School librarians and other library staff who complained about being blocked from access to web sites during the 23 Things programs sponsored by Minnesota's Multitype Library Systems should read and share with their IT staff and school administration (or whoever else is blocking these sites) the article Straight from the DOE: Dispelling Myths About Blocked Sites. The Department of Education’s Director of Education Technology, Karen Cator parsed the rules of the Childrens Internet Protection Act, and provided guidance for teachers on how to proceed when it comes to interpreting the rules.
Read it now, know what CIPA really says, and let administrators know that crippling your ability to use freely available educational tools is not necessary despite CIPA. You know what they say about the squeaky wheel...
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