【创新方案】Unit3TheworldonlineSectionⅠWelcometotheunitReadingPre-reading【配套同步课件】高中英语牛津版选修七.ppt

Unit 3;1．Why is it not right to block some educational websites? 2．What does Karen Cator think we should do to make the Internet beneficial to children? ; Book banning has long been a controversial (有争议的) issue in American schools.Now some educators say banned websites pose as great a threat to kids education and intellectual freedom. Filtering(过滤) software and school rules designed to keep out violence are also blocking key educational and otherwise useful sites, teachers say, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube — not to mention Google and National Geographic.;Most recently： New York Citys Department of Education blocked Google Images last month for what it called “objectionable (令人反感的)content”but later left it up to schools whether to allow it. The Pinellas County School Board in June voted to block teachers from communicating with students via Facebook or Twitter, even about school-related matters.The school board said it hoped to prevent the appearance of inappropriate (不恰当的)contact between students and teachers via social media.; Along with social networking, many schools block teachers personal e-mail and seemingly harmless sites.In a survey for the education website MindShift, editor Tina Barseghian found that teachers at some schools couldnt access National Geographic or Flickr.; This fall, a handful of schools and libraries across the US plan to hold Banned Sites Day to draw attention to the issue, according to New Canaan High School librarian Michelle Luhtala.The day was her idea.She said the same issues of censorship (检查制度)，fear and free speech that made books banned also apply to social-networking sites that most public schools blocked.; The American Library Association encourages schools and libraries to think twice before keeping kids off some websites, saying such action “does not teach safe behavior and leaves youth without the necessary knowledge and skills to protect their privacy”．