A, Paul. (2014, July 1). Why schools efforts to block the internet are so laughably lame. Retrieved March 30, 2016, from http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/07/banned_website_awareness_day_why_schools_efforts_to_block_the_internet_are.html In this article, Paul takes a stance against blocking the internet access at schools. She believes that the attempts that the schools make to block the access of students is considered to be laughable and humiliating to the schools. She uses examples of actual schools across the U.S that have tried implementing the blockage, and implements the ways in which students managed to break the firewalls. She also uses statistics that show the percentage of schools that are trying to block students.
K, Schulten. (2011, September 27). Are the …show more content…
Pyle. (2011, November 2), How Strong Should the Internet Be Filtered at High School? Retrieved April 1, 2016, from, http://articles.dailyamerican.com/2011-11-02/entertainment/30353182_1_internet-privileges-schools-block-websites
In this article, E. Pyle is against the blockage of internet access at schools. She argues that by restricting a student’s access to the internet there are more repercussions then there are benefits. She also points out that these filters are basically ineffective and have no real impact on the students. She then makes the case that students should be allowed free access to the internet without such strong filters because it is too problematic.
K,Baron. (2014, June 26). What’s the impact of overzealous internet filtering in schools? Retrieved April 1, 2016, from, http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/26/whats-the-impact-of-overzealous-internet-filtering-in-schools/
In this article, Baron believes that schools should not block access to internet websites. She believes because thinks that the schools are misinterpreting the CIPA. She also believes that because of this they are creating irresponsible internet