In classrooms, where computer placement is more difficult, teachers should develop procedures so students know the instructor could be walking by at any moment. A systematic staff development program must be established to ensure staff members are current on Internet policy and use. The primary focus should be for staff to assist students in achieving the learning results. Students must be carefully trained in appropriate use, as well as provided with strategies to evaluate the material they locate on the Internet. This places the responsibility for abuses on the shoulders of the abuser, rather than the instructor or the institution, but does not remove the need for adequate supervision.
Users are also unable to search for inappropriate words or phases.
The technology coordinator has passwords that allow a teacher to unlock a computer for a brief period to permit access to sites that might be restricted but educationally sound. For example, the Starr Report is blocked due to its graphic nature, but may have value in certain classroom situations. Whenever such a password is used, the technology coordinator is notified automatically by e-mail. Internet filtering looks different at the elementary schools. In all cases at Rowe, and almost all cases at YES, teachers are sitting with students when they access the Internet.