The internet and classroom learning: Using Blocksi as your K12 web filter

There are many web filtering options for schools. You need to consider how you are going to protect your students and ensure CIPA compliance.

Here are five things to think about before you decide on the best K12 web filter for your school’s internet. You will find that Blocksi meets all of these.

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1. Support for Every Device and Every OS

There are likely to be a variety of devices in your network. A web filtering solution should simplify your management, not make it more complicated. Blocksi offers Smart Agents for Chromebooks, iOS, and Windows. You can also use it to filter out BYOD or other devices. It covers all of your filtering needs with no hardware and is a time-saving option!

2. Student Safety with a K12 Web filter

Online safety for students is more than blocking inappropriate content.

A K12 web filter application that is effective will include flagging suspicious terms, crawl email files and conversations for toxicity and cyberbullying, along with an analysis of visited and blocked websites.

3. Reporting

After you have set up your web filtering policies, the majority of your time will be spent in viewing analytical reports. It is important that you can easily access information about online activity and the answers the report provides. You should definitely take a look at the reporting engine of your web filter.

4. YouTube Safety

YouTube and other video uploaders can be inaccurate in categorizing videos. This is why you need classroom software that provides a variety of pre-set filters with which you can filter Youtube by specific keyword, channel name, or a preset category.

5. Social Media Controls

Many schools don’t believe in blocking social media. Social media can play an important role in schools’ communication strategies as well as their curriculum. Blocksi allows you to set up different policies for students and teachers using internet filtering software.

This includes elementary and high school settings, as well as school hours and non-school hours. Blocksi allows you to monitor social media activity, restrict access when needed and establish safeguards that ensure safe browsing and align with school and district policies.

6. The Difference in Cloud Security and Content Filtering

The goal of a K12 web filter is to stop students from viewing inappropriate content. Blocksi’s goal is to empower schools and educators with content filtering and monitoring tools to better manage student browsing, optimize online safety and ensure students have access to materials that align with classroom instruction and school internet use policies.

Additionally, Blocksi aims to provide classroom educators the versatile internet filtering and oversight capability to quickly identify toxic and threatening online behavior and provide the insight needed to protect students when needed.

If you combine both Cloud Security and Content Filtering correctly, you can provide the protection you expect from the government, your students, and their parents.