Blog Post #5 (Due 20 April 2011)
In your school district, Internet access is available in all classrooms, the media center, and the computer lab. Most teachers at your school use the Internet for their research but due to security issues, your students are not allowed to search for information. Many Web sites, some software programs, and many basic Windows functions are blocked. Even Flash drives are blocked because of security concerns, which makes saving files and projects very difficult. Your school district offers many workshops on ways to integrate technologies, but once you get back to your school you find it difficult to implement what you have learned. How can you integrate technology when the school administration and technology coordinators will not allow you? Are there ways to use and integrate technology without using the Internet? Can you think of ways to integrate other technologies? How do you find other ways for you students to conduct research via the Web when many popular sites are blocked?
