Instructable blocked at my school Answered

I shared with my assistant director about Instructables and the possibility of using them with senior projects and the site is now unblocked at my school!

Can't you just use a proxy or something?

Thanks for everyone's suggestions and helpful comments!

You might pick the best of this contest as examples.

https://www.instructables.com/contest/handsonlearning/?show=ENTRIES

I wonder if the site was deliberately blocked, or if it fell under a broader categorical block. Seems too that teachers ought to have access to some sites that are blocked for students. Admin might, for instance be concerned about student access to -ibles about how to make weapons.

Instructables is very keen to get into schools, and is working on resources for teachers in a number of subjects.

If you want to send me* the contact details of your school (pricipal's name, email address etc), and your real name, then I will happily email them to request that the blocks be lifted, and explain the usefulnes of the site to educators.

_{*By PM.}

You might want to PM canida to see what ibles HQ does for educators. Maybe they have a press kit or have contacts in other schools that can help do the convincing. Good luck.