Comments on: OpenDNS http://itmoves.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/opendns/ Adventures In Teaching and Technology Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:17:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: raymond http://itmoves.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/opendns/#comment-333 raymond Wed, 14 May 2008 02:11:34 +0000 http://itmoves.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-333 can u teach me how to unblock the youtube. i really need you tube for research purposes. thank you can u teach me how to unblock the youtube. i really need you tube for research purposes. thank you

]]> By: Allison Rhodes http://itmoves.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/opendns/#comment-263 Allison Rhodes Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:41:28 +0000 http://itmoves.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-263 @Ben - Thanks for the post and the time you've clearly spent looking into this. "The technical details of how this is accomplished would make a great topic for a networking, software, or engineering class." Completely agree. We'd love to help if you decide to do this... Allison Rhodes OpenDNS.com @Ben – Thanks for the post and the time you’ve clearly spent looking into this.

“The technical details of how this is accomplished would make a great topic for a networking, software, or engineering class.”

Completely agree. We’d love to help if you decide to do this…

Allison Rhodes
OpenDNS.com

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://itmoves.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/opendns/#comment-262 Wesley Fryer Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:48:41 +0000 http://itmoves.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-262 These are good questions to ask. In my experience, many school administrators want a filtering solution that they can basically trust to "block everything," and can give peace of mind to teachers that they don't need to monitor what the kids are doing online. That is an unfortunately and flawed perception, in my view. I do advocate systems which provide tracking accountability for where people go online, but I think more basic levels of content filtering are preferable to many of the draconian filtering systems we see implemented now. Thanks for sharing the word about OpenDNS. It's not a complete solution for "issues" that come up with web use at home or at school, but for the price it's pretty amazing. I think, as in other contexts, the availability of a free solution like OpenDNS should create a dynamic where commercial vendors are challenged to differentiate the functionality of their products further. There are still good reasons to pay for commercial solutions for content filtering and other technology functions, but that commercial function should certainly go far beyond that which is provided by a free solution like OpenDNS. These are good questions to ask. In my experience, many school administrators want a filtering solution that they can basically trust to “block everything,” and can give peace of mind to teachers that they don’t need to monitor what the kids are doing online. That is an unfortunately and flawed perception, in my view. I do advocate systems which provide tracking accountability for where people go online, but I think more basic levels of content filtering are preferable to many of the draconian filtering systems we see implemented now. Thanks for sharing the word about OpenDNS. It’s not a complete solution for “issues” that come up with web use at home or at school, but for the price it’s pretty amazing. I think, as in other contexts, the availability of a free solution like OpenDNS should create a dynamic where commercial vendors are challenged to differentiate the functionality of their products further. There are still good reasons to pay for commercial solutions for content filtering and other technology functions, but that commercial function should certainly go far beyond that which is provided by a free solution like OpenDNS.

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