Whose Responsibility Is It? Tech Devices Come Home

As devices like iPads start being sent home from school to be used for homework and projects, whose responsibility is it to protect children during their online activities? That’s the debate in several schools and districts in Colorado and the consensus is that this is new ground and that only time will tell whose responsibility it will be. One charter school did finally send the iPads home with students, but only after they found adequate online filters. Other schools have asked parents to be responsible for acting to protect children while they are online, with mixed results. Who do you think is responsible for online activities when technology comes home?

New Filter for YouTube Comments

I don’t know about you but I am always struck by some of the dreadfully inappropriate and even profane comments that accompany some of the most innocuous videos on YouTube. If you are interested in blocking some of that out so that your kids can spend a bit more innocent time on YouTube you might want to look into YouTube Comment Snob for Firefox. It filters undesirable comments from YouTube video pages. It's not foolproof, but it definitely helps.