-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Karius [mailto:dave@...]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 5:20 PM
To: dave@...
Subject: TAX INCREASE ON BLANK MEDIA!


Attention all users of the following recordable media:

CD-R, DVD-R, Flash Memory Cards, Audio Cassettes, Mini Discs, MP3 Players
NEW LEVIES MEAN YOU WILL BE PAYING MORE UNLESS YOU GET INVOLVED!

The copyright board has filed it's statement of proposed levy increases to
be effective
Jan. 1, 2003.

The proposed new levies on blank recordable media are as follows:
- Audio Cassettes over 40 minutes: 60¢
- CD-R, CD-RW: 59¢ ea.
- Mini Disc, CD-R Audio: $1.23 ea.
- DVD-R,-RW,+RW,RAM: $2.27 ea.
- Removable flash memory: .8¢ per MB
- MP3 Players: $21.00 per 1GB of storage

Adding insult to injury, these levies are also GST and PST taxable.

We must let the people in Ottawa know that as lawful users of blank
recording media we object to what amounts to a "tax on technology" in favor
of yet another small interest group.  The music industry has the ability
through other means to prevent piracy but it remains easier for them to
legally "steal" from the rest of us instead.  Let the Copyright Board know
that you are not in favor of these new increases and call on your Member of
Parliament to change this legislation before it's too late!

For complete details and Information on how to make an objection to this
"Tax on Technology" go to the Copyright Board's web-site at the following
link:  http://cb-cda.gc.ca/new-e.html

Forward this email to as many associates as you can and contact your M.P.

Addresses to voice your opinion are:

CLAUDE MAJEAU
Secretary General
56 Sparks Street, Suite 800
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C9
(613) 952-8621 (Telephone)
(613) 952-8630 (Facsimile)
majeau.claude@...

The Right Hon. Jean Joseph Jacques Chrétien, P.C., M.P.
Prime Minister of Canada
pm@...

The Hon. Sheila Maureen Copps, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Canadian Heritage
Telephone: (819) 997-7788
Fax: (819) 994-1267
Copps.S@...

The Hon. John Paul Manley, P.C., M.P.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Crown Corporations
Telephone: (613) 992-3269
Fax: (613) 995-1534
Manley.J@...

The Hon. Allan Rock, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Industry
Telephone: (613) 947-5000
Fax: (613) 947-4276
rock.allan@...

From: "Microsoft Corporation Security Center" <rdquest12@...>
	 To: "Microsoft Customer" <'customer@...'>
	 Subject: Internet Security Update
	 Date sent: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 20:40:22 -0500 (EST)
	 Send reply to: <rdquest12@...>

------- Forwarded message follows -------

Microsoft Customer,

      this is the latest version of security update, the

known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer and
MS Outlook/Express as well as six new vulnerabilities, and is
discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-005. Install now to
protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which
could allow an attacker to run code on your computer.


Description of several well-know vulnerabilities:

- "Incorrect MIME Header Can Cause IE to Execute E-mail Attachment"
vulnerability. If a malicious user sends an affected HTML e-mail or hosts an
affected e-mail on a Web site, and a user opens the e-mail or visits the Web
site, Internet Explorer automatically runs the executable on the user's
computer.

- A vulnerability that could allow an unauthorized user to learn the location
of
cached content on your computer. This could enable the unauthorized user to
launch compiled HTML Help (.chm) files that contain shortcuts to executables,
thereby enabling the unauthorized user to run the executables on your computer.


- A new variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability could enable a
malicious Web site operator to open two browser windows, one in the Web site's
domain and the other on your local file system, and to pass information from
your computer to the Web site.

- CLSID extension vulnerability. Attachments which end with a CLSID file
extension do not show the actual full extension of the file when saved and
viewed with Windows Explorer. This allows dangerous file types to look as
though
they are simple, harmless files - such as JPG or WAV files - that do not need
to
be blocked.


System requirements:
Versions of Windows no earlier than Windows 95.

This update applies to:
Versions of Internet Explorer no earlier than 4.01
Versions of MS Outlook no earlier than 8.00
Versions of MS Outlook Express no earlier than 4.01

How to install
Run attached file q216309.exe

How to use
You don't need to do anything after installing this item.


For more information about these issues, read Microsoft Security Bulletin
MS02-005, or visit link below.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/default.asp If you have
some questions about this article contact us at rdquest12@...

Thank you for using Microsoft products.

With friendly greetings,
MS Internet Security Center.
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
Microsoft is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Windows and Outlook are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gregg W. Downey [mailto:support@...]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:34 AM
To: glessard@...
Subject: Free Special Report- Filtering and Beyond



*************************************************
Because of your professional involvement in school technology
management, I invite you to receive FREE with our compliments...

...the latest eSchool News Special Report, FILTERING & BEYOND: CREATING
A TOTAL INTERNET MANAGEMENT SOLUTION.

For a copy of your free report FILTERING & BEYOND, please visit
http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/filtering0302

It could be the most valuable guide to "internet management" you've come
across yet.


Dear School Technology Professional,

Most educators agree that filtering products offer an effective way to
prevent students from accessing harmful material online, but many schools
are looking beyond filtering. They need solutions that enable them to
control and manage all aspects of their students' internet use.

That's why, as a school technology leader, you have been selected to
receive FREE, our latest in installment of the critically acclaimed **School
Technology Management Series** FILTERING & BEYOND.

Written by the editors of eSchool News especially for school leaders like
you, this no-nonsense, landmark report will give you invaluable ideas,
jargon-free insights, and time-saving resources you need to make the
critical filtering decisions for your schools.

For example:

**You'll discover how to save bandwidth by using products that
prioritize network activity, so data, voice, and video traffic can proceed
uninterrupted!

**You'll learn how so-called  'promiscuous' filters have helped other school
districts and how they might benefit yours!

**You'll determine what filtering products are right for your district
and how to fine-tune them for your specific needs!

**You'll see why it's essential to have a clearly laid out Acceptable-Use
Policy that students, parents, and teachers understand!

...and much more!

This Special Report -- FILTERING & BEYOND - normally sells for $49.95,
but is available to you FREE for a limited time only.  Get your free
report today by visiting
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I wish you the best in your school technology leadership efforts.

Sincerely,

Gregg W. Downey
Editor & Publisher
eSchool News
800-394-0115 x107
gdowney@...

PS  This Special Report normally sells for $49.95.  Your free offer is
available for a limited time only.  I urge you to visit

http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/filtering0302

for your free copy of FILTERING & BEYOND right now, while you're thinking
about it.  I promise after reading it, you'll be armed with the vital inside
information you need to make the very best internet management decisions for
your schools.

-------------------------------------------------------

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Date sent:       Wed, 06 Mar 2002 18:14:51 -0000
Subject:         [yg-status] Groups outage Monday March 4
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We repaired the system and brought the service back online Tuesday
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jayne Cravens [mailto:jayne.cravens@...]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:05 AM
To: 'undayoctober2001@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: [unday2001] latest OV opportunities posted to NetAid


In an effort to lead by example, I've uploaded seven online volunteering
assignments, altogether asking for more than 40 online volunteers, to
NetAid's Online Volunteering service [http://www.netaid.org/OV] -- a service
staff here at UNV manages.

All of these assignments are in support of UNITeS [http://www.unites.org],
the ICT Volunteering initiative administered by UNV.

To see these assignments for yourself, visit http://www.netaid.org/OV and
click on "Search Organizations", and type in UNITeS or UNV in the "keyword"
field. Then click on UNITeS. Our assignments will be listed at the end of
the page.

