the same confusion, with some people apparently
    checking no when they meant yes. We have twice as many kids this year who
    don't have permission, and I haven't found out yet from the parents
    exactly how many of them made a mistake. I thought the form was very
    unclear. It should have said in huge letters: Your child has Internet
    permission unless you check NO here. Also, I don't think the letter does
    justice to the usefulness and importance of having Internet permission in
    school. Nor does it convey the extent to which our filter already censors
    content. I don't think we've ever had a case of a student coming in
    contact with objectionable content (conversely, we've certainly had many
    cases of appropriate content that we couldn't get to.)

    Michael Dawson <mdawson@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us>

    Mark Ahlness wrote:

    > --- TIC-TECH message:
    > Hi All,
    > Just wondered how use of the new student internet access forms is going
    > at schools. They appear very confusing to me. Would like to hear how
    > folks are dealing with this. Thanks - Mark
    >
    > Mark Ahlness
    > mahlness@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us
    > Teacher, grade three at:
    > Arbor Heights Elementary School
    > http://www.halcyon.com/arborhts/
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