School Blocking of Sites
When I looked at the Teachweb 2.0 list, there was a site that I found called Protagonize, which is a creative writing community dedicated to writing various forms of collaborative, interactive fiction. Basically, one author writes a few chapter than anyone else that is a member of the site can write the next few chapters, and so and so on. The result is a story that tons of people have contributed to. A member can also write what the site calls a “solo” story, which is a story that the member alone writes and no one else contributes a chapter to it.
From an administrator’s viewpoint, the reason to block it might be because a member can read a story with mature content on it.
However, I believe that the site should be allowed for students as long as it is closely monitored by the teacher. This website would be great for an English class. For example, if an English class did some work with creative writing or if they wanted to do a poem, they could use this website. When it comes to blocking the mature content, it should be pretty easy because stories marked as mature content do not show up in many areas of the site, including the home page.
Overall, this site should be used because it can be a great resource for teachers and students, if managed effectively.