If you are interested in signing up for any of these assignments (and I hope
you will!), you have to be a NetAid "member" (which is free to do). Once you
are a member, then simply use the sign up process on NetAid to express your
interest in these UNV-related assignments, or, in ANY of the other hundreds
of assignments listed on NetAid which are in support of organizations
working in and for developing countries.


-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Jayne Cravens [jayne.cravens@...]
Online Volunteering Specialist
United Nations Volunteers [http://www.unv.org]
Bonn, Germany

UNITeS [http://www.unites.org]
Netaid [http://www.netaid.org/OV]
Global portal to volunteering: [http://www.iyv2001.org]
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studying finding that the Internet is part of daily life
(this is one organization whose "new study out today" generally *is*
online) http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=55

*** Via / From / Thanks to the following :


RRE home page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html

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What is the name of your CAP coordinator at
regileesangoya@...
?


Message: 4
    Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 19:11:33 +0000
    From: billauq@...
Subject: Re: Ulluriaq (Satuumavik) School in Kangiqsualujjuaq 's  Inuit
Life in Nunavik

Georges,

Please do not email this infor to me.  Please send it to our CAP site
coordinator, at email below.  Thanks !  Beverly Illauq CLyde RIver,
Nunavut

CAP Site Coordiantor's email:
regileesangoya@...

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Georges,

Please do not email this infor to me.  Please send it to our CAP site
coordinator, at email below.  Thanks !
Beverly Illauq
CLyde RIver, Nunavut

CAP Site Coordiantor's email:
regileesangoya@...

The web committee of Ulluriaq (Satuumavik) School in Kangiqsualujjuaq is
inviting all Kativik School Board teachers to participate in a special web
project.This project entitled Inuit Life in Nunavik will be hosted on the school
web site.

http://www.kativik.qc.ca/english/special_files/inuit_life.htm

Message from the school:

Any teacher from a school a Nunavik was welcomed in our project. I will give
limited support by email and telephone and can also provide help in uploading
the web pages or in incorporating the pages in our school web site. Anyone
interested should contact us before the end of January. All that is required is
a few pages about any aspect of Inuit life in Nunavik other than the ones listed
below or complementing. We are submitting this project to SCHOOLNET, for
additional info, you can also see their web site.

Alain Rochefort, computer coach



To contact us:

arochefort@...



Project themes:

1. Kindergarten group - Traditional Objects. K students will draw traditional
objects (such as kakkivak or uluk). Their drawings, names and possibly a
description will be made into web pages.

2. Grade 3 English - Inuit Clothing. Grade 3 students will photograph and
describe the making of traditional Inuit clothing, as well as traditional modern
clothing worn today.

3. Grade 4 English - A day in the life of an Inuit child. Follow a young Inuk as
he / she gets up, goes to school and carries on with his / her daily activities.

4. Grade 4 / 5 French - Comment faire de la bannique. Grade 4/5 students will
show the steps involved in the making of bannock with the help of photos.

5. Grade 5 English - Our village. Grade 5 students will photograph and
describe parts of our community. Topics include: municipal office,houses,
school, arena, leisure, airport, hospital.

6. Grade 6 English - Outside Recreational Activities. A variety of pages of
photos with students doing recreational activities outside such as picnics,
snowshoeing, sliding, fishing. The pages will illustrate and explain the
activities.

7. IPL Group English - Work Skills Projects. IPL students will describe the
different school projects that they are involved in such as post cards, food,
restaurant, T-shirts.

8. Secondary 2-4 French - Posters of Nunavik. Sec. 2-4 students will put
together small pages aimed at promoting tourism in their village using the
computer as their only tool.

9. Secondary 3-5 English - Transportation or Teenage Life. Students will show
what they do and like, such as snowmobiling and huskies puppies.

Inuit life in Nunavik : an Ulluriaq School production

http://www.kativik.qc.ca/Ulluriaq/Nunavik/index.html

English
http://www.kativik.qc.ca/Ulluriaq/Nunavik/inuitlife/index.html
French
http://www.kativik.qc.ca/Ulluriaq/Nunavik/vieinuite/index.html

http://www.nclis.gov/libraries/caps.html

Community Technology Access Points :
CAP Online Resource
The purpose of the CAP Online Resource is to provide a national online resource
for individuals, policy makers, funding bodies, and others about all Community
Access Points for information and technology in the U.S. and CAP-related
Digital Divide initiatives. The short-term goal is to provide an online
resource for getting the location and other available information (such as
programs and services available) about Community Access Points, from existing
electronic resources by January 2001. The long-term goal is to create and
provide an accessible and usable online resource for and about all Community
Access Points and related national and local CAP-related Digital Divide
initiatives.
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------- Forwarded message follows -------
Date sent:       Thu, 28 Feb 2002 23:50:31 -0500
To:              politech@...
From:            Declan McCullagh <declan@...>
Subject:         FC: Montana school suspends student for "10 hottest girls"
site
Send reply to:   declan@...

[Another fellow who would benefit from anonymous publishing. --Declan]

---

From: "John Cieciel" <uselesseater@...>
To: "dec" <declan@...>
Subject: Students hot over senior's suspension for posting girls on Web
site - Local News
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:58:13 -0600
MIME-Version: 1.0

<http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20020226/localnews/1718137.html>
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20020226/localnews/1718137.html


J. Cieciel

---

Tuesday, February 26, 2002

Students hot over senior's suspension for posting girls on Web site

     By PETER JOHNSON
     Tribune Staff Writer
     _________________________________________________________________

     More than 50 students staged a 1960s-style sit-in at Great Falls High
     Monday morning, to support a student they say was exerting his rights
     to post what he pleases on a private computer Web site.

     The student, senior Kenny Volk, 18, says Principal Gary Davis
     suspended him last week for "insubordination" after Volk posted head
     shots and brief bios of the school's "hottest 10 freshman girls."

     Volk is appealing his suspension and the transfer to C.M. Russell High
     that Davis reportedly imposed. Superintendent Bryan Dunn is expected
     to rule on his appeal today, Volk said.

     Davis and Dunn would not confirm whether Volk is being disciplined or
     suspended, insisting that federal law prevents them from discussing
     any disciplinary action taken against a student.

     [...]

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------------------------------------------


Flash 99% Good: First Aid Manual for Usable Flash Sites *****
http://www.flash99good.com/

Must control the urge to use Flash! We've all seen Flash (a design and
animation technology) used on websites where it had no place. This
website gives strong reasons to use Flash and, even better, reasons to
leave it off most webpages.

Grade Level: High School, College, Adult/Professional
Content Area: Technology (Web Development) [Dewey #600], Application
Type: Resource


-------------------------

>Youth Network on ICTs and Digital Opportunities
>http://ict.takingitglobal.org
>
>Young people can and are harnessing the power of information and
>communications technologies (ICTs) to assure opportunity, empowerment,
>and inclusion for all.
>
>The "Youth, ICTs and Digital Opportunities" portal was launched on 1
>February 2002 to enable young people from around the world to share
>their experiences on how ICTs can further development.  The site
>features news, people, events, organizations and online discussions
>about closing the digital divide.
>
>Through these interactive features, it aims to foster a global network
>of young social entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of applying old and
>new communication technologies to confront the challenges of sustainable
>development.



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-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Topkok [mailto:sean.topkok@...]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:31 PM
To: ANKN Listserv
Subject: New Culture Greenland Web Site


For more information on this new "Culture Greenland" web site, please
contact:

Klaus Georg Hansen
Director
Sisimiut Museum, Greenland
E-mail: kgh@...
------------------------------------

On 8 February 2002, we (that is Sisimiut Museum, Greenland) have
officially opened a gate with links regarding culture in Greenland named
"Culture Greenland."

