[LM_NET] wikis and blogs blocked at your school?

[Pamela Burke <pam.burke@GMAIL.COM>]

Often on this list I've heard of schools blocking access to wikis &  
blogs on a wholesale level. I talk at small conferences about using  
these kinds of technologies with students, and I'm never sure what I  
can expect the teachers to have access to. So this issue has been  
bothering (and confusing!) me for a while.

How exactly are the sites blocked? Are they only blocking sites with  
the words wiki & blog in the urls? (blogspot, pbwiki, etc.). Are you  
able to access sites using wiki or blog software that have different  
urls?

And have any librarians been successful in getting support for  
running your own software internally? It should be a very simple  
matter for a sysadmin to set up Mediawiki or Wordpress on a server,  
will they provide it for you? How can they cut you off from a  
complete class of software, if they are run internally and there is  
no cause for concern over protecting students from the internet  
population at large?

I'd love to hear your tales if you've got time to share them. I'll  
provide a hit if interested.

Pamela Burke
Librarian, Marlboro School
Marlboro, VT 05344
http://marlboroschool.net
pam.burke@gmail.com

SurRural Librarian
http://lib.surruralist.net/






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