Web Censorship Traversal Tool

Psiphon was created by the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto as a censorship circumvention solution that allows users to access blocked web sites in countries where the Internet is censored.

Psiphon can turn a regular home computer into a personal, encrypted server capable of retrieving and displaying web pages anywhere.

Setting It Up:

If you have a router you will need to configure it, and you will also have to setup Psiphon.

 1. Download and install the software at home. http://psiphon.ca/download.php

2. If you have a router use port forwarding and allow Psiphon to access the internet through an open port.  Let's use port 8081 as an example.

(Not sure how to do port forwarding – this guide shows you how to do it on many different routers.)

3. Run Psiphon and Select the "Setup" button.  After you change the port and name your Psiphon click on "OK".

External IP: is your ip address on your computer. (Select
Update if it is blank)

Server: Is the server that you can use that gives Psiphon
your ip address.  (There are a few choices here)

Port: is the port that you are forwarding on your router, in
our case 8081  (Select the test button to
see if port forwarding is working if you are using a router)

Name: just put a name for your Psiphon here.

4. Add a username and password by clicking on the "Add" button, and entering the information on the form.

    5. That's it.  Click on "Start" and away you go.  Just make sure to keep your computer on.

      The link at the top of the box is what you will email to yourself or a friend with the username and password. 

      You can use any computer and when you put in that url you will get a page like this for your username and password.  You will now have a secure web proxy connection to the computer running Psiphon and can go to any site though that secure connection.

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        Tumblebook Access

        Okay – someone is going to get mad at me for this one…

        So something that I have known for a while is that some public libraries have been using services and databases that gives access to these resources without a username and password. I’ve never been big on public money being used without public access. So keeping that in mind -here goes.

        So if I wanted to get access to Tumblebooks as an example, I go to my town’s public library website (Ajax Public) and then scroll down to TumbleBooks, click on the link, and then I have access.

        If I was in Brampton – I would go to Brampton’s Access Web Site.

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        Immediacy of Media – Just a Thought

        My two your old son is a really big Stompin’ Tom Conners fan. I introduced him to a CD on a car trip and the DVD I purchased last July after the concert was played on CBC last June. Little did I know what was going to happen – we have watched that DVD 100’s of times!

        I was taking photos of my son in his black cowboy hat and mandolin, which he strums while watching the concert DVD. His first reaction after taking the photos, Daddy let me see it. I show him the back of the digital camera and he enjoys the picture.

        He asks for his favourite television shows when he wants to see it. I’m not sure if he gets the concept of having a specific time when a show comes on, with TIVO and VOD products, I’m not sure if he ever will. When we sit together on the computer, we listen to hundreds of books through TumbleBooks that we can access for free through our local library.

        Now, it is not like we plug him into media for any long period of time, but when we do, it seems as though all Media created in his world has always been customized for him.

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        Commun-IT – Building a K12 Social Network in Ontario

        From this collaborative article about this node network.

        What is It?

        commun-IT.org is a community site for Ontario educators interested in sharing ideas, resources, and knowledge about technology and learning.

        Who participates in this community?

        Anyone with an interest in ICT and technology integration is welcome to join/take part. Current members come from all areas of the K-12 education technology realm, including classroom teachers, curriculum and ICT consultants, school administrators, and community partners such as representatives from government bodies and museums.

        Where do you go to find it?

        http://www.commun-IT.org

        How does it work?

        The social networking environment allows for the natural forming of groups around ideas. You are able to join groups within the community to focus on a particular topic or create your own group.

        Why use Commun-IT.org?

        Teaching can at times be a rather isolating profession. commun-IT.org offers those with an interest in how technology can help provide and improve learning opportunities for student a place to come and “meet” like-minded educators from around the province. Visitors can either join the community, which provides a wide range of online collaboration tools (blogs, wiki, shared bookmarking) or just browse the publicly available material.

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        CBC Article

        Wanted to share this CBC article regarding 21st century digital literacy, I have my own opinion as you will see, what is yours.

        http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/school-multimedia.html

        What do you think – education future or future-less?

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        Creative Commons – One Example

        What is it?

        The Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share. It enables copyright holders to grant some of their rights to the public while retaining others through a variety of licensing and contract schemes including dedication to the public domain or open content licensing terms. The intention is to avoid the problems current copyright laws create for the sharing of information.

        Why Use it?

        The potentials of using a creative commons license when creating educational content and materials is remarkable. The only problem – we are not using it. In my opinion, if you are a publicly funded school board, you should have to share.

        One Example:

        I am going to focus on Ontario school boards for a minute. We have a Ministry of Education push on Literacy and Numeracy in the classroom. Just say that there are 79 school boards in Ontario all of them working as islands creating Literacy and Numeracy materials, all being financially supported by the same provincial government agency. (and me the taxpayer) What we end up with is 79 different programs for literacy and numeracy.

        Here is the potential, if the Ontario Ministry of Education mandated that all school boards created material were made available using flexible copyright through Non-Commercial, Share-and Share-A-like we could build from each others knowledge and materials. Creating and using programs without duplicating. How many school boards spend millions of dollars on creating programs that have already been created by other school districts? It just doesn’t make sense in Ontario, when we are sharing money that comes from the same pot.

        Ontario Ministry of Education should also lead by example. I’m happy to see all materials that are created by the ministry posted on the WWW for everyone to see and read, the next step, is to add the ability to build on these documents.

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