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Stephen Conroy yesterday confirmed that the Government would consider the possibility of legal content being blocked by its mandatory internet censorship scheme.

"we need to make sure that networks work FOR THE USERS, not the IT department."

a multi-dimensional concern for teachers and the communities where they teach and live;D

Because the internet is interactive, it seems that no problem can be solved in a 20th century manner. As we learn more about how to protect ourselves from identity theft, we need to teach our communities. All teachers, young and old, deserve enough respect to be allowed to defend their honor and not be condemned without due process.

Dear Baronnes - don't wonder out loud -- your prejudices are irresponsible. Do research first, then advise. I often wonder whether real conversation in real time may eventually give way to these sanitised and easier screen dialogues, in much the same way as killing, skinning and butchering an animal to eat has been replaced by the convenience of packages of meat on the supermarket shelf," she told the UK Parliament.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority is aware that a list purporting to be the 'ACMA blacklist' has been posted on an overseas website. ACMA does not consider that the release and promotion of URLs relating to illegal and highly offensive material is responsible. The regulatory scheme for online content that has been administered by ACMA since 2000 . ACMA provides the ACMA blacklist to the fourteen providers of filter software which have been tested and accredited by the Internet Industry Association (IIA), as part of IIA's Family Friendly Filter scheme. ACMA is discussing with the IIA what if any action it may need to take to help ensure that ACMA's list remain secure. ACMA considers that any publication of the ACMA blacklist would have a substantial adverse effect on the effective administration of the regulatory scheme which aims to prevent access to harmful and offensive online material. Such publication would undermine the public interest outcomes which the current legislation aims to achieve.

Greg Black, CEO of Education.au in Adelaide, South Australia, poses a challenge regarding the barriers teachers and students face in using web-based tools.

Mark Pesce's take on ACMA's stumbles this week.

The Digital Education Revolution not going so well.

After Stephen Conroy's appearance on the ABC's Q and A programme someone hacked the Classification Board's web site -- here is a screen shot of it. As of 10am ACDT Friday 27 March the site was still down

Louisiana forbidding tchers 2 communicate w/ students using technologies/personal devices that the school cant' track.