The site is in English, Greenlandic, and Danish, and the URL's are:

http://www.culture.gl for the English version.
http://www.kulturi.gl for the Greenlandic version.
http://www.kultur.gl for the Danish version.

As a special part of the "Culture Greenland" site we have created a
"National Picture Database of Greenland." The URL's are:
http://www.culture.gl/picture for the English version
http://www.kulturi.gl/assit for the Greenlandic version
http://www.kultur.gl/billed for the Danish version

The database contains not too many pictures yet, but it will grow. For
the fun of it you could try to search on the word "lindberg". And you
will see some pictures of Charles Lindberg and his wife in Greenland in
1933. I don't think these pictures have been known by many before now.

This information is not on any list server. Naturally, I would be happy
with any distribution of this information.

Sincerely,

Klaus Georg Hansen
Director
Sisimiut Museum, Greenland
E-mail: kgh@...

__________________
via / from / thanks to:
_____________________
Please send your contributions for the ANKN Listserv to
Sean.Topkok@... or Paula.Elmes@...


This is a moderated listserv, so contributions can be only sent by Paula
or Sean.Ê If you have any suggestions, questions, or comments, please
email Sean or Paula Elmes: Paula.Elmes@....

If you want to be removed from the ANKN Listserv or know of someone to be
included, please contact Sean or Paula.
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Hey.. I know it's not Nunavut... but look at the $$$ the feds are spending
on CAP.... with the help of the schools in the Durham region

George

-----Original Message-----
From: IMCEANOTES-industry-industrie+40ic+2Egc+2Eca+40ICGC@...
[mailto:IMCEANOTES-industry-industrie+40ic+2Egc+2Eca+40ICGC@...]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 12:16 PM
Subject: Durham Region Gets 63 New Public Internet Access Centres


Date: 2002/02/27

OTTAWA, February 27, 2002 -- Ivan Grose, Member of Parliament for Oshawa, on
behalf Industry Minister Allan Rock, today announced the official launch of
63 public Internet access centres hosted by the Durham District School
Board. Industry Canada's Community Access Program contributed $1,071,000
towards these centres.

"Durham residents will benefit from affordable, convenient Internet access,"
said Mr. Grose. "This will give them opportunities for innovative learning,
skills development, access to government services, and business creation.
The Community Access Program provides a solid platform to explore these
opportunities and is an excellent example of partnership among governments,
business and community groups."

A total of 53 Community Access Program centres are open throughout the
region, with ten more centres opening by March 31, 2002. The Durham District
School Board offers assistive technologies in many of their centres,
enhancing the opportunity for residents with learning disabilities to
benefit from public Internet access.

The Community Access Program is part of the Government of Canada's
Connecting Canadians strategy, which is helping to keep Canada among world
leaders in Internet access and applications. The program is establishing
public Internet access sites in remote, rural and urban communities,
nation-wide. Since 1995, over 3,100 access centres have been approved or
established in Ontario, representing a federal government investment of over
$49.5 million.

Funding for this project was provided for in the December 2001 budget and is
therefore built into the existing fiscal framework.

For more information, please contact:

Selena Beattie
Office of Allan Rock
(613) 995-9001

Diane Bays
Community Access Program
Industry Canada
(613) 952-8711

-------------------------------------------------------


BACKGROUNDER
Durham District School Board
Computer Access Program Network


Site name Site address City Postal Code
Ajax High School 105 Bayly Street Ajax L1S 1P2
Aldon School 109 Burcher Road Ajax L1S 2R3
Alexander Graham Bell Public School 25 Harkins Drive Ajax L1T
3T6
Exeter High School 80 Falby Court Ajax L1S 1N4
J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate 45 Brennan Road Ajax L1T 1X5
Lakeside Public School 4 Parkes Drive Ajax L1S 4S6
Lord Durham Public School 105 Burcher Road Ajax L1S 2R3

Lincoln Avenue Public School 70 Lincoln Street Ajax L1S 6C9

Pickering High School 180 Church Street North Ajax L1T 2W7
Roland Mitchener Public School 95 Ritchie Avenue Ajax L1S 6S2
Southwood Park Public School 28 Lambard Crescent Ajax L1S 1M5
St. Andrew's United Church 523 Simcoe Street South Beaverton L0K
1A0
Brooklin United Church  19 Cassels Road East Brooklin L1M 1A5
Meadowcrest Public School 20 Vipond Street Brooklin L1M
1B3
Brock High School R.R. #1 Cannington L0E 1E0
Cannington Public School 100 McKay Street Cannington L0E
1E0
Central Collegiate Institute 155 Gibb Street Oshawa L1J 1Y4
College Hill Public School 530 Laval Street Oshawa L1J 6R2

Conant Public School 115 Grassmere Avenue Oshawa L1H 3X7
Dr. C.F. Cannon Public School 1196 Cedar Street Oshawa L1J 3S2
Dr. F.J. Donevan Collegiate Institute 250 Harmony Road South Oshawa L1H
6T9
Durham Alternative Secondary School 421 Pine Avenue Oshawa L1H 2H9
Durham Continuing Education 120 Centre Street South Oshawa L1H 4A3
Durham Training Solutions 2nd Floor, Office Galleria
Suite 155
Oshawa Shopping Centre Oshawa L1J 2K5
E. A. Lovell Continuing Education Centre 120 Centre Street South
Oshawa L1H 4A3
Eastdale Collegiate and Vocational Institute 265 Harmony Road North
Oshawa L1G 6L4
G. L. Roberts Collegiate and Vocational Institute 399 Chaleur Avenue
Oshawa L1J 1G5
Harmony Road Public School 149 Harmony Road South Oshawa L1H 6T4

Hillsdale Public School 525 Oshawa Blvd. North Oshawa L1G 5T6
O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute 301 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa L1G 4T2
R. S. McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute 570 Stevenson Road
North Oshawa L1J 5P1
Ritson Public School 300 Ritson Road South Oshawa L1H 5J1
Waverly Public School 100 Waverly Road South Oshawa L1J 5V1
Altona Forest Public School 405 Woodsmere Crescent Pickering L1V
7A3
Dunbarton High School 655 Sheppard Avenue Pickering L1V 1G2
Durham Training Solutions 1410 Bayly Street, Unit 4 Pickering
L1V 6M9
Gandatsetiagon Public School 1868 Parkside Drive Pickering L1V
3R2
Pine Ridge Secondary School 2155 Liverpool Road North Pickering
L1X 1V4
Pickering Public Library -
Petticoat Creek Branch 470 Kingston Road Pickering L1V 2R6
Westcreek Public School 1779 Westcreek Drive Pickering L1V 6M9
Port Perry High School 160 Rosa Street Port Perry L5L 1A7
Uxbridge Public School 64 Victoria Street Uxbridge L9P 1N1
Uxbridge Secondary School 39 Third Avenue Uxbridge L9P 1S2
Anderson Collegiate and Vocational Institute 400 Anderson Street
Whitby L1N 3V6
Dr. R. Thornton Public School 101 Hazelwood Drive Whitby L1N 3L4
Durham District School Board 400 Taunton Road East Whitby L1R 2K6

Florence M. Heard Public School 100 Garden Street Whitby L1N 3W2
Henry Street High School 614 Henry Street Whitby L1N 5C7
John Dryden Public School 40 Rolling Acres Drive Whitby L1R 2A1

Palmerston Avenue Public School 400 Palmerston Avenue Whitby L1N 3G2
Sinclair Secondary School 380 Taunton Road East Whitby L1R 2K5
St. Mark's Church House 200 Byron Street South Whitby L1N 4P6
Winchester Public School 70 Whatford St. Whitby L1M 1E8




