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<!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Am interested in getting a clearer picture of the extent to which education authorities – and independent schools – block or markedly impede the use of the Web 2.00 facilities in Australia – and New Zealand.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Am interested in straight out blockages and also the highly managed operations.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Am for example conscious in NSW that while NSW DET <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>impose strict central controls – possibly even blocks NSW catholic education offices are using Web 2.00 tools for staff and policy development.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Do publish your response to the list.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">This question is in the context of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) noting in December 2007 that more than 70% of Australian 14-17 years have published to the ‘Web from home.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Never before in human history have the young been able to so readily publish to the world.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino;mso-font-kerning:14.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Mal Lee</span><!--EndFragment--> <br><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Phone - + 61 2 44717 947</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mobile - + 61 0414 405 962</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">PO Box 5010 Broulee NSW </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Australia 2537</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>