e iTouch only has wi-fi and therefore would be effected by any household (e=
.g. opendns) or school filtering (e.g. websense) on the network. It does n=
ot, however, prevent them from going to the local coffee shop, book store, =
or friends house and using their unrestricted wi-fi. The iPhone's can be f=
iltered on a wi-fi network as well, but they can go on the cellular network=
and bypass any network filtering at any time. =0A=0AThe iPhone and iTouch=
currently (v2.2.1 OS) have what are called "Restrictions" that restrict ex=
plicit content in the iTunes store and allow you to disable the iTunes and =
App store completely, and turn off the camera, Safari, and Youtube browsers=
. There are a few filtering/tracking programs available through the App sto=
re for $15-$20 with mixed reviews (iWonder and SafeEyes).=0A=0AOf the curre=
nt smart phones, I believe the iPhone has the most robust set of controls f=
or parents and they will be increased with the 3.0 release. I think the ye=
ars of keeping computers in the livingroom as a solution to monitoring kids=
on the internet are coming to an end (iPhone, netbooks, Kindle, ubiqutous =
free wi-fi) and we will all need to invest a little more time in educating =
the children and more active monitoring. =0A=0A_J=0A=0A __________________=
__________=0AJason at jasonpj@yahoo.com=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A_____________________=
___________=0AFrom: Jeffrey Warner <WarnerJ@wra.net>=0ATo: ISED-L@LISTSERV.=
SYR.EDU=0ASent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:02:46 PM=0ASubject: Re: iphone/itou=
ch=0A=0AAt TABS this fall, Katherine Koestner covered some of this at one o=
f her=0Asessions. At that time she indicated that a few phones currently ha=
ve a=0Afairly simply filter that parents can apply but that those filters a=
re=0Apretty easy for kids to work around. The other piece of news she share=
d=0Awas that all these smart phones are by-passing our school filters, whic=
h=0Ahas huge ramifications for those of us at boarding school. It made sens=
e=0Awhen she said it, but many of us in the room hadn't thought about that=
=0Abefore (We were almost all Res. Life folks and not tech folks).=0A=0AMs.=
Koestner's suggestion was that parents not dish out smart phones to=0Akids=
and that schools build technology policies that take this problem=0Ainto c=
onsideration. =0A=0AJeff Warner=0A=0ADean of Residential Life=0AWestern Res=
erve Academy=0AHudson, OH 44236=0A=0A-----Original Message-----=0AFrom: A =
forum for independent school educators=0A[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] O=
n Behalf Of Jones, Nancy=0ASent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:48 AM=0ATo: ISED-L=
@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU=0ASubject: iphone/itouch=0A=0AI have parents asking about=
filters for iphones and itouch . the kids=0Ahave figured out that maybe th=
ey have filters at home, but are accessing=0Aall kinds of things on the pho=
nes. I am having trouble finding=0Ainformation.=0AAny help would be apprec=
iated.=0A=0AMrs. Nancy Jones=0ATechnology Integration Specialist=0ASchools =
of the Sacred Heart=0A6250 N. Sheridan Road=0AChicago,Illinois 60660=0A773-=
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