Websense


 * [[image:Websense.JPG width="309" height="213" align="right"]]Websense** is Baltimore County's webfiltering software.
 * [|Why?]

There are several **ways to get things approved** by Baltimore County Public Schools > Fill out the [|Request Form] and the [|Evaluation Form] and send through Inner-Office mail to "OIT (Timonium)." > //Suggestion: Open the forms and save them as [|Google Docs]. Email Hilary Short or another Tech Committee member an Invite to collaborate on your forms, and we can figure out the county-tech-ese together!//
 * 1) Submit an [|Unblock Request]
 * 2) Submit **individuals sites URL's** through the Office of Instructional Technology's [|Approval Process]
 * point out other districts/areas which have successfully implemented the solution, if known
 * have clear documentation about alternative solutions, instructional validity, ideas for staff development and equitable implementation, chosen solution's attractiveness with respect to concerns below, etc.
 * 1) Explore if the County is more receptive to an alternative solution. Priorities:
 * protecting the LAN from viruses (//reason student email is blocked)//
 * reducing strain on bandwidth (//reason streaming video is blocked and flash animation is "dialed down")//
 * protecting student privacy (//why hosted solutions--servers inside the BCPS network--are preferred)//
 * equitable implementation across district (//why paid solutions are usually avoided)//

Web 2.0 Requests Pending BCPS Approval

 * Johnny Money Online game
 * Sketchcast
 * Moodle
 * UCLA's Calibrated Peer Review
 * the Online Psychology Laboratory
 * Cambridge Elodea Simulation

Web 2.0 Approved Resources

 * Diigo
 * Fantasy Congress
 * Ning
 * Wikispaces
 * VoiceThread

Web 2.0 Requests Rejected

 * [|ePals]- Superintendent has not approved student email as a possibility, since that's this site's primary use, it was rejected by the Web Content Committee on 08/05/2008