Friday, May 28, 2010

Re: ISED/ Web Filtering for Students and Adults

We are using OpenDNS and have been for the last two years. It has worked
great for us. They offer a paid version (which we have not needed to use)
in case you need greater control over whitelists and blacklists.

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Dana Pero
Director of Technology
Science & Arts Academy
(847) 827-7880 x17
http://www.scienceandartsacademy.org/


On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Ann Hamel <ann.hamel@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd be interested to hear how many schools are using OpenDNS for this
> service.
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Jack Hardcastle <
> jwhardcastle@jwhardcastle.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear ISED Colleagues,
> >
> > First, per the signup e-mail, my name is Jack Hardcastle and in a month
> > I'll
> > take over as director of technology at the McDonogh School outside
> > Baltimore, Maryland. We're a private co-ed K-12 college prep school with
> > about 1300 students and 250 faculty and staff. :D
> >
> > Second, I have been searching the ISED archives for information about
> this
> > topic, but I find nothing more current than messages from 2000. How do
> you
> > accomplish web filtering? The product we purchased several years ago
> went
> > from $5,000 to $30,000 after several acquisitions, and we're looking for
> > other options.
> >
> > Do you use a software solution? Do you use an appliance? Do you do
> > named-user licensing (expensive) or do you have one filter for your whole
> > institution (students AND faculty), and if so how do you deal with
> allowing
> > productivity for faculty while protecting little ones from the dark
> alleys
> > of the net?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jack Hardcastle
> > jwhardcastle@mcdonogh.org
> >
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