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>Larry Sanger wrote: > >I agree that the government has no business in "raising awareness" of this >problem, in my opinion- for regular Internet users, you might as well >raise awareness of the air we breathe--but conveying the stance that there >is no significant problem to begin >with looks like a puzzling denial of >reality. Larry, I've been following Nancy's philosophy for as many years as I've known her on EDTECH. Nancy has never ever denied that there is a significant problem on the internet. What Nancy advocates is that we teach our children how to recognize these problems. It's as basic as the "Stranger Danger" we teach our kiddos from an early age. We don’t tell our kiddos that Strangers don't exist -- we tell them to avoid Strangers. Nobody claims the internet isn't full of predators. What we hope to teach our children is how to recognize them. No amount of filters and blocks will keep a truly committed predator from reaching a child. And if that child hasn't been taught the tools to recognize and react to such a threat -- where does that leave us? ******* Jeff Hogan, M.S. Instructional Technology Specialist Health Sciences Valencia Community College 1800 S. Kirkman, 4-14 Orlando, Florida 32811 407-582-5564 So why don't you do something about this? Why are you silent now? This outrage! Evil men swallow up the righteous and you stand around and watch! (Habakkuk 1:13) --- Edtech Archives, posting guidelines and other information are at: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb Please include your name, email address, and school or professional affiliation in each posting. To unsubscribe send the following command to: LISTSERV@H-NET.MSU.EDU SIGNOFF EDTECH
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