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Newslines–School yanks web site over privacy concerns
Officials at a South Florida elementary school temporarily took the school’s web site off-line after a parent objected to the posting of student projects on the site. A…
Newslines–Iowa district switches phone service for safety measures
Cedar Falls, Iowa, school officials hope caller identification will help prevent prank calls and bogus bomb threats. After a bogus school-wide bomb threat in early February that disrupted…
Newslines–California schools need smoke alarms, lawmaker says
California Assemblyman Ted Lampert has reintroduced a bill in the state legislature that would require California schools to install smoke detectors and automatic fire alarms. State law requires public…
North Dakota senator wants to ban sex offenders from internet
A North Dakota legislator is fighting to keep sex offenders off the internet. State Sen. Aaron Krauter, D-Regent, has introduced a bill that would bar internet service providers in North…
Content Filtering On Internet Search Sites Is Hit-And-Miss Service
Multimedia Schools, May/June 1999, p. 47 http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/may99/carvin.htm In classes where students use search engines to find information on the Internet,…
Internet Filtering Gains In Popularity On Home And School Computers
Cybertimes, May 12, 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/05/cyber/education/12education.html Two recent surveys point to an increase in the use of Internet filtering software being…
New student handbook warns against beepers in class and downloading porn
When Connecticut’s last public school handbook was issued in 1985, few students had their own telephones and few schools were equipped with computers. Of course, times have changed. …
School computers may harm posture, study says
According to researchers at Cornell University, children in schools may face the same posture problems as adults in offices because of computer workstation designs–and the haste of school administrators trying…
Newslines–Teens are taking drugs purchased over internet
Philadelphia officials are grappling with what they call the latest trend in teen substance abuse: ingesting legal drugs like dextromethorphan (DXM) purchased over the internet. DXM–an ingredient in over-the-counter…
The Inside Scoop On Five Internet Filtering Programs
Technology & Learning, February 1999, p. 10 Here’s a quick review of five top programs that filter Internet content on your schools’ computers: Bess, from…