I'm in total agreement with Michael's sentiment; to that end, I think the best solution might just be Livejournal. Every kid could establish his or her own live journal account, and make their entries only viewable to "friends." This provides the level of security that the administration demands and yet it also allows the kids to very easily modify their journal at their own discretion to allow the world at large to see it. It also allows the kids to selectively invite friends to see their work.
A long time ago, Live Journal wasn't exactly free, or you needed to score invite codes. Though it wasn't completely free with an invite, an account was damn cheap and didn't have to be renewed beyond the first month. Josh On Nov 19, 2005, at 12:07 PM, Joshua Kinberg wrote: > Install Wordpress on your own server, and then password protect it > with .htaccess. That should work reasonably well. You'll need to pay > