DOPA = Destroy Our Plans Act
Jul 29, 2008 in None
You know all of those nifty ideas people are trying to come up with these days with using social networking tools in an educational setting? You know, the ones that hit the kids where they are, bringing together the tools of their life with the lessons we want to teach? Well, if Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL) has his way, those won’t be happening any more:
Congress is considering a bill that would bar children who use computers in public libraries from accessing Facebook and other social networking websites without parental permission.
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, the Illinois Republican who sponsored the measure, says the proposal would keep sexual predators from contacting minors who are using a library computer.
From what I understand, this would apply to schools as well, since they do have libraries after all. if so, you know that this would mean that most schools would basically just outright ban all social networking sites outright (which, of course, many do already) and allow no use of it at all.