Another Blocked Site!
Another day in paradise using technology at high school!
Once again, my students are logged in, anxious and excited to get to blog in the classroom.
They click on the link to watch a video before they begin and there it is-WEBWASHED. We are blocked from watching video at our school. I really hate being Webwashed. I want the technology to work for me-everytime. I am tired of having to work for technology finding sites and activities that are allowed. I have been doing some research about security and being blocked from Yahoo, video, blog sites, images, and the list goes on. I am trying to arm myself with information before I go and talk with our tech department. Anyone have any helpful advice to help me when I talk with technology? Help!
Sandy
2 comments:
Sandy, I admire your dedication and persistence. I can suggest two things, 1)continue using these tools in your own professional development and share, 2) keep doing what you are doing with finding and sharing what others are doing. We need to find and develop the evidence that these tools more efficiently and effectively support the continuous battle of classroom technology integration and development of 21st Century Skills.
:)
~julz
Thanks Julz! Just to let you know-I did meet with our tech department. I was prepared and had enforcements with me. Guess what? We can actually use email with Moodle now. He asked for a list of sites that we would like to use and he said he would open them for classroom use! We will get to use PBWiki and Blogspot. I am so excited and so are my students. They love having thier course work online. Students really love to blog and they are getting so good at it! Now-on to more sites and technology use in the classroom!
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