{"id":1072,"date":"2010-02-23T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2010-02-23T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T15:53:00","slug":"safe-legal-use-of-computers-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=1072","title":{"rendered":"Safe & Legal Use of Computers & The Web"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things my Scout Group has been considering for a while is getting a computer.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been really lucky recently as I\u2019ve been able to get a couple donated to us, so there is no cost to the Group. They\u2019re not new or anywhere near top of the range, but they\u2019ll do what we want them to do!<\/p>\n

As well as computers, the other thought was to get the internet at the hall where we meet. Again not much of a problem as we can get a connection for a reasonable price that won\u2019t be a drain on the finances. Although I will say that we\u2019re only going to have it for 12 – 18 months initially (depending on the contract) and then see if we actually get reasonable use from it.<\/p>\n

Now we\u2019ve got the computers and we\u2019re getting net access comes the \u2018problems\u2019. We have to be sure that the PCs are totally legal with regards to the operating system they run and the programmes on them.<\/p>\n

One of the PCs comes with fully licence Windows XP, but no Office and the other is a laptop which is licensed for Windows ME (Mistake Edition!), but will happily run XP. However it has no XP licence and we can\u2019t really justify spending any more money! Ubuntu<\/a> to the rescue! This Linux distribution<\/a> has OpenOffice<\/a> included, so we have an Office compatible suite with an operating system which is, for a user, not too difficult to master. OpenOffice is also going on the Windows XP machine, along with a few other free and Open Source programmes. The computers will be locked up so only an administrator (me) can add or remove programmes. This means we won\u2019t be breaking any licensing rules – and quite rightly so!<\/p>\n

The other thing we have to be very aware of, is content on the internet. If our Beavers, Cubs & Scouts are going to use the web when they are under our supervision, it is our responsibility to ensure that they don\u2019t access anything that is, for want of a better phrase, dodgy. <\/p>\n

And this caused me to do a bit of head scratching. How to filter what they can see? In school, of course, young people access the internet behind very strong filtering, but in the outside world it is open to everything and therefore a bit more tricky!<\/p>\n

Until that is I was looking at Kevin\u2019s blog<\/a> the other day (thanks Kevin) and I noticed a button on there like this –<\/p>\n

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So I clicked on it (try it, it works here!) and found that they offer a filtering service and it\u2019s free! Well, you can pay for extra services, but the cost is not excessive. The good thing is that it\u2019s not set up on an individual computer, but on the router you use to connect to the interweb! This of course means that if we let a Scout bring in their own laptop or PSP, for example, and let them connect to the net, then they will be safe (well about as safe as you can be) from inappropriate content!<\/p>\n

The great thing is that if you have young kids at home and you want them to be safe on the net, you can do this at home as well (and I will be in a couple of years time!).<\/p>\n

One of the things my Scout Group has been considering for a while is getting a computer. We\u2019ve been really lucky recently as I\u2019ve been able to get a couple donated to us, so there is no cost to the Group. They\u2019re not new or anywhere near top of the range, but they\u2019ll do what … <\/p>\n

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