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Districts Face New Challenges With Computers In Classrooms Computers in the classroom are now as much a part of learning as reading, writing and arithmatic. But school officials know that they also have challenges when students get online, KMBC's Natalie Moultrie reported Wednesday. When Matthew Schooler, 13, pulled up a Web site at his East Lynne, Mo., school, administrators said that he ventured into pornography. Schooler is now banned from using the school's computers. Administrators said that it is a concern when students are allowed to freely roam the Internet to learn. The director of technology for Kansas City, Kan., School District, Joe Fives, said that the district just went to a new filtering system three months ago because kids had found a way to skirt the safeguards on the old system. 'We're currently using a filter on the firewall. It's something that is updated constantly, as far as what site will be blocked,' Fives said. On the KCK's Internet system, the Web site that got Schooler banned from using computers,, is not filtered out because it is more of a parody Web site, Moultrie reported. Fives said that Web sites in the district are filtered automatically based on content, words, or at the district's request. If a student tries to reach a blocked Web site, a warning message pops up explaining why it is off limits. 'There's so much out there. New sites are added daily that we really rely on folks at filter services to keep sites updated,' Fives said. Beyond the filter service, Fives said that the district relies on teachers and students to watch where the Internet takes them.
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