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> FYI
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:  Burgess, Neil
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:10 AM
> To: Dunn, Bob; 'Bob Dunn 2'; Campbell, Malcolm; 'Malcolm Campbell2';
> Learn, Ross; 'Ross Learn2'; Thompson, Darlene; Rigby, Carol E; Evans,
> Tori-Lynne
> Subject: Heads Up - Weekend Outage
> Importance: High
>
> Good day folks,
>
> Mark your calendar and kindly inform decentralized communities that their
> Internet access will be down over the entire weekend of March 8th - 11th.
> Non-decentralized communities have their circuits pointed directly to
> Yellowknife and are unaffected.
>
> PW&S will be moving circuits and servers - hence decentralized communities
> pointed to Iqaluit will not have Internet access. This outage will include
> schools, libraries, CAP sites, CLCs, and Health Centres.
>
> Cheers, Neil
>

>  -----Original Message-----
> From:  Help Desk
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 7:21 AM
> To: All users(All sites)
> Subject: Sun Transit Outages - Notice
>
>
>
> ATTENTION: All GN Employees
>
> Re: Sun Transit Outages - Reminder
>
> We would like to remind everyone that, from  February 23, 2002 to
> March 6, 2002, sun transit outages will affect all Northwestel satellite
> based services, including Frame Relay, Internet and Public Switched
> Telephone Network (PSTN) services.
>
> These outages are caused by the alignment of the sun with the
telecommunications satellite and Northwestel's ground stations. When the
satellite passes directly between the satellite dish on
> earth and the sun, the radio frequency noise from the sun is stronger than
the transmitted
> signal from the satellite, resulting in brief daily service interruptions
during this period.
>
> The service interruptions will take place from February 23 to March 6 for
> varying durations in the period between the following times:
>
> 19:25:00  to  19:58:00  GMT
>
> 14:25:00  to  14:58:00  EST
>
> 13:25:00  to  13:58:00  CST
>
> 12:25:00  to  12:58:00  MST
>
> 11:25:00  to  11:58:00  PST
>
> Contact the Help Desk for further information.
>
>
>
> Nunavut HelpDesk
> (867) 979-7911
> helpdesk@...
>

Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:06:56 -0500
    From: "Lessard, George" <glessard@...>
Subject: Allan Rock Announces Ericsson Canada's $60,000 Contribution to Cr
eate Innovative On-Line Student Projects



-----Original Message-----
From: IMCEANOTES-industry-industrie+40ic+2Egc+2Eca+40ICGC@...
[mailto:IMCEANOTES-industry-industrie+40ic+2Egc+2Eca+40ICGC@...]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 1:22 PM Subject: Allan Rock Announces
Ericsson Canada's $60,000 Contribution to Cr eate Innovative On-Line
Student Projects


Date: 2002/02/25

OTTAWA, February 25 2002 -- Industry Minister Allan Rock today announced
that Ericsson Canada is contributing $60,000 to Industry Canada's
SchoolNet GrassRoots Program to help fund on-line projects created by
Canadian students and teachers.

"Canada's SchoolNet and its innovative e-learning initiatives are tools
that will help Canada build a critical mass of highly skilled knowledge
workers," said Minister Rock.  "Through their contributions and support,
organizations like Ericsson Canada play a pivotal role in helping our
youth develop important skills to build our future workforce."

"Ericsson is proud to sponsor SchoolNet GrassRoots, a program that fosters
qualities we consider important -- perseverance, innovation and dedication
to excellence," said Mark Henderson, President & CEO, Ericsson Canada Inc.
"Ericsson strongly believes in preparing today's youth for the challenges
of tomorrow through its enabling technologies."

The SchoolNet GrassRoots Program provides funding to schools to help
students create on-line projects that develop skills in critical thinking
and teamwork, as well as in information and communication technology.  The
SchoolNet GrassRoots Program, together with its provincial, territorial
and private-sector partners, has funded over 20,000 on-line learning
projects created by Canadian K-12 students and teachers.

In March 1999, the Prime Minister challenged Canada's private sector to
match the Government of Canada's contribution towards SchoolNet GrassRoots
to promote information and communication technology skills development and
e-learning in Canada's youth.  The SchoolNet GrassRoots National Campaign
has generated over $4 million in sponsorship from companies such as
Microsoft, AOL Canada Inc., Cisco Systems Canada, Imperial Oil, CN and
Ericsson Canada, the program's latest contributor.

For more information, please contact:

Selena Beattie
Office of Allan Rock
(613) 995-9001

Beth Clarke
Manager, Communications and Partnerships Canada's SchoolNet
Industry Canada
(613) 957-9554


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[Forwarder's Note: I will forward some messages from the [cap-eval] list from
time to time. George]

"To design and execute a truly interesting and useful (to the CAPs and others
interested in programs for community access) "formative" evaluation of CAP more
or less directly through the Net."

http://vancouvercommunity.net/lists/info/cap-eval

This mailing list is set up as a private workgroup type list with the folowing
rules:

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list:

"To design and execute a truly interesting and useful (to the CAPs and others
interested in programs for community access) "formative" evaluation of CAP more
or less directly through the Net."

"it might be best conducted as an "open source" project... As for example,
collaboratively developing and implementing an evaluation framework,
questionnaire, interview protocols, data collection, analysis and so on in a
distributed framework."

Draft outline of task:

"1. compiling a list of contact names/emails for the CAPs--this could be done
either through the good offices of CAP--Federally or Regionally (assuming that
this possible) and or by using our various networks regionally

2. developing an elist(s) and a website

3. developing a set of links and other documentary sources for the website on
related research/results

4. developing a research plan/methodology to cover the various objectives for
the undertaking

5. developing a questionaire(s)--we have the (tentative) offer of the use of
one that has already been field tested.  I think it would be useful to have
this widely reviewed and where necessary adapted/reshaped to suit the various
parties with an interest in the information.

6. developing an analysis of the data we will be collecting.

7. presenting the data in a variety of useful formats for wide access via the
web."
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Thanks, George!!!! This is great!!

Ron

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Date: 2/26/02 12:03 PM
To: nunavut-cap-sites@...
From: Lessard, George
I am George Lessard. My e-mail addresses are glessard@... at work or
media@... at home (If you want to know more about me an my work on the
internet just do a www.google.com on my e-mail address media@... and
that will tell you a lot !) I am also on the board of the Arviat Iyi Society
(the CAP site in Arviat)

I offered to set up the e-mail list (and act as moderator of the list) to
help put the CAP centres in Nunavut in touch with each other and foster
discussion and communication.

Your e-mail addresses were given to me by..
Darlene A. Thompson
Department of Education
Community Access Program Administrator
P.O. Box 429
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I am George Lessard. My e-mail addresses are glessard@... at work or
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internet just do a www.google.com on my e-mail address media@... and
that will tell you a lot !) I am also on the board of the Arviat Iyi Society
(the CAP site in Arviat)

I offered to set up the e-mail list (and act as moderator of the list) to
help put the CAP centres in Nunavut in touch with each other and foster
discussion and communication.

Your e-mail addresses were given to me by..
Darlene A. Thompson
Department of Education
Community Access Program Administrator
P.O. Box 429
Pond Inlet, NU
X0A 0S0
Phone:  (867) 899-7355
Fax:  (867) 899-7334
E-Mail:  dthompson@...

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Welcome to all... please feel free to post to the list when you wish to...
Please consider sending an introduction telling all the others about who you
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What is YouthLinks?

YouthLinks, the Historica Foundation's flagship programme for high-school
students, is a collaborative web-based learning project that forges links
between high school students in Canada and their peers internationally.
Using the Internet, YouthLinks allows Canadian students the opportunity to
work together while also offering a portal through which students from other
countries can learn and interact with Canadian students. This successful
programme has been operating for two years at over 100 high schools across
Canada and abroad.  The web site is accessible through www.histori.ca.

