2. Treating a school computer like a home computer. Teachers who use a school computer to run a business, edit their kid's wedding videos, or send tasteless jokes to half of North America (including that fundamentalist math teacher down the hall) are being stupid. Teachers who take their computers home and let their kids hack on them are being stupid. Teachers who don't own a personal computer for personal business deserve to get into well-deserved trouble.
I believe that this is a very bad idea. Especially when teachers let their kids use their personal computers because first hand I learned that downloading music will crash mommys computer!! =(
3. Not supervising computer-using students. It is really stupid to believe Internet filters will keep kids out of trouble on the Internet. If they choose to do so, even the slow kids who can't get around the school's filter, can still exploit that 10 percent of porn sites the filter won't catch. They can still send cyberbullying e-mail -- maybe even using your e-mail address. Or they can just plain waste time
I agree students should be supervised while on computer, because chat rooms are filled with vulgar material. Even at schools i remember that there are certain codes you can type in to get pass the "Blocked" sites.
CLICK HERE
Isn't it amazing how stupidity can all over the place if you just look close enough. But, supervision of children is always your best bet.
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