A Cautionary Tale!

Flickr as we all know is under a blanket ban on the Schools Broadband Network

I have used Gallery 2 up to now but the time overhead had grown and it seems prone to attacks.

In an effort to have our [...]]]>

A Cautionary Tale!

Flickr as we all know is under a blanket ban on the Schools Broadband Network

I have used Gallery 2 up to now but the time overhead had grown and it seems prone to attacks.

In an effort to have our school Flickr Pro account approved by the NCTE – FortiNet – HEAnet it was suggested by the NCTE Help Desk that I change my account name to reflect the schools name. I also made a school crest flickr badge and completed the account.

In doing so I renamed the Pro account permanently and thereby severed links to sites around Europe that pointed to hidden eTwinning sets in our account. I also have a few images featuring in online tourist guides and they also bitten the dust.

So don’t rush into things. Think first. I have to redo nearly 80 links.

I came across this search on TeacherTube today. It lists all the YouTube eTwinning contributions to date. All the content is screened by TeacherTube but it is still blocked by FortiNet.

The 4th Class girls in Saint Attracta’s S.N.S. were delighted to find that the Google Image search facility was available on the Schools’ Broadband service this morning. The usual cohort of puppies and ponies found their way into their DTP projects. The boys on the other hand did not even know the service had been [...]]]>

The 4th Class girls in Saint Attracta’s S.N.S. were delighted to find that the Google Image search facility was available on the Schools’ Broadband service this morning. The usual cohort of puppies and ponies found their way into their DTP projects. The boys on the other hand did not even know the service had been suspended!

No warning! The Google Image Search facility has been blocked on the Schools’ Broadband Service.

It seems to have fallen foul of FortiNet filtering protocols. I doubt if it was a policy decision by the NCTE as many schools use Google Image Search everyday. There may have been a category filing software glitch which [...]]]>

No warning! The Google Image Search facility has been blocked on the Schools’ Broadband Service.

It seems to have fallen foul of FortiNet filtering protocols. I doubt if it was a policy decision by the NCTE as many schools use Google Image Search everyday. There may have been a category filing software glitch which triggered the block. We may never know.

I will have to download what I think my class would like and put it on a USB stick.