Internet censorship is a controversial topic in the world. Internet censorship is the control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the internet. For my flash talk, I have narrowed my focus on internet censorship in schools.
There are many strong arguments for the disadvantages and advantages of having internet censorship in schools. Disadvantages include: student’s access to educational tools are limited, deprives students from learning. There are advantages. Helps the school manage what the student can access. It protects children from inappropriate content, parent cannot always monitor their children so having censorship in school puts them at ease, it will keep students from being victims of sex trafficking and pornography.
A different approach to internet censorship includes IP address blocking, DNS filtering and redirection, termination of TCP packet transmissions, scanning URL for target keywords, network disconnection, portal censorship and search result remover.
Internet censorship has a positive impact on society, culture, and economy. Many organizations use censorship as a defense strategy for preventing malware, and the reputation of their companies, it prevents copyright piracy, it can control illegal and criminal activities, it protects children from illegal content, strengthens national security, parents can monitor their children, and it guards against spam.
Internet censorship has a negative impact. The government can use it to keep information secret from its citizens, more power to the government, added expense to the government, can harm businesses, and above all, it violates internet privacy.
My stance is, absolute internet privacy should not be permitted and certainly not in the schools. There is the need for both freedom and censorship. There has to be a regulation although it sometimes hinders students from accomplishing school work. In this case, the student can request access from the teacher if school appropriate.
Having the flash talk in small groups was preferable than sharing with the whole class. Although I kept to the two-minute limit, there are things that could be improved. I received feedbacks from my peer. One was a commendation of my topic focus-censorship in schools. The other criticism I got was the lack of flow in my speech. I took too many pauses. Next time, I will not pause as much and I will connect my thoughts in other for it to flow smoothly.
ReplyDeleteHi Esther,
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of your talk you say that you intend to focus on internet censorship in schools. In paragraph two you address censorship in schools, but then in paragraphs 3 through 5 you switch focus with no written transition. Could you have found a way to make the connection to school censorship more explicit throughout the script?
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ReplyDeleteIn your reflective comment you got was about lack of flow in your speech. That could be because you took pauses, but it could also be because of sentence variety. Many sentences in your talk start in the same manner. For example, your first 2 sentences start with "Internet censorship is..." . Working on this one area could improve the flow of your talk.
ReplyDeletepretty good if i do say so myself
ReplyDeleteyes, I agree
DeleteI agree, indubitably.
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