Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Re: ISED/ Web Filtering for Students and Adults

Thanks!

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Dana Pero <dpero@scienceandartsacademy.org
> wrote:

> 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.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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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> >
> > [ For info on ISED-L see
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>
> [ For info on ISED-L see https://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=128874]
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