Assigning Accounts and Passwords - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T09:51:52Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/649749:Topic:39825?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A40264&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI teach students in grades 6,…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-16:649749:Comment:3928952009-10-16T03:29:13.706ZHeather Hassingerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/HeatherHassinger
I teach students in grades 6, 7, and 8. All of my students have IEP's and for that reason, I create screen names for each of my students (making it as easy to remember as possible), and use that same screen name for any Web 2.0 tool that we use. In my district each student has a student ID which they are required to use as their password to sign into the computers at school. After I create their logins, I use their student ID's as their passwords.<br />
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Using Google docs, I create a spreadsheet with…
I teach students in grades 6, 7, and 8. All of my students have IEP's and for that reason, I create screen names for each of my students (making it as easy to remember as possible), and use that same screen name for any Web 2.0 tool that we use. In my district each student has a student ID which they are required to use as their password to sign into the computers at school. After I create their logins, I use their student ID's as their passwords.<br />
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Using Google docs, I create a spreadsheet with the student's name, screen name/login, and password. I carry a print out copy of the spreadsheet in my school bag, which goes back and forth to school with me. By keeping the spreadsheet on Google docs, I always have instant access to all of their information, so that I can monitor their behavior online, even if I were to misplace my print out.<br />
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Since my students are in middle school, I tell them, "I can see EVERYTHING that you do when you access this site. Website _____ knows that you are a student in my classroom and they monitor everything you do, too. If you post anything that isn't appropriate for school, they may delete your account. So, make sure to only post information that is appropriate for school." When they hear that there is monitoring going on, most students make sure to do the right thing when they are posting/sharing/creating information online.<br />
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If a student begins posting inappropriate material, I have all of the information I need to be able to access their account. It gives me the power to sign in under their screen name, remove the inappropriate content, and change their password so that they can't continue to post anything, appropriate or not, until I am able to speak to them in person about the incident. I learned that the hard way one weekend when I went away, forgot the print out list of passwords at my house, and one student made a rude comment online about another student. Nothing makes you feel more powerless when you read something like that, and have no ability to do anything about it. :(<br />
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For the most part, I have only had to deal with minor issues which led to temporary "bans" from sites. Luckily, I've only had to warn a handful of students and only one student has had a "week long ban". In all instances it was the only time that student did anything inappropriate.<br />
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Personally, I think I will feel most comfortable knowing my students' logins and passwords, whether they had IEP's or if they were regular education students. Having that information puts you as the teacher in control, just as you would be in your own classroom.<br />
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Overall, though, my students have been great with their participation on all of the Web 2.0 tools that we have used. Best of luck to you with your wiki! :) Whenever I use any new techno…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-15:649749:Comment:3928352009-10-15T23:00:49.545ZNancy Boschhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nbosch
Whenever I use any new technology I have students update index cards with username and password. That way if there is a problem, heaven forbid, something that needs to be deleted immediately I can take care of it in the evening. Most admin accounts allow for access to all student accounts.<br />
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The main problem you have with student -chosen passwords is they forget them so there is a waste of time figuring out how they are to get access. If you have a list you can glance in a second and have…
Whenever I use any new technology I have students update index cards with username and password. That way if there is a problem, heaven forbid, something that needs to be deleted immediately I can take care of it in the evening. Most admin accounts allow for access to all student accounts.<br />
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The main problem you have with student -chosen passwords is they forget them so there is a waste of time figuring out how they are to get access. If you have a list you can glance in a second and have everybody on board and ready to go. I also suggest to them to use the same username and password for every application.<br />
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If you use wikispaces.com you send them a list and they set you up. At least that's how it worked when we did it several years ago. You will see the 5 wikis we did <a href="http://anotsodifferentplace.blogspot.com/search/label/Where%20is%20All%20Your%20Stuff" target="_blank">here</a>. I am embarking on my first us…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-15:649749:Comment:3927772009-10-15T19:01:54.339ZJudy Pedihttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JudyPedi
I am embarking on my first use of wikis in an 8th grade class. so far all students have email accounts. i am oging to design how they have to create their usernmae. ex. firstnamelastinitial if that's taken, keep going firstnamelastinitialandnextletter<br />
they will have to come up with their own password. i am expecting that will work. do i need a record of their usernames? thanks, i would appreciate any first timer tips. Judy:)
I am embarking on my first use of wikis in an 8th grade class. so far all students have email accounts. i am oging to design how they have to create their usernmae. ex. firstnamelastinitial if that's taken, keep going firstnamelastinitialandnextletter<br />
they will have to come up with their own password. i am expecting that will work. do i need a record of their usernames? thanks, i would appreciate any first timer tips. Judy:) Thanks Nadine for this invalu…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-09-03:649749:Comment:3791052009-09-03T19:47:16.791ZLauriene Tschanghttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LTschang
Thanks Nadine for this invaluable information. The computer teacher and classroom teachers (once they become well-versed with blogging and using wiki) will find this tip very helpful. Hoping that we would also get every permission slip back with an OKAY. I understand the hesitation of parents but after a well-informative phone conversation or meeting, they understand why the school is going forward in this direction in technology.<br />
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Thanks Ann for starting this forum. I had the same thoughts as…
Thanks Nadine for this invaluable information. The computer teacher and classroom teachers (once they become well-versed with blogging and using wiki) will find this tip very helpful. Hoping that we would also get every permission slip back with an OKAY. I understand the hesitation of parents but after a well-informative phone conversation or meeting, they understand why the school is going forward in this direction in technology.<br />
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Thanks Ann for starting this forum. I had the same thoughts as we have only created static pages as well. We feel that we are way behind by not getting the children involved. Brilliant! I'm "going all out…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-09-02:649749:Comment:3788042009-09-02T21:22:47.736ZJody Raabehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JodyRaabe
Brilliant! I'm "going all out" this year with all my students on a wiki and a ning, and I wanted consistent usernames. I'll be sending wikispaces the four lists of my classes (three wikis) today!<br />
Thanks Nadine!<br />
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LOVE the wiki roles - I'm going to "glean" that gem.
