[MACEP] Anyone providing student email?

[John & Peggy Bromley]

Very good post Paul. Kids must learn web, TM, blog, and email  
etiquette in schools. Their parents probably can not teach this  
stuff. They need to know about spam and phishing. Saying that it is  
too hard to control and we don't want to take the risks is just  
taking the easy way out. As educatiors, sticking our heads in the  
sand should not be an option.

John
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On Jun 16, 2007, at 8:46 AM, Paul Nelson wrote:

> On 6/14/07, charlie irish <irishphoto at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>  We do not provide student e-mail because of our interpretation of  
>> CIPA
>> which requires that content be filtered and there is not any way  
>> to do that
>> that we are comfortable with wiuth e-mail.
>>
>
> There are lots of ways to monitor and protect students online. If you
> are REALLY concerned about protecting them, then you WILL give them
> email access through your school where you can protect them. If you
> don't give them email, they'll get it somewhere else without the help
> and protection the school can provide.
>
> Do what is best for kids.
>
> It is easier for schools to not give email to students, but it's not
> what's best for them.
>
> Oregon standards for technology require this of 5th graders:
> * Demonstrate safe use of
> communication resources
> (e.g. email, web sites,
> chat rooms)
>
> * Use appropriate email
> etiquette
>
>
> Today an email address is an entry ticket to a digital world. It's
> like having a digital identity and membership card to a world of
> information, collaboration and learning.
>
> If you really just don't know how to provide safe email to students,
> let's discuss those options here on the list. The requirements of CIPA
> are not a roadblock.
>
> I'm offering solutions to the schools I serve in hopes that they will
> eventually provide email to all students 4th grade and above. One easy
> solution is to use Google mail, run it through your own SMTP server,
> grep for nasty words and delete attachments with prohibited
> extensions. It's all free and automated.
>
> If you don't have the expertise to set this up, then consider
> gaggle.net. They have free email with automatic filtering and several
> admin options. The downside is there is advertising. Google lets you
> turn off advertising for student email accounts. If you upgrade to the
> paid version of gaggle.net, you can turn off the ads. Google is free.
>
> We started giving our 4th graders at Riverdale email back in 1994. The
> only problems we've ever had were not related to email but were the
> same kinds of problems those same kids would be having on the
> playgound, they were rude and mean to each other. Having an email
> record of it made it all that much easier to deal with it. [Aside:
> Parents could not believe that their little angle could have said
> "that" in an email...]
>
> I want ALL of our students to have every competitive advantage they
> can get. It's a tough world out there and I want to give them all the
> tools they'll need to be successful. Email is one of those tools.
>
>
> From: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html
>
> What CIPA Requires
>
>    * Schools and libraries subject to CIPA may not receive the
> discounts offered by the E-Rate program unless they certify that they
> have an Internet safety policy and technology protection measures in
> place. An Internet safety policy must include technology protection
> measures to block or filter Internet access to pictures that: (a) are
> obscene, (b) are child pornography, or (c) are harmful to minors, for
> computers that are accessed by minors.
>
>    * Schools subject to CIPA are required to adopt and enforce a
> policy to monitor online activities of minors; and
>
>   * Schools and libraries subject to CIPA are required to adopt and
> implement a policy addressing: (a) access by minors to inappropriate
> matter on the Internet; (b) the safety and security of minors when
> using electronic mail, chat rooms, and other forms of direct
> electronic communications; (c) unauthorized access, including
> so-called "hacking," and other unlawful activities by minors online;
> (d) unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal
> information regarding minors; and (e) restricting minors' access to
> materials harmful to them.
>
> Schools and libraries are required to certify that they have their
> safety policies and technology in place before receiving E-rate
> funding.
>
>    * CIPA does not affect E-rate funding for schools and libraries
> receiving discounts only for telecommunications, such as telephone
> service.
>
>    * An authorized person may disable the blocking or filtering
> measure during any use by an adult to enable access for bona fide
> research or other lawful purposes.
>
>    * CIPA does not require the tracking of Internet use by minors  
> or adults.
>
> ;-) Paul
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