Internet+Access+Summary

From reading all of the discussion on internet access and on-line tools, I believe we can summarize the entire problem as responsibility. We teachers are professionals but we are not trusted enough to act responsibly when it comes to the internet. In one of his posts Jim stated that the votech has unfiltered computer labs, but the teachers have the ability to "view" any screen from their desk. To me this sounds like an incredibly easy and logical solution to the problem of responsibility. Trust everyone until they prove unworthy of that trust. If a student is caught accessing inappropriate sites, then ban that student from the net or somehow impose a filter on that student. In a response to a post by Mitch, Sheela said that they have a universal drive and love it. A universal drive with individual loggins would allow access to student work from any computer in the building and also make the student responsible for protecting their loggin and for any infractions committed while they are logged on. This would also make it so any "changes" the student made to the desktop or programs would affect only that student. We all have the same issues regardless of our building, an inability to use the technology available due to a lack of administrator trust in our ability to act responsibly.