Okay, so I’m still learning.
Virginia has released Guidelines for Internet Safety. This seems to go in the direction we have been discussing in class - educating students regarding internet safety. You might want to take a look at this.
Now there are a few other laws out there that give me a few concerns.
There is a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 which could really put a damper on social networking and web 2.0, Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006. This bill would require all libraries and public schools to block social networking sites. The FCC would define “social networking” using the following guidelines. (i) is offered by a commercial entity; (ii) permits registered users to create an on-line profile that includes detailed personal information; (iii) permits registered users to create an on-line journal and share such a journal with other users; (iv) elicits highly-personalized information from users; and (v) enables communication among users. (Can you thing of a Blog or Wiki that doesn't do this?) The teeth in this law are that if you don’t follow it, you lose your E-Rate money.
Several states have already passed laws like this. It would be easy for me to envision well meaning people in Virginia doing the same type of thing.
My concern is that this will eliminate the kind of social networking we've been doing in class, blogging and wikis for instance. It seems that we can find some ways to produce the kind of control that will make these safe without having to block everything.
At any rate, we have a long way to go.
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