Flexible Web 2.0 School Filters
YouTube Filtering and More
BASCOM's Global Chalkboard is an all-in-one solution that combines a Web 2.0 school filter with curriculum builders that help educators unite technology with instruction.
What's Web 2.0 and how does it work with filtering?
Web 2.0 is user-generated content. It's collaborative input that's fluid—a constantly morphing and mashing of many different sources. So, how do you use it for education in K-12 schools and still maintain security?If you use a traditional filter, you can't. With the ability to only block or allow an entire site, a traditional filter is too rigid and can't adapt to the fluid Web 2.0 world.
How can the Global Chalkboard's flexible Web 2.0 filter help?
What about YouTube Filtering?
Although many educators want to use specific YouTube videos, allowing all content in www.YouTube.com delivers inappropriate content and viewing a single page from this site is technically challenging; YouTube is extremely complex and relies on many different servers for streaming its content. The Global Chalkboard Video Selector™ is a robust YouTube filtering feature that enables educators to safely extract a specific YouTube video or build a library of allowed videos for an entire school.Why Web 2.0 in K-12?
Our students live with Web 2.0 tools everyday. It's their life and how they communicate. Why not encourage them to be active learners by using Web 2.0 in the Classroom?The Global Chalkboard enables educators to reach students through their medium by teaching them with the same collaborative Web 2.0 tools they use every day. Teachers continue to guide and inspire learning, but are now able to use Web 2.0 applications as a platform for instruction. Teachers can now orchestrate projects with their students that involve global collaboration. What better way is there to engage today's social-minded students in their own learning?
Will using Web 2.0 to teach take too much time?
When using any new tool, there is an initial learning curve. To help teachers with this transition, the Global Chalkboard comes preloaded with BASCOM Lessons. They can be used immediately or copied and modified. And, once a teacher becomes proficient at making their own lessons, they can include Web 2.0 content in lessons and share them with other educators in the school.How does the Global Chalkboard help IT and educator collaboration?
With the Global Chalkboard's flexible Web 2.0 school filter, when a teacher wants to use Web 2.0 content, he/she has the authority to make that selection. This eliminates a bottleneck created with a rigid, traditional filter that requires teachers to request special access from the IT Department. The IT Department still maintains security by determining User Accounts and default filter settings based on the Acceptable Use Policy.
