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Instead Of Filtering, How About Teaching Good Judgment?
from the just-an-idea dept
Whenever we see stories about internet filters in schools, the position taken in the article is often that they must be good, because there's so much "bad stuff" out there. However, that ignores some important points: (1) the bad stuff is still out there, (2) much of it will still get through the filters and (3) the filters often block stuff associated with helping people deal with the "bad stuff." In other words, in blindly believing that filters protect children, it can actually leave them less protected, by having them woefully unprepared when they inevitably come across more dangerous material. The Canadian Press is running one of the first mainstream articles I've seen that makes this clear, noting that, "Filters can't give kids critical thinking and good judgment. We have to teach them those skills." This isn't to say filters should never be used in schools, but those who are using them need to recognize the limitations of those filters -- and recognize that kids need to learn at some point the real risks of what's online. If they're simply told that there is no bad stuff out there, or that filters will protect them, then they won't know how to deal with the bad stuff they eventually do encounter. This doesn't mean to let them go off and surf a wide-open internet, but to have someone (parent, teacher, etc.) who can teach them some degree of skepticism and judgment about what they find online, and to realize that not all of it is good. Then, they can learn how to handle, not hide from, questionable content they come across.
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Excellent thinking...
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Heard of this brilliant gizmo
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Smart kids...
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