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LOLZ! Why not? Plenty of empty classrooms and broom closets around. :mrgreen:
Do not forget the gym and under the bleachers:mrgreen:
LOLZ! Why not? Plenty of empty classrooms and broom closets around. :mrgreen:
Do not forget the gym and under the bleachers:mrgreen:
"Bleachers" are a free-standing structure with a metal frame on which are mounted (usually) wooden benches and walk-ways that rise in a tiered fashion and are occupied by spectators at a sports function. They are usually found outdoors, though indoors they can be mounted to the wall of a gymnasium and folded inward to be flush with the wall when not in use.Oh and BTW, I've always wondered about this word - what are 'bleachers'? We don't have them where I come from. :2wave:
Actually, the ones that want to work are hardly likely to notice the firewall.
Out of curiosity, what do you want your life to accomplish? This is not frivolous question, by the way. I begin to have a certain set of suspicions, that I'd like to consider, but with more information.
I think the schools that use firewalls are to restrictive. i mean they even block images depending from the site. thats what i produce proxy sites for schools.
If you're looking for something specific, it can be gotten for you.
What do you mean?
If you were looking for a specific YouTube video, which would be relevant to classwork, but you couldn't get it because it was blocked, you can request it and someone can get it.
Learning how to research things on the Internet doesn't mean you have to have access to everything. It's the methodology you're learning, not the actual topic -- else you don't even really need the Internet at all. You can still learn all the methodology with limits to access.
While it's annoying at times (I work in a school) there are ways to get around the restricted access. Normally, if there is a site that would be useful to students and/or faculty, a request can be made to any technology department requesting that a particular site be allowed.
I was under the impression an attempt at getting personal information from posters was against the rules. Am I wrong?
However no inadequacies here if that is what you're getting at. How about yourself? Get a little testy at an innocuous jousting of your ego after you left yourself open with that statement? What do you do when someone seriously calls you out, go cry in the corner? :mrgreen:
True, but that doesn't mean you're going to get access to that site. For instance in my earlier example about that YouTube video I wanted to show...Even as a teacher I was not able to get access to YouTube because even though I'm using it for academic reasons, my access to YouTube would also include access to the "inappropriate" materials as well. So my request was denied.
Not a huge deal though.
If anyone thinks there shouldn't be firewalls and filters on school computers try this experiment: go to google, search any woman's name in "images" and then turn "safe search" off and see what pops up. Or even something more benign: put in the initials of this forum.
Agreed, but firewalls also block plenty of useful sites.
you never went to my school then, all we had was wikipedia or a government search engine that found mostly wikipedia articles
Agreed, but firewalls also block plenty of useful sites.
If anyone thinks there shouldn't be firewalls and filters on school computers try this experiment: go to google, search any woman's name in "images" and then turn "safe search" off and see what pops up. Or even something more benign: put in the initials of this forum.
XD haha that is true. but being the OP i am suprised to have gotten so many looks and replies on this thread it amazes me on how many posts there are i didnt expect over 100
No harm in using a book reference in a report
You know what those are, right? Books? No not facebook...keep thinking....
I think the schools that use firewalls are to restrictive. i mean they even block images depending from the site. thats what i produce proxy sites for schools.
Funny how kids 15 years ago didn't need those those for math and science.
You don't actually need any of those. In some instances of professional life, they've been incorporated into it. But it's to expand on previously difficult or unobtainable tasks (and makes us more available for work even in our "off" times). But what kids are learning in school, especially as it relates to math and science for the most part, hasn't gotten more difficult. It's not like "Oh hey, here are computers....now we're going to learn about partial differential equations and numeric algorithms for solving inverse problems!". It's still mostly basic algebra. Only the elite move to take the harder sciences and math, and even then a good calculator will suffice.
I'll grant the computer in terms of a word processor, but other than that it's not exactly necessary.
15 years ago you didn't need computer skills for lots of things that you do now. That's the point.
15 years ago you didn't need computer skills for lots of things that you do now.
That's the point..
Those things can be taught in a separate class.
They are still not necessary for school subjects like math,science,reading and etc that have been done with books and paper or the use of a school library.