YouthLinks has proven very successful in developing an on-line learning
community that allows students to interact and share ideas with others
across the country and around the world.  The opportunity to publish student
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permit authentic demonstrations of learning, allowing students to apply
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teachers and students in both English and French.

Content-Driven Educational Web Site

Educators across Canada are looking for strategies to incorporate technology
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Internet can be used for critical thinking.  YouthLinks utilizes Internet
technology to attain the following goals:

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culture and heritage with one another and with their peers in other
countries;
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for both students and teachers;
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in relevant and important issues;
· Promote an understanding of local issues and how they impact on a
national and international level which contributes to an informed and
involved citizenry; and
· Provide an opportunity to develop a locally focused action plan
around global issues.

There are currently two curriculum modules underpinning YouthLinks' lesson
plans and activities; one on the general theme of Human Security prepared by
Queen's University, the other called the Immigration Experience developed by
York University. Participating students and teachers are guided through a
series of web-based lesson plans and learning resources that are grounded
not only in provincial curriculum but also in current events, with a
Canadian historical context throughout.  These learning resources are
cross-curricular and student-centered, allowing educators in a variety of
disciplines to use them in diverse classroom situations.  Designed with the
participation of Ministries of Education and field tested across Canada,
these resources provide opportunities for building critical analysis, team
work, and problem solving skills as well as understanding important global
topics and issues.

How does YouthLinks differ from other on-line learning projects?

YouthLinks differentiates itself from other on-line learning projects in the
following ways:

1. Easy to use: Activities are developed so that teacher preparation is
minimal.  Lesson plans, assessment tools and resource links are provided so
that teachers spend only a limited amount of time on preparation. The
project is presented to teachers in a comprehensive and logical manner and
we provide both technical and logistical support if required.

2. Curriculum relevant: Curriculum congruency is established at the
outset by Historica to ensure that our content matches the courses being
delivered by grade and province/territory.  This is critically important to
the project's primary target audience - teachers. Furthermore, provincial
curricula are increasingly interdependent, linking subject matter and
technology outcomes.  This project addresses these educational issues.

3. Peer interaction:  Students participate in an interactive,
collaborative environment that provides them with opportunities to network
and dialogue with peers both domestically and internationally.

4. Technically accessible:  The project appeals to the broadest
possible range of participants.  The content and technology is accessible to
schools that have dial-up or high-speed connections to the Internet.  While
all schools in Canada may be connected to the Internet, that connection does
not often extend to individual classrooms.  This project can be undertaken
by classes that have sporadic as well as regular access to computers in the
classroom.  Accessibility is not a barrier to participation.


How to Get Involved

To become involved in this exciting on-line learning project, visit
www.histori.ca and select the YouthLinks button.  Registration is easy, and
all done on-line. The programme and web site are built to accommodate all
skill levels.  Schools are not required to have the latest and most advanced
computers or high-speed Internet access.  Technical assistance is readily
available, making it easy for teachers to use.

To further ease the process, Historica has teachers working with them as
Educational Consultants and who are available for consultation.   For more
information, please contact Heather Gilman, YouthLinks Project Manager, at
hgilman@... or 1 800 567-1867 ext. 232.

.


Qu'est ce qu'InterJeunes?

InterJeunes, le programme vedette de Historica à l'intention des élèves du
secondaire, est un projet d'apprentissage collaboratif sur Internet qui vise
à établir des liens entre les élèves du secondaire au Canada et ceux à
l'étranger. Grâce à l'Internet, InterJeunes permet aux élèves de travailler
ensemble et ouvre un portail par lequel des élèves d'autres pays peuvent
apprendre et échanger avec des élèves canadiens. Ce programme, qui connaît
un grand succès, existe depuis maintenant deux ans et plus de 100 écoles
secondaires au Canada et à l'étranger y participent. On peut accéder au site
Web par le biais de : www.histori.ca/interjeunes .

InterJeunes s'est révélé fort efficace pour créer un environnement
d'apprentissage en ligne permettant aux élèves d'échanger des idées et de
discuter avec d'autres jeunes du pays et du monde entier. La possibilité de
publier leurs articles dans un magazine en ligne pousse les jeunes à la
réflexion et à se dépasser. Les groupes de discussions thématiques offrent
des possibilités d'apprentissage concret dans le cadre desquelles les élèves
peuvent utiliser différemment les connaissances qu'ils viennent d'acquérir.
InterJeunes est un programme gratuit pour les enseignants et les élèves, et
existe en français et en anglais.

Site Web offrant un contenu éducatif

Les enseignants du Canada cherchent des stratégies leur permettant
d'incorporer la technologie à leur programme : InterJeunes est justement un
excellent exemple de la façon dont la puissance d'Internet peut être
utilisée pour susciter une réflexion critique. Le programme fait appel à
l'Internet pour réaliser les objectifs suivants :

· relier les jeunes Canadiens afin de favoriser l'acquisition de
connaissances et pour qu'ils partagent des expériences sur leur culture et
leur patrimoine, avec leurs pairs ici au pays et leurs camarades à
l'étranger;
· offrir aux enseignants et aux élèves une formation et un
perfectionnement des compétences à l'aide des technologies de l'information;

· offrir une expérience éducative qui aborde les vrais problèmes
mondiaux, ce qui constitue une excellente façon pour les jeunes de
s'impliquer dans des dossiers importants et contemporains;
· promouvoir une meilleure compréhension des problèmes locaux et de
leurs répercussions à l'échelle nationale et internationale, contribuant
ainsi à former des citoyens mieux informés et plus responsables;
· offrir la possibilité d'élaborer un plan d'action local concernant
des problèmes d'envergure mondiale.

Il existe actuellement deux modules qui encadrent les plans de cours et les
activités d'InterJeunes; le premier porte sur le thème général de la
sécurité humaine et a été préparé par la Queen's University, l'autre
s'intitule l'expérience de l'immigration et a été élaboré par la York
University. Les élèves et les enseignants participants suivent une série de
plans de cours sur Internet et utilisent des ressources d'apprentissage qui
s'inscrivent non seulement dans le programme d'études provincial, mais
également dans l'actualité, tout en reflétant le contexte historique
canadien. Ces ressources d'apprentissage couvrent plusieurs matières et sont
axées sur les élèves, permettant aux enseignants de diverses disciplines de
les employer en classe. Ces ressources éducatives offrent aux élèves la
possibilité de développer leur esprit d'analyse critique, leur aptitude au
travail d'équipe et à la résolution de problèmes, et leur permettent
également de comprendre d'importants enjeux mondiaux.

Qu'est?ce qui distingue InterJeunes d'autres programmes d'apprentissage en
ligne?


1. Facile à utiliser : Les activités sont développées de façon à ce que
la préparation de l'enseignant soit minimale. Les plans de cours, les outils
d'évaluation et les liens vers des ressources permettent à ce dernier de
limiter le temps qu'il doit consacrer à la préparation. Il est présenté aux
enseignants de façon logique et exhaustive, et nous offrons un soutien à la
fois technique et logistique, au besoin.

2. S'inscrit dans le programme d'études : La correspondance avec le
programme d'études est établie dès le départ par Historica, qui s'assure
ainsi que le contenu reflète les cours offerts, par année et par province et
territoire. Cela est particulièrement important pour le principal public
cible du projet : les enseignants. En outre, les programmes d'études
provinciaux allient de plus en plus les diverses matières à l'emploi des
technologies. Ce projet satisfait à cette nouvelle tendance en matière
d'éducation.

