NMSTE+Issues+and+Discussion

From a recent posting on the NMSTE listerv: ===//I am writing this out of frustration. There is a serious disconnect between the faculty, staff and the district IT on the issue of blocking sites. Yesterday one of our social workers showed me how almost every site he tried to access was blocked. He was working on a presentation to our parents on gangs and other serious issues our children face. He had to go off-site to do his job because of blocking!//===

===//Today I was looking for a video to show my new staff on technology integration. I remembered the name of the video but not the site so I decided to do a Google Video search. I couldn't even access Google Video! The Google Video Search Engine was blocked! I tried to click on the link: "To submit this blocked site for review, click here." The link was a mailto for "admin@company.com" What a joke! They can't be bothered to set up a mailto address!//===

===//I contacted the district office in charge of this and was told they have to block these things because of e-rate! Funny, I don't recall a requirement of e-rate is to block entire search engines from teacher and staff access. I requested an override account and was told that couldn't be done. It doesn't seem right that adults are unable to do their jobs due to blocking.//===

//Any ideas on what can be done to address this issue?//
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