Our students all have google accounts. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: "Richardson,Tony" <trichard...@humboldt.k12.ia.us> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:40:33 To: <info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us> Subject: RE: [info-tech] Same Questions, different year... Take a look at SayWire as a "safe" alternative to FaceBook. www.saywire.com From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Pearson, Jeremy Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:38 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Same Questions, different year... Everyone- I have a few questions I would like to pose to the group for input. 1 - At what grade do you start giving students Internet access? Our elementaries would like to not have to log in to computers as "special" internet accounts, they just want the Internet to work for them. Our current practice would require someone to log the computer in with an account that would have Internet access. I assume that whatever your situation is, you expect the teacher to still supervise their use. 2 - At what grade do you start giving kids their own personal login, with a home directory and internet access. We are doing home directories at 5th grade, and Internet access at 7th grade. 3 - Facebook. We have 3 interested groups ready and wanting to create a Facebook group or a Facebook Page for their specific group. We have talked about privacy, and what kids post about themselves there and how we as District employees are mandatory reporters. From my limited playing of Facebook, I cannot limit access to specific facebook site, it is either give them (staff only, not students) access to Facebook or not. All or none. Their thinking in wanting to create a Facebook page is because that is what the kids are doing, when they aren't at school. My concern is the privacy and lost work time with people maintaining their personal Facebook, Mafia War or Farm Town creation. Give me your thought, the discussions you have had, and we can kind of go from there. Thanks for your time and help. Jeremy _______________________________________________ Jeremy Pearson Supervisor of Information Technology Fort Dodge Community School District 104 South 17th Street Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501 http://www.fort-dodge.k12.ia.us <http://www.fort-dodge.k12.ia.us> (515)574-5676 voice (515)574-5324 fax
