SAFETY & SECURITY Securit y software on laptops goes off school grounds and
into students' and teachers' homes By Angela Pascopella BOLDER
Allfreeessays.com can offer materials like Web sites like those described
to the left are likely off limits for most stu- written research papers
that let students dents in districts that have one-to-one plagiarize or
cheat on school assignments. laptop initiatives allowing students to take
the computers home. And while Xanga.com is a blog site that offers
administrators and parents aim to personal information of users, giving
protect students from downloading potential child predators vital
information. naked pictures, chatting on Web sites with potential
predators, and looking Live365.com offers streaming radio for
non-educational material, some debate has erupted over the fine line of
Internet programming if students want to student privacy and squashing
student slack off when they should be working. rights to information
whether it be in libraries or on the World Wide Web. In an age where more
school districts are reviewing plans or have one-to-one laptop initiatives
for their students, administrators are turning to high-tech answers to keep
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