Resources

Government Regulations/Legislation, etc. task force report to Congress June 2010

 * "[|Youth Safety on a Living Internet: Report of the Online Safety & Technology Working Group] " (OSTWG)
 * [|"Why a living Internet?"] - panel member Anne Collier's blog post about the OSTWG report: "Why a living Internet?" (Anne co-chaired the Working Group)
 * [|Better Strategies Needed for Internet Filters], Justin Reich's Washington Post Editorial
 * Britain's [|OFSTED Internet Safety Report]
 * [|FCC: CIPA]
 * CIPA NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)
 * Funds for Learning CIPA Compliance Checklist
 * [|National Conference of State Legislatures: Laws Relating to Filtering]
 * [|Supreme Court Ruling on CIPA]: US v. ALA (2003)
 * [|CIPA] (Wikipedia)
 * [|Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use]
 * [|NTIA: Online Safety and Technology Working Group]
 * [|Public Law 110-385 Broadband Data Service Improvement]
 * Media Awareness Network

[|Pew Reports on Safety] [|Four essays addressing risky behaviors and online safety] by educators, researchers, and risk-prevention specialists published by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society


 * On Intellectual Freedom**
 * Minors and Internet Interactivity (New as of the 2009 ALA Annual Conference)
 * Access to Digital Information, Services, and Networks

Research
Sign up for (Justin Reich's) Digital Collaborative Learning Communities Research Reports as they are published.

[|Access Denied] (MIT Press) media type="custom" key="6373365" [|Internet Filtering: The Effects in a Middle and High School Setting] (Deborah G. Simmons)

Related materials
[|eHow: How to bypass school filters] [|Mashpedia: Realtime search on internet filtering] [|Mashpedia: Realtime search on content control software]

In an era when student missteps can linger on the internet for years, and stories of predators and cyberbullies dominate the news, there are plenty of reasons for schools to tighten their firewalls. But is banning really a viable response? How do we help students learn to leverage the powerful new tools that are available to them? What policies do we set that ensure that learning and safety go hand in hand? See how some districts have embraced new technologies while still maintaining high standards and keeping their students safe. [|Presentation with sample policies and articles] [|Presentation and resources from MACUL 2009] [|Presentation and resources from FETC 2010]
 * Steve Dembo's handouts**