Monitoring media: How can students ride the wave of the future without drowning in a sea of distractions?
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 11:49
in Mathematics & Economics
Every high school freshman in district RE-1 of Weld County, Colo., receives a present on the first day of school: a personal laptop computer. For three years now, the district has handled upgrades, breakdowns and objections from parents unwilling to take in the potentially disruptive houseguest. Director of support services Keith Ouweneel holds seminars to show parents how the system is designed to record the students' online activity, block social sites like Facebook and shut down at midnight.