3. Interaction des pairs : Les élèves participent à un projet
d'apprentissage interactif et collaboratif qui leur offre la possibilité
d'échanger avec des camarades et d'établir des réseaux avec ces derniers,
qu'ils soient au pays ou à l'étranger.

4. Techniquement accessible : Le projet peut attirer une très vaste
clientèle. En effet, le contenu et la technologie sont accessibles aux
écoles qui disposent d'une connexion Internet à haute vitesse ou par ligne
commutée. Même si toutes les écoles du Canada sont reliées à l'Internet,
cette connexion ne se rend pas souvent jusqu'à la salle de classe. Ce projet
peut être entrepris par des classes qui ont un accès sporadique ou régulier
à un laboratoire informatique. L'accessibilité n'est pas un obstacle à la
participation.


Comment participer

Pour participer à cet unique projet d'apprentissage en ligne, visitez
www.histori.ca/interjeunes . Rien de plus simple que de s'inscrire en ligne!
Le programme et le site Web sont conçus pour répondre à tous les niveaux
d'aptitude. Les écoles n'ont pas besoin de disposer des ordinateurs les plus
récents ou d'un accès Internet haute?vitesse. En outre, les enseignants
peuvent facilement obtenir une aide technique, ce qui leur facilite beaucoup
la tâche.

Pour simplifier encore davantage le processus, Historica compte sur la
collaboration d'enseignants qui agissent à titre de consultants en éducation
et avec qui il est possible d'échanger. Pour plus d'information, veuillez
communiquer avec Heather Gilman, gestionnaire du projet InterJeunes à
hgilman@... ou au 1 800 567-1867 poste 232 ou Maude Ladouceur,
responsable des programmes éducatifs mladouceur@... ou au
1-514-343-6111 poste 5460 .

.

[Forwarder's Note: Arviat's Inuktitut Pictionary website was a finalist in
this competion a couple of years ago]


MORE THAN 150 PROJECTS HAVE NOW ENTERED THE STOCKHOLM CHALLENGE 2002
With one month left of submission time, more than 150 projects have
registered for the Stockholm Challenge 2002. Don't miss your chances of
becoming a part of the Final Events in October! As usual, the project
nominated finalists by our jury of expertise will be invited to participate
in a fantastic networking activity in Stockholm. The events starting on
October 7, will include a Global Forum with seminars, lectures and other
networking activities, all ending in an exciting Prize-Giving Ceremony in
the beautiful Stockholm City Hall. ENTER YOUR PROJECT TODAY, CHALLENGE YOUR
COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS! at
http://www.challenge.stockholm.se/entryform_index.html

STOCKHOLM CHALLENGE INVITES BILL GATES
The recently conferred honorary doctor at the Royal Institute of Technology
in Stockholm worries about the world's injustice, and most of all those
created by the demands of the Information Society. When Bill Gates was in
Stockholm to receive his doctor's degree, he also received an invitation to
participate in the Stockholm Challenge Final Events in October 2002. Read
more at http://www.challenge.stockholm.se/news_right.asp?IdNr=52

THE CITY OF STOCKHOLM FORMS A CHALLENGE CENTER
Stockholm gets a European IT center that will facilitate best practices in
innovative use of IT in Europe and the rest of the world. The first step
towards a Challenge Center is now taken, supported by The Bank of Sweden
Tercentenary Foundation. Read more at
http://www.challenge.stockholm.se/press_art.asp?IdNr=8

THE THIRD EUROPEAN FORUM FOR INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISES
The '3rd European Forum for Innovative Enterprises', taking place on 8-9
April 2002 in Stockholm, is held within the framework of the Commission's
"Innovation Programme", run by DG Enterprise, in co-operation with the City
of Stockholm. Attended by the EU Commissioner for Enterprise and Information
Society, Erkki Liikanen, innovation specialists from Europe and the US and
mayors of main European cities, the 3rd Forum is designed to analyse the
latest methodologies and developments in supporting the creation of
innovative start-ups. In addition, the event will highlight results from the
PAXIS project and bestow the 'Award of Excellence' to 22 innovative regions
during the conference dinner in Stockholm's City Hall. An extensive
exhibition will illustrate the event with examples from cities, regions,
networks and projects.
Read more at http://www.thirdforum.org/

MORE THAN 200 PARTICIPANTS IN STOCKHOLM PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
The Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities is an initiative in many
ways similar to the Challenge, but concentrating on the Environment and
sustainable solutions. At closing time, the competition had attracted more
than 200 participants. As project no. 200 to be approved was the model for
development of old Havana, Cuba.
27 entries makes Sweden the most well represented country, followed by
followed by the United States (13), The United Kingdom (12), India and the
Netherlands(11), China (10), Canada (9), Australia, Germany and the Czech
Republic (8), Italy and South Africa (7) followed by Brazil, China and
Russia (6).
Read more at http://www.challenge.stockholm.se/news_right.asp?IdNr=53

MIKSIKE FROM ESTONIA, WINNER OF THE STOCKHOLM CHALLENGE AWARD 2000, HAS
ORGANISED AN  'EASY TO USE' ONLINE QUIZ ACTIVITY - THINKQUEST QUIZ CUP
Quiz Cup consists of 3 competitions. First competition takes place March 18
- April 1 and is open to learners of all ages. Questions are taken
ThinkQuest Library, which is created by student teams all over the world. Do
you want them to answer your question? OK
Visitors can also submit questions to the Quiz. Find an interesting fact
from the TQ Library, form a question based on this information, send it and
win the prize.
Go to http://studentfactory.org/quiz/

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-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Willard [mailto:nwillard@...]
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 2:01 PM
To: wwwedu; k12admin
Subject: [WWWEDU] Filtering Software: The Religious Connection


Below is an announcement of a report that addresses my findings of the
relationships between eight filtering software companies and
conservative religious organizations. Three of the companies addressed
in the report have a significant market share in schools. The other
companies are trying to market to schools, but likely do not presently
have a significant market share. The report is on my web site.

My goal in writing the report has been to seek to identify the concerns
and propose actions that will proactively and positively address the
concerns. I have presented only on publicly available information. As a
former practicing attorney, I fully recognize the potential of
litigation related to the issues raised in this report. I have sought to
outline the potential legal issues for the purpose of education only. I
will not publicly discuss my opinions related to legal risks or
strategies.

My bottom line has been and will continue to be that these technology
tools are neither infallible nor ever-present. Districts that place
primary reliance on such tools are placing their students in a position
of greater vulnerability and risk at those inevitable times when the
technology will fail or not be present. Further, reliance on these tools
requires school officials to turn over control regarding student access
to material to private companies when there is no mechanism in place to
ensure that these companies have any understanding of, or are making
their decisions based on, the legal standards that protect student's
constitutional rights of access to information. It is possible to comply
with CIPA in a manner that addresses these concerns. As educators, our
primary focus should be on helping young people use the Internet in a
safe and responsible manner in accord with school standards and their
own personal family values.

This message may be forwarded.


