Since I know a lot of us in this class are IMS Graphic design majors, I thought I would share this with all of you.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Filters?!
Its probably safe to assume that each and every one of us grew up with filters in our schools. Sometimes these filters may have prohibited us from doing our research for a health class or something along those lines, and we hated it. But did you ever consider why those filters were put into place? At some point someone must have come across something on the internet that is definitely not suitable for children to see and thought that we needed to protect our children from that content.
I know that there are plenty of ways to get around filters, which may be somewhat useful for kids in high school, for projects for class. But if we take down those filters, do we really want to put children at risk of coming across X rated content or other content that is just not suitable for the minds of children. If children came across this content, it could potentially effect them for life and in return, effect the future generations.
Overall, I believe that filters are a must in schools with younger children to keep them out of harmful content. And in schools, we are looking out for the future generations, so why wouldn't we want to continue protecting them from inappropriate internet content.
I know that there are plenty of ways to get around filters, which may be somewhat useful for kids in high school, for projects for class. But if we take down those filters, do we really want to put children at risk of coming across X rated content or other content that is just not suitable for the minds of children. If children came across this content, it could potentially effect them for life and in return, effect the future generations.
Overall, I believe that filters are a must in schools with younger children to keep them out of harmful content. And in schools, we are looking out for the future generations, so why wouldn't we want to continue protecting them from inappropriate internet content.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Are underage children on Facebook?
More than likely we all have Facebook, and I'm sure we all know at least one person under the age of 13 that has Facebook. I know for a fact that I have at least 2 younger cousins that are under the age of 13 and have Facebook. It is so easy for them to go and create an e-mail address and then go create a profile on Facebook without even questioning it.
It is so easy for them to click the "Accept Terms and Conditions" button and not even know that they are violating the rules of Facebook. If we are going to complain about the fact that underage people are on Facebook, we as a society need to let children know that they are not allowed to have a Facebook profile until the age of 13. I know when I was younger, I had no idea that there were laws protecting children on the internet. So we need to inform kids these days of these laws, so they will be more likely to follow them.
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