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Internet Safety: An Update on the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and Schools
September 18, 2002

The First Official Webcast

In May, a three-judge federal court panel declared the portions of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) that apply to libraries unconstitutional. Under CIPA, all schools and public libraries that receive federal funding (including and especially some kinds of E-rate funding) must implement a technology protection measure that blocks and filters certain kinds of Internet content. Since this decision only focused on libraries, the portions of CIPA that applies to schools still remain in force. To get an update on the steps schools are taking to comply with CIPA and related developments at other government agencies, register for our inaugural Webcast. PLUS, hear about a new Toolkit from CoSN on "Talking to Your Community about Internet Safety".

Moderator: Bob Moore, Executive Director of IT Services, Blue Valley USD 229

Presenters:

• Liza Kessler, Senior Policy Counsel, Counsel to CoSN on public policy, Leslie Harris & Associates
• Sara Fitzgerald, Project Director, Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse, and Funds for Learning

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Presenters Biographies

Sara Fitzgerald, project director of the Consortium for School Net working's "Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse" initiative, is an educational technology consultant with substantial experience in journalism and online policy issues.

Since 1997, she has served as vice president, communications, of Funds For Learning, a consulting firm specializing in helping schools, libraries and businesses work with the federal E-rate program and identify other sources of funding for technology.

From 1994-97, Ms. Fitzgerald served as director of member services for the Interactive Services Association, the predecessor of the Internet Alliance, and directed Project OPEN (the Online Public Education Network). In that capacity, she worked with a number of online services and educational associations to promote positive experiences for children online. She has created educational materials on the topics of child safety on the Internet, online privacy, and the E-rate, and has authored white papers on online privacy issues.

Before that, Ms. Fitzgerald worked for The Washington Post for 15 years as an editor and new-media developer and served as chairman of the Interactive Newspaper Network. She also worked as an editor and reporter for National Journal magazine, The St. Petersburg Times, The Miami Herald and the Akron Beacon Journal. She holds a B.A. in history and journalism from the University of Michigan.

Liza Kessler works on Internet policy issues related to emerging technology, privacy, the First Amendment, education and civil rights issues. She is a nationally recognized expert on the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and for the Consortium for School Networking, has conducted workshops throughout the United States on school district compliance with CIPA. Ms. Kessler is also the primary author of an Internet advocacy training manual which will be used in training advocates around the world by the Global Internet Policy Initiative.

Prior to joining Leslie Harris & Associates, Ms. Kessler was Staff Counsel at the Center for Democracy and Technology, where she was part of the team to develop the GetNetWise resource. Ms. Kessler also previously worked as a constitutional and civil rights litigator with the Jeff Scott Olson Law Firm in Madison, Wisconsin. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Law and Smith College, and studied constitutional law at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ms. Kessler has been an active Internet user since 1987.

Bob Moore is the Executive Director of IT Services for Blue Valley USD 229 in Overland Park, Kansas. He has been in educational technology leadership for more than 15 years, the past seven in Blue Valley. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) and will begin a two-year term as chairman in February 2003. Mr. Moore serves on the editorial advisory board of eSchool News and Scholastic Administr@tor publications, the education advisory committee of OnCourse, and the Kansas Technology Advisory Board. Mr. Moore is frequently invited to speak at education conferences and has authored several articles on technology use in schools.