<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Many school districts, including the provincial learning network in British Columbia which hosts all school connections, subscribe to a blocking/filtering service called Websense. I have been told that there is a checkbox in their software that enables the "block social sites" option. It's as easy as that to block access. Websense is even smart enough to allow access to Flickr, but to filter for objectionable content.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The discussion as to whether or not to throw the switch has come up several times in BC - so far so good. Individual districts can request that certain sites be blocked or unblocked as well.<div><br></div><div>I just came across a related issue the other day - using my iphone an google reader, then clicking on the "see original" link in google reader results in the red screen of death. Websense thinks I am trying to bypass their proxy.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Gerry<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 23-Nov-08, at 7:41 PM, Jane Wells wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite">the pedominant<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">approach to technology which is characterized by fear is in effect<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">de-skilling students and futhering the gap between haves and have<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">nots:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Gerry Paille (<a href="mailto:gpaille@prn.bc.ca">gpaille@prn.bc.ca</a>)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">School District #60 Peace River North</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Fort St. John, British Columbia</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#6E6E6E" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; "></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></font></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></body></html>