On 6/26/06, Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 25, 2006, at 11:26 AM, tms wrote: > > Question: have we arrived at a decision regarding the kids' email? > > If we're going web-based gmail, then we don't need a toolbar link > > to any POP3 email client. > > The questions are ... > 1) Should ByteWorks hand out e-mail addresses with the domain name > @bworks.org to the kids? > 2) If so, how should we assign e-mail address names? > > Currently, the kids get dial-up access with an e-mail account from > the city (CIN). Since they don't get dial-up access until the end of > the course that also means they don't get an e-mail account until the > end of the course. That also means we don't teach e-mail until the > end of the course. > > Recently through gmail, BWorks has the ability to create its own e- > mail addresses with the @bworks.org domain. Since the gmail accounts > are web-based, this would allow us to teach e-mail to the students > earlier in the session and allow them to use these accounts from not > only BWorks but from anywhere they have web access, e.g. the library > or their school. > > If we do decide to hand out gmail addresses with the @bworks.org > domain, how should we assign names? Currently, the city assigns them > names: first initial + last name. So, John Doe becomes > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some options we would have: > 1) use the same naming convention as the city: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2) use a different naming convention: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 3) have the students choose their own gmail name: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My opinion: > Yes, give them gmail accounts on the first day (we can always drop/ > lock accounts for students that didn't go all the way through). The > name will be the same as the city's as this will reduce confusion > between the city's account and the bworks gmail account. If students > want something more creative, they can get a gmail, yahoo, lycos, or > hotmail account on their own. I have no problem letting CIN do the > thinking for me. > > Thoughts?
Two different possibilities that we discussed on Saturday: - Create a subdomain of bworks.org, like "@class.bworks.org". This way, the regular @bworks.org addresses are reserved for staff only. If bworks gets big, having both staff and students under @bworks.org is quickly going to get crazy. - Remove bworks from the picture completely, and set them up with regular @gmail.com addresses. This has the extra benefit of removing us from having any liability over their e-mail. Downside, there will be no standardization of names. -- Don Head [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/zCsqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bworks_shop/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
