I think policies should reflect the kind of behavior we expect from people to hold regardless of whether they're online or not.
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Hoover Chan chan@sacredsf.org
Technology Director
Schools of the Sacred Heart
2222 Broadway St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
----- "Bill Fitzgerald" <dwfitzgerald@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In following the various responses in this thread, I'm wondering if we
> are doing our students and our parents a disservice by positing this
> as a technological issue that can be remedied via filtering, as
> opposed to a critical thinking issue that needs to be addressed via
> age-appropriate training and education.
>
> Most every kid can walk. They can use their ability to walk to go to
> good places, bad places, and places in-between, yet no one wants to
> advocate that kids stop walking.
>
> Obviously, this comparison breaks down in a few ways, but I think it
> helps illustrate an essential point: using technological interventions
> to attempt to mediate what are essentially "problems" related to
> humans having free will misleads about both the reach of technology
> and the power of free will.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
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