Re: [info-tech] Draft Bill re: Information Privacy

[Nancy Movall]

While at NECC in Philadelphia I attended the keynote address by David Weinberger.  His presentation, "The New Shape of Knowledge'" would suggest that we in education have to be very, very careful of who gets to be the gatekeepers of 'knowledge' in our schools.  While he realizes the importance of security, he also stresses the importance of using technologies such as blogs that allow students to learn from "many" versus a few (textbook, lecture, etc).  He made the statement that "knowledge is the conversation".  It was an interesting approach to thinking about knowledge, learning and technology and you can see the webcast at  http://www.kidzonline.org/necc/agenda.html A bit of a tangent I realize, but it is worth consideration as you move forward... Nancy On Jul 10, 2005, at 8:42 PM, Steven Scarbrough wrote: See... http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/News/07062005_1583.htm While this proposed bill (above) seems to be a reaction to identity theft in business, I wonder what concerns we schools should consider, other than FERPA? (http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html)  Is it enough to only think about a family's right to contest innacurate info?  That is, what steps should be taken at schools to _protect_ information?  How far should one go?  To what extent are we responsible for security-- are we liable?  (Particularly when school I.T. is traditionally under-funded [IMHO]) Any thoughts? Steve Scarbrough Technology Coordinator Storm Lake Community School District 712.732.8100   fax:8101 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Nancy Movall Technology & School Improvement Consultant Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency 8 824 Flindt Drive Storm Lake, IA 50588 712-732-2257 "Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor." ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.