Safety Fears Limit Online LearningCRLF
BBC News,
Mar 21, 2002
Well, think this through. Would you keep students home from school because they might meet strangers on the street, catch a virus, hear foul language, or otherwise encounter some form of danger? Of course not (though you would try to ensure a safer neighbourhood). Similar dangers exist on the internet, of course, and these are being used as a reason to keep children off the computer. But. Maybe it's not about fears. "For many children it is their enthusiasm for online communication - which for them included rapid, unmoderated interchanges, swearing, sending personal photos and e-mail address - which first motivates them to gain the ICT skills which transfer to more 'approved' activities," said Professor Livingstone. "Banning the former inhibits the latter." CRLFCRLF
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