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on May 13, 2006 at 11:21:54 am
 

Let's list Dave Letterman Style...The Top 20 Reasons why we should dissent to a bill pending introduction by Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) titled the “Deleting Online Predators Act” or DOPA.

 

20. Only having access at home will target our most at-risk populations by disallowing them to have access at all, since most disadvantaged kids use public libraries and schools for access to the very tools that will allow them to be competitive in the 21st century market place. Through this piece of legislation we will only further the chasm between the haves and have nots.

 

19. Need to teach that what's on the internet is in a sense permanent--the follies of youth will haunt you in your thirties. Young people sometimes do foolish things; like sharing revealing pictures of themselves on the internet. They think only the one person they send it to will ever see it. They often do these things without thinking about the consequences. They need to be educated how to use and access the internet respsonsibly. Where better to educate them than at school? DOPA would deprive them of the sort education that is increasingly important in the digital age.

 

18. Short-circuits education / achievement improvments: examples from real classrooms where blogging raised students' mastery levels

 

1. The bill's language can't be edited/massaged into acceptability. The fundamental premise of restricting technology is misguided.

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