Welcome to "Unmasking the Digital Truth!"

Definitions

The English Wiktionary defines "obfuscate" as:

To make dark; overshadow, or To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.

Wiktionary defines "unmask" as:

To remove a mask from someone, or To expose, or reveal the true character of someone.

Project Goals

The goal of this collaborative wiki is to "unmask the digital truth" with respect to the reasons some leaders today are overfiltering and overblocking web 2.0 sites in schools and libraries, and provide reasonable alternatives which support broader student and teacher access to these sites. A basic level of content filtering is required in the United States for schools and libraries receiving federal E-Rate funding, and the purpose of this project is NOT to argue against all forms of content filtering in all situations. In some cases, however, educational leaders are obfuscating the issues relating to content filtering and access to web 2.0 websites in schools. This wiki seeks to unmask those reasons to provide facts, options and alternatives for community leaders interested in promoting broader access to web 2.0 tools in schools.