Show ' The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday September 25 2002 — B3 ter grarate dhuaxulls jjmsfiaDD (Filters tpaliffy Filter flaws exist outweighed by benefits ByAnickJesdanun filtering tp all schools “Filters are imperfect and give parents and students a sense of security that really is not there’-- said Les Moore In Albuquerque the swim team couldn't get sites on AP Internet Writer swimsuits' Dale Alexander the information technology director for The federal Children’s Internet Protection Act also requites filtering in libraries but that provision is on hold after a federal court in Philadelphia struck it down as violating First Amendment guarantees An appeal is pending But the requirement for schools — and their libraries — was never challenged partly because schools typically have greater leeway in restricting student conduct Affected programs include technology grants from the Education Department and the subsidies that popular are funded through telephone ' surcharges And while the law covers only sexually oriented materials many districts are using the same filters to voluntarily block games violence and other material For Tun Kajstura a senior at Ossining High School in Ossining NY filters meant choosing a new senior project because a site for Red Hat Inc a company he was going to profile mysteriously got blocked “About half the sites I try to access for research on any given topic are blocked many of them the most useful” he said “What’s the use of technology if we can’t use it?” At least one district in Eugene Ore has rejected the grants in question — about $7000 — rather than expand Albuquerque NM public schools was not exactly a fan of filtering software for blocking pornography and other Web sites deemed inappropriate for children But when Congress required it of schools that receive certain technology grants Alexander had no trouble deciding whether to install the software — up to $147 million was at stake “There was a lot of money on the table" Alexander said And it outweighed any arguments that good adult supervision — not a filtering product is the best solution for dealing with unsavory online the district's director of computing and information services Filtering companies generally won't disclose blocking criteria considering them proprietary Most schools have policies for overriding blockages Sometimes it’s as simple as having a teacher do it on the spot For others it involves a review ' community-base- d committee or the filtering company itself Some school administrators initially worried about filter- ing have come to accept and even embrace the tool as useful for managing Internet resources and keeping stu- dents focused on the curricu- - e-r- content All across the country schools are installing filters or expanding their use despite flaws in the software which lum And while technically savvy students have found ways to ' fool and bypass filters admin- - ' istrators say such attempts ait rare and dealt' with by threatening to cut off Internet privileges ' “The feeling from parents and staff both was ‘Why did- ' n’t we have this in place already?”’ said Bob Stocking director of instructional technology and media for the Chapel City Schools in North Carolina cent1 ' Some districts like Jeffer“We never heard from parents' son County Colo have now concerned about students' 'been obliged to expand filters First Amendment rights” to all schools instead of let- Filtering technology has ting individual schools decide gotten better and the Internet - sometimes blocks legitimate sites needed for lessons For the most part schools had to install filters by the new school year an unwelcome surprise for some students and teachers “It has left a lot of teachers scrambling to help kids get the information they need” said Tom Henning a high school physics teacher in San ‘ Francisco1 In one case this summer he said a student researching race tracks for a paper found resources on them blocked as gambling sites ' use more pervasive making policies based solely on teacher supervision no longer practical said Bob Moore' executive director of informa--' tion technology at the Blue Valley School District near Kansas City “Certainly the law was pushing us into it but in the end we felt like it was the right thing to do’’ he said Nonetheless the Blue Valley schools official worries filters could impede teaching skills that kids need for life ' “You don't teach safety to kids in a basement You have to get them out in the real world” he said “Are we ' going to be able to teach our students Internet safety and effective use of the Internet in agated community? ’ We won’t know that for years A National Research Council study in May concluded that simply passing laws or blocking computer access won’t protect children from ' online pornography But even without the law schools were already moving toward filters An Education Department study found 74 percent fil- tend at least some computers in 2000 when the law was enacted N2H2 Inc a leading maker of filtering software for schools saw sales jump last quarter by more than 75 per- -' ro : Take a laser to school USU NEW YORK (AP) — Cheap color inkjets have grabbed most of the consumer market for printers but that By USU Media Relations The $199 Saimsung in par- ticular is a sturdy well- ' designed machine that takes foot a about of up only square : r desk space! 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