Im a teacher, and Id like to use Wordle in the classroom or send my students to use it at home. Can you filter or moderate Wordles content?
Wordle, as it stands, is inappropriate for classroom use. This is because I do not censor the content that appears on Wordle (I couldn’t possibly; there are thousands a week), and, therefore, it’s possible to find images in the public gallery that are entirely unsuitable for younger users. I regret this, and hope to address it some day, but that’s how it is for now. Keep in mind that Wordle is quite new, having existed for only a few months, and that I hadn’t anticipated that people would find uses for beyond entertainment. Now that educators have made their wishes known to me—I’ve received over 100 letters from teachers—I’ll put my mind to a solution. It won’t come immediately, but something will come.
The Wordle front page will never feature images or links that are inappropriate for classroom use. Therefore, it’s possible to configure an institution’s “site-blocking” software to keep Wordle safe for classroom use. Simply have your networking administrator block the following base URLs: • http://www.wordle.net/gallery • http://www.wordle.net/next • http://www.wordle.net/random and your users will not be inadvertently shown anything that’s not safe for classrooms. If your filtering software only blocks per domain, then you’re out of luck. It’s either no Wordle at all for your school, or Wordle avec des gros mots.
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