Censorship+in+American+Schools


 * __Literacy and Educational practices__- controlled by a certain group (educational system) defining how to perform the practice well. Evolution of how students are expected to interact with a text (literacy practices) and how teachers are expected to teach literacy (educational practices)
 * As definition of literacy evolves- focus on how Common Core standards have Incorporated “digital literacy”
 * __Chicago Public School Policy__:
 * Policy as stated by Chicago Public Schools
 * Condensed list of websites blocked by the Chicago Public Schools filter
 * __Why “blocking” sites may be good?__
 * __Classroom management__- How can teachers trust our students to view the sites they want them to when other “fun” sites are available to them?
 * __Pavlov dog effect__- By blocking the sites in the school, students will learn what sites contain inappropriate behavior and stay away from those sites.
 * __Blocking as Censorship__:
 * Students are not allowed to interact with ideas in a fashion that resembles society. Schools are intended to be a microcosm of society, training students to successfully interact within the “real world” Yet, by not allowing students to interact with the knowledge available on the web during their educational training, they will not understand how to do so as an adult.
 * __Teaching the students how to fish__- Force feeding a filter will not allow students to master the skill of choosing an appropriate source
 * Certain schools are blocking viewpoints considered to be unacceptable - Pro-NCLB websites blocked while Anti-NCLB sites are allowed to be viewed.
 * Sites focusing on issues surrounding Terrorism are blocked in accordance to Children's Internet Protection Act
 * __Code Switching__: Teaching a generation how to utilize appropriate “voice” choices when interacting with certain areas on the web.
 * In society church vs. bar
 * On web-
 * Facebook vs forums vs. work web sites
 * Private messages vs. public postings
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__Ideal School__:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Looking at precedence created by other school buildings, I will paint a picture of an “appropriate” fashion in which to interact with the Internet.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“acceptable censorship” - pornography
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“de-censored”- social networking, video streaming,