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Web content filtering for schools

The Internet can offer many positive educational and social benefits to young people, but unfortunately there are risks too.  Whether knowingly or unknowingly, children and young people are vulnerable and may be exposed to danger when using the Internet in the classroom.

Working closely with teachers and schools, ApplianSys and technology partner E2BN, have created ‘Protex’ - a new service giving students safe access to the Internet.  Designed originally for education, it out-performs commercial web filters in educational use, and gives you control over what students can view. Protex is currently only available in the UK.

Benefits at a glance:

  • Profile-based filtering means websites are restricted based on students’ class group e.g. 'primary', 'middle' or 'secondary' schools.  'Staff' and 'library' profiles give greater access to teachers or public library users.
  • The pre-installed profiles have been subjected to stringent testing and are Becta accredited.  The profiles reduce the need to determine acceptable levels of access when installing the appliance for the first time.
  • Emergency controls let you block & unblock sites quickly. Teachers are given local control to manage access in their classroom.
  • The underlying caching appliance can support content from leading educational content providers.  In smaller schools, web filtering and multimedia content can be delivered using one device.
  • Being a plug-and-play device, little or no configuration is needed.  Furthermore, the user friendly, web-based interface reduces the time you spend administerig the box.

 

 


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