Filtering Software: The Religious Connection

Nancy Willard, M.S. J.D.
Responsible Netizen
Center for Advanced Technology in Education
University of Oregon, College of Education
Web site: http://netizen.uoregon.edu/publications.html
Bio: http://netizen.uoregon.edu/about/nwbio.htm
E-mail: nwillard@...
February 24, 2002


"Your home. Your values. Your Internet.
Help maintain LDS values when you use the Internet."
- MStar.Net logo. (http://www.mstar.net/isp/default.htm)

"(A)s a Christian portal to the Web, we recognize that the number one
issue for the Christian community is using the Web safely and
responsibly. . That's why we've recently launched CrossingGuard, the
only free server-level, continuously-updated Web filtering solution
available ..."
- Statement by CEO of Crosswalk
(http://www.gospelcom.net/ccmag/articles/covr399plus.html)

The American Family Filter is built on the Christian principal of
holiness and living a pure life. ... American Family Filter stands apart
from other blocking software, employing a uniquely Christian approach to
our content filtering. We adhere to a higher standard, because American
Family Filter is a ministry first and foremost, and therefore we are
accountable to a Higher Authority for the product we produce."
- Statement on American Family Filter web site
(http://www.afafilter.com/about.asp)

"Upholding Biblical standards
We use a sophisticated server-based filtering process to eliminate
objectionable material. ... We filter out the standard offensive
material - pornography, profanity, and violence. In addition, we uphold
our own set of standards...Biblical standards."
- Statement on 711.Net web site
(http://www.711online.net/filterphilosophy.htm)

What do all of these conservative religious Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) have in common? They are all using filtering products that are
also being used in U.S. public schools.

Filtering Software: The Religious Connection is a new report issued by
the Responsible Netizen Project of the Center for Advanced Technology in
Education of the University of Oregon College of Education. The report
is online at http://netizen.uoregon.edu/publications.html.

This report reviews the relationships of eight filtering software
companies with conservative religious organizations. Some of the
filtering companies are providing filtering services to conservative
religious ISPs that are representing to their users that the service
filters in accord with conservative religious values. Some of the
filtering companies appear to have partnership relationships with
conservative religious organizations. Some filtering companies have been
functioning as conservative religious ISPs and have recently established
new divisions that are marketing services to schools. Most of the
companies have filtering categories in which they are blocking web sites
presenting information known to be of concern to people with
conservative religious values -- such as non-traditional religions and
sexual orientation -- in the same category as material that no
responsible adult would consider appropriate for young people.

The existence of these relationships and blocking categories  raises the
concern that  the filtering products used in schools are inappropriately
preventing students from accessing certain materials based on religious
or other inappropriate bias. Because filtering software companies
protect  the actual list of blocked sites, searching and blocking key
words, blocking criteria, and blocking processes as confidential,
proprietary trade secret information it is not possible to prove or
disprove the hypothesis that the companies may be blocking access to
material based on religious or other inappropriate bias. This situation
raises concerns related to student's constitutionally-protected rights
of access to information and excessive entanglement of religion with
schools.

The companies include: N2H2 (Bess), Symantec (I-Gear), 8e6 Technologies
(R2000 or X-Stop), Solid Oak (CyberSitter), NetComply/711.Net,
BSafeSchool/American Family Online, EduGuard/S4F, and SurfClear. The
report investigates the relationship between these filtering software
companies and conservative religious organizations, outlines potential
areas of concern raised by such connections from the perspective of the
use of these products in public schools, and presents recommendations to
address the concerns.

The Children's Internet Protection Act requires that all schools seeking
federal funds through the E-Rate program and Title VI of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, install a "technology protection
measure" to protect against access to obscene material, child
pornography, and material that is harmful to minors. Many public school
district in the U.S. have or will be installing filtering software that
functions by blocking access to sites that the filtering company has
determined are inappropriate.

Findings

o Three filtering companies, that have a major presence in public
schools, are also selling their product to conservative religious
Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Most of these conservative religious
ISPs are directly stating or strongly implying to their users that the
filtering system is filtering in accord with conservative religious
values.

o The other five filtering companies have functioned as conservative
religious ISPs, are selling to conservative religious ISPs, and/or have
expressed a conservative religious philosophy. Four of these companies
appear to have recently begun to target the school market in the context
of the new CIPA requirements.

o The conservative religious ISPs encourage their users to submit the
URLs of sites that they think should be blocked. Filtering companies
generally perceive the risks of failing to block access to inappropriate
material as more significant than the risks of blocking access to
appropriate material. It is reasonable to assume that filtering
companies would generally block such reported sites, thus raising the
question of the cumulative impact of such reporting and blocking.

o Seven companies have blocking categories where the description for the
category provides strong evidence that the company is blocking based on
religious or other inappropriate bias. The categories block access to
protected material along with material that would be unacceptable in
school. In some cases, the category that contains protected material
contains other material that would likely meet the definition of
"harmful to minors" and thus be required to be blocked under CIPA. The
existence of blocking categories where inappropriate bias is blatantly
evident raises concerns that these companies fail to understand the
constitutional standards regarding student's rights of access to
information and that material is also being blocked in other categories
on the basis of inappropriate bias.

o Although information about the religious connections can be found
through diligent search, such information is not clearly evident on the
corporate web site or in materials that would provide the source of
information for local school officials.

o When local school officials select and implement a filtering product,
they are provided only a list of potential categories to be blocked,
with a short description of the types of material blocked in the
categories. Filtering companies protect the actual list of blocked
sites, searching and blocking key words, blocking criteria, and blocking
processes as confidential, proprietary trade secret information.
Therefore, local school officials have essentially delegated control to
filtering companies to make decisions about the appropriateness of
material for students when there is no vehicle to determine how such
control is being exercised.

o Numerous reports on filtering products have revealed that such
products consistently over-block and thereby the prevent access to
perfectly appropriate material. The reasons for such over-blocking
--which could include technical inadequacies, process inadequacies, and
bias -- are not easily discernable, due to the lack of access to
necessary information.

o Because filtering companies protect the actual list of blocked sites,
searching and blocking key words, blocking criteria, and blocking
processes as confidential, proprietary trade secret information it is
not possible for an independent researcher to identify specific sites
that "prove" that companies are engaged in blocking based on
inappropriate religious or other bias.

o There is no auditing mechanism in place that provides for the
independent, objective analysis of the manner in which these, and other,
filtering companies are making blocking decisions that would ensure that
such decisions are being made in accord with constitutional standards
that protect students' rights of access to information and avoid public
school entanglement with religion.

Recommendations

o If school decision-makers are now required, by law, to implement
technology protection measures, an independent, objective auditing
mechanism must be established to ensure that companies providing
blocking products are not blocking access to material in violation of
students' constitutional rights.

o Mechanism(s) should be established to facilitate student access to
comprehensive teen health and sexual education web sites that have been
reviewed by health care and educational professionals and found to be
appropriate and accurate.

o Rather than placing primary reliance on filtering tools, schools
should develop comprehensive strategies to help students learn to use
the Internet in a safe and responsible manner, in accord with school
standards and their personal family values. Schools cannot enforce a
wide range of individual family values when students are using the
Internet in schools. Schools can reinforce the importance of using the
Internet in accord with personal family values by providing parents with
access to their child's Internet usage records.




Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
Director, Responsible Netizen
Center for Advanced Technology in Education
5214 University of Oregon, College of Education
Eugene, Oregon 97405
541-346-2895 (office) 541-344-9125 (home office)
E-mail: nwillard@...
URL: http://netizen.uoregon.edu

Author of
Computer Ethics, Etiquette, and Safety for 21st Century Students.
http://www.iste.org

Supporting the Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet by Students: A
Children's Internet Protection Act Planning Guide.
http://netizen.uoregon.edu/documentsd/cipa.html.






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CAP Horizon
http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/2020.shtml

January 31, 2002 (Issue 19)

Community Access Program New Year's Message
With the New Year's arrival, we would like to extend our warmest thanks to
all of you for your dedication and efforts throughout the past year in
ensuring the success of the Community Access Program (CAP).
http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/2020.shtml#51

Building Information Technology skills at Community Access centres
The CanConnect Skills Certificate is a motivational tool enabling learners
at the K to12 level of the learning system gain soft and technical skills
at a Community Access Program (CAP) centre. CAP centres can use the
Certificate Initiative to complement training sessions, March Break camps
and summer activities. http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/2020.shtml#52

Designing an Internet web page
Community access centres across Canada have been asking how to create a
simple web page. Here are the ingredients to get started!
http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/2020.shtml#53

Community Access centres forming networks across Canada
In all parts of the country, Community Access Program (CAP) centres have
found strength in numbers. In this article, find links to some of the CAP
networks featured in recent issues of CAP Weekly, and links to other
networks with information to share - a sampling of a variety of network
models. http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/2020.shtml#54

Literacy success enhanced by Community Access Program
Project Literacy Victoria (PLV) is a non-profit organization which has
helped adults develop basic reading, writing, math, and life skills since
1988. This vibrant group has recently broadened the scope of their work,
thanks to funding from the Community Access Program.
http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/2020.shtml#55

CAP Question
What is an Information Highway Science and Entrepreneurship camp? Read
the
next edition of CAP Horizon to find out.

Nunavut CAP Sites

http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/4000nu.shtml

[Note: There is a problem with this list... several communities are not in
Nunavut, but Nunavik (Arctic Quebec). ed]

A

Artic Bay http://www.arctic-travel.com/chapters/arcticbaypage.html
Arviat http://www.arctic.ca/~iyisoc/ [Note: this url is currently off line]

B

C

Cambridge Bay http://www.arctic-travel.com/chapters/cambridgepage.html
Coral Harbour

D

E

F

G

Gjoa Haven

H

I

Inukjuak http://nunavik.net/
Iqaluit http://www.nunanet.com/~joamie/
Iqaluit http://www.arctic-travel.com/chapters/iqaluitpage.html

J

K

Kangiqsualujjuaq http://nunavik.net/
Kangiqsujuaq http://nunavik.net/
Kangirsuk http://nunavik.net/
Kimmirut
Kimmirut (Lake Harbour) http://www.arctic-travel.com/chapters/kimpage.html
Kugluktuk (Coppermine)
http://www.arctic-travel.com/chapters/kugluktukpage.html Kugluktuk
Kuujjuaraapik http://nunavik.net/ Kuujjuaq
http://www.nativetrail.com/en/first_peoples/kuujjuaq.html

L

M

N

O

P

Pond Inlet http://www.arctic-travel.com/chapters/pondpage.html
Pond Inlet
Puvirnituq http://www.autochtones.com/en/first_peoples/index.html

Q

Quaqtaq http://nunavik.net/

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Rankin Inlet http://www.arctic.ca/LUS/
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Community Access Program networks forming across Canada

“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what
they can do when they stick together.” - Vesta M Kelly

http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/2020.shtml#54

By Monica Turner
Industry Canada

This is the time of year when the natural world hibernates, dreaming of
springtime. Coast to coast to coast, seed catalogues circulate, and plans
are made for the next growing season.

Here is a Community Access Program (CAP) version of the seed catalogue,
designed for those centres which may be considering new opportunities for
growth in the coming year.

During the fall, CAP Weekly featured a series of articles on the benefits
of forming networks. To recap: a network of public Internet access centres
is a group of centres working together cooperatively to better serve local
needs. This may be a collective of centres in separate communities in a
rural area, or in one urban community. The collective of centres may
include multiple organization types. Networks reflect a community or
region unified by a common purpose, working collaboratively to identify
and address public Internet access, training, and learning needs.

In all parts of the country, CAP centres have found strength in numbers.
Each network is unique, often composed of diverse centres. Such contrasts
create an interesting patchwork of network models. One trait they hold in
common is that networks are keen to propagate their success.

Here are links to some of the CAP networks featured in recent issues of
CAP Weekly, and links to other networks with information to share – a
sampling of a variety of network models. If you’re snowed in, with time on
your hands, take a moment to check out what the network neighbours are up
to. If your group would like to be included in this series, please drop a
line to capcontactpac@... .

http://www.bccna.bc.ca/ The British Columbia Community Networks
Association (BCCNA) is a non-profit society; their Community Network
Directory has links to B.C. Community Networks.

http://www.chilcotin.bc.ca/ccrn/ Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Network
connects CAP centres in a large geographic area of south central British
Columbia, overcoming great technical difficulties.

http://www.gov.calgary.ab.ca/community/cap/ The Calgary Coordinated CAP
Initiative (CCCI) is a multi-cultural, multi-language, community
development project connecting 51 public access centres in this urban
Alberta city.

http://cap.estevan.sk.ca/ The Estevan CAP (ECAP) networks 18 centres in
this Saskatchewan city. The “about ecap” link contains a slide show, “One
Community’s Experience” of creating a community network.

http://www.sbe.saskatoon.sk.ca/CAP/index.htm/ The Saskatoon Public School
Division launched a network of 16 Saskatchewan CAP centres in October,
2001.

http://www.svcn.mb.ca/ in the Swan Valley Community Network, seven rural
Manitoba CAP centres share resources, including a computer users’ phone-in
helpline.

http://cap.wrdsb.on.ca/ The Waterloo Region Urban CAP Network, connecting
CAP services, government, and community resources, is hosted by the
Waterloo Region District School Board.

http://tdsbcap.on.ca/ The Toronto District School Board network, launched
June, 2001, connects CAP centres located within 250 urban schools.

http://www.vccap.org/ Kawartha Lakes CAP Communities is a network of 16
small rural centres near Lindsay, Ontario. There are excellent resources
for volunteers at this Website.

http://cac.lacstjean.qc.ca/ a clickable map on this Website has links to
each of the networked centres in the Lac-St-Jean-Est region of Québec.

http://www.pacmaskoutain.qc.ca/ 15 communities around Saint-Hyacinthe make
up this Québec network.

http://www.cnbb.nb.ca/ Connect New Brunswick Branché networks all N.B. CAP
centres.

http://www.nsaccess.ns.ca/cap/ all CAP centres in Nova Scotia are
networked by region.

http://www.nfcap.nf.ca/ Newfoundland & Labrador CAP centres are networked
by zone.

If centres in your area are considering becoming a CAP network,
information is available. Coming soon:

a look at resources from sustainability toolkits
virtual CAP networks.

For more information on Industry Canada’s initiative to provide
convenient, affordable public Internet access to all Canadians please
visit http://cap.ic.gc.ca

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Building Information Technology and Communications skills at Community Access
centres


Building Information Technology and Communications skills at Community
Access centres

http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/2020.shtml#52

Community Access Program (CAP) centres can use the Certificate Initiative
to complement training sessions, March Break camps and summer activities.
A CAP centre may participate by registering on the CanConnect Skills
Certificate website at http://canconnect.ic.gc.ca/certificate/

By Sonny Moran
Industry Canada

The CanConnect Skills Certificate is a motivational tool enabling learners
at the K to12 level of the learning system gain soft and technical skills
at a Community Access Program centre. Soft skills refer to
problem-solving, interpersonal communications, team work and
decision-making. Youth also learn how to send email, navigate the Internet
and design a web page with certificates being awarded for participation.

Last year, 23 CAP centres participated in the CanConnect Skills
Certificate initiative, explains Industry Canada Information Technology
Skills Development Program Officer Sylvie Roy. Since the initiative’s
inception in the spring of 1999, 24,060 learners, 278
organizations/schools and 700 instructors/educators have participated.

The Brokenhead River Regional Library (Community Access Program/Youth
Employment Program) in Beausejour, Manitoba, has been a community-based
participant. Camille Levesque, the library’s Certificate Initiative
facilitator, states youth loved using the learning tools and they achieved
“full levels of performance.”

To learn more about Industry Canada’s Certificate initiative please visit
http://canconnect.ic.gc.ca/ certificate/about-e.asp

To find out more about Industry Canada’s initiative to bring convenient,
affordable public Internet access to all Canadians visit
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