See on Scoop.it – E-Learning-Inclusivo (Mashup)

Since early 2001, every school accepting federal funding for discounted internet access through the government’s E-rate program had to do two things – block ‘harmful’ sites and create an Acceptable Use Policy. The mantra of schools back then was pretty simple: Keep it out. The standard approach to this government mandate, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), was to build the equivalent of walls, fences, and moats to keep kids from the web… But recently – in the last two or three years – something has changed. Schools seem to be getting over their fears and are viewing the web and social media and all the attendant digital tools as something they want to bring into the classroom.»

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