Facebook during the school day... - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T08:02:12Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/facebook-during-the-school-day?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A637084&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYour network and system admin…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-05-18:649749:Comment:6375852011-05-18T19:00:56.358ZMatt Smithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MattSMith217
Your network and system admins would/should be concerned with the use of proxy tunnelers used to access facebook. They effectively bypass the firewall and any other security measures and will introduce malicious code, trojans, spyware etc. Continue to monitor use, make note of the URLs of the proxy tunnels and have your network admins blacklist those sites. In my experience, you can't really change peoples minds on things like this until something happens close to home. leave articles…
Your network and system admins would/should be concerned with the use of proxy tunnelers used to access facebook. They effectively bypass the firewall and any other security measures and will introduce malicious code, trojans, spyware etc. Continue to monitor use, make note of the URLs of the proxy tunnels and have your network admins blacklist those sites. In my experience, you can't really change peoples minds on things like this until something happens close to home. leave articles anonymously lying around the teachers longue about real cases of things like sexting, cyberbullying etc. It is blocked in our district…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-05-18:649749:Comment:6370842011-05-18T00:20:22.611ZJonathan Wyliehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JonathanWylie
It is blocked in our district, and I am fine with that. I dont think that even if it is used in an educational sense, that they are really missing out on a whole lot without it. I mean, there are more controllable environments like Edmodo if you want to go down that road. Facebook is just too open for my liking. Whether we are liable or not I don't know, but I think you are certainly opening yourself up to a whole variety of potential problems if it is not being used in a more 'structured' way.
It is blocked in our district, and I am fine with that. I dont think that even if it is used in an educational sense, that they are really missing out on a whole lot without it. I mean, there are more controllable environments like Edmodo if you want to go down that road. Facebook is just too open for my liking. Whether we are liable or not I don't know, but I think you are certainly opening yourself up to a whole variety of potential problems if it is not being used in a more 'structured' way.