Brilliant! I'm "going all out" this year with all my students on a wiki and a ning, and I wanted consistent usernames. I'll be sending wikispaces the four lists of my classes (three wikis) today!<br />
Thanks Nadine!<br />
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LOVE the wiki roles - I'm going to "glean" that gem. I did come across these webs.…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-08-08:649749:Comment:402652007-08-08T12:22:32.830ZAnnhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/njtechteacher
I did come across these webs. He has such a great, bottomless pit of information, it's hard to grasp it all. I found something he wrote about the number of exposures it takes to learn something, but I can't find it again. Have you any idea where that might be. I would be so happy to have the kids get this involved. I just have to remember that it's one small step and a time to get there. Thanks for the message.
I did come across these webs. He has such a great, bottomless pit of information, it's hard to grasp it all. I found something he wrote about the number of exposures it takes to learn something, but I can't find it again. Have you any idea where that might be. I would be so happy to have the kids get this involved. I just have to remember that it's one small step and a time to get there. Thanks for the message. Nadine: This information is p…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-08-08:649749:Comment:402642007-08-08T12:19:34.857ZAnnhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/njtechteacher
Nadine: This information is perfect! I sent an email to David Warlick at blogmeister to find out how I can get setup at that website. I couldn't find it easily. I prefer to be on the very conservative side myself whenever the children work online. So far they've just created static web pages in sixth through eighth grade and the very minor work on the wikis last year in sixth and seventh grade. I've really avoided email and figured it was inevitable if I had to have them all create accounts for…
Nadine: This information is perfect! I sent an email to David Warlick at blogmeister to find out how I can get setup at that website. I couldn't find it easily. I prefer to be on the very conservative side myself whenever the children work online. So far they've just created static web pages in sixth through eighth grade and the very minor work on the wikis last year in sixth and seventh grade. I've really avoided email and figured it was inevitable if I had to have them all create accounts for the wikis and blogs. Your message has opened up a whole, easier route to these projects. Thanks so much for your response. I look forward to taking some time to look at your wikis.<br />
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Ann Nadine,
This is excellent st…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-08-08:649749:Comment:401622007-08-08T02:25:56.252ZDonna Heberthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/whatsit81
Nadine,<br />
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This is excellent stuff you've posted. While I didn't post the question, I've been wondering the same things.<br />
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Thanks!
Nadine,<br />
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This is excellent stuff you've posted. While I didn't post the question, I've been wondering the same things.<br />
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Thanks! Ann, Wikispaces is the greate…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-08-08:649749:Comment:401552007-08-08T01:13:34.831ZNadine Norrishttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/rinkydink
Ann, Wikispaces is the greatest to use with students. Here's what we did with around 150 students working on a class wiki....<br />
Create a list on a spreadsheet with user names and passwords. We configured our students user names with their first name and their homeroom number. Their password were their network passwords, or a numerical combination of their initials and their homeroom mixed up in different ways so they'd be hard to figure out.<br />
Email Andrew at help@wikispaces.com your list. He dumps…
Ann, Wikispaces is the greatest to use with students. Here's what we did with around 150 students working on a class wiki....<br />
Create a list on a spreadsheet with user names and passwords. We configured our students user names with their first name and their homeroom number. Their password were their network passwords, or a numerical combination of their initials and their homeroom mixed up in different ways so they'd be hard to figure out.<br />
Email Andrew at help@wikispaces.com your list. He dumps the users into your wiki without having to sign each individual kid up with an email address. I teach in an elementary school where the children do not have their own school assigned email addresses. Wikispaces wants you to use their site with classes so they facilitate this be helping you enter the names.<br />
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I work in a very conservative school district. We used classblogmeister for blogs (also didn't need email addresses) and wikispaces. We told the parents that if the students didn't participate in the assignments they way they were structured, the children would have to do an alternative assignment that required them to collaborate and share, just as the space provided. I had one parent resist because she didn't understand why we needed to get involved in this kind of work. I provided a link to my school wiki that had tons of articles about web2.0 in the classroom and other examples of how schools were working this way. We got every permission slip back. Now we just include all this other technology in our Acceptable User Policy.<br />
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Here's my link for wiki's:<br />
<a href="http://sfxlg.wikispaces.com/What%27s+a+Wiki%3F">http://sfxlg.wikispaces.com/What%27s+a+Wiki%3F</a><br />
and blogs<br />
<a href="http://iteachcomputers.wikispaces.com/Blogging">http://iteachcomputers.wikispaces.com/Blogging</a><br />
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Good luck with all your work this year! I know this isn't what you as…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-08-07:649749:Comment:401162007-08-07T22:21:54.723ZAndrew Passhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/passandr
I know this isn't what you asked, but check out <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/6306028">Darren Kuropatwa's</a> webs. He's a math teacher and has his students do wonderful things with blogs. Some of the things that his students wrote were well above my head.
I know this isn't what you asked, but check out <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/6306028">Darren Kuropatwa's</a> webs. He's a math teacher and has his students do wonderful things with blogs. Some of the things that his students wrote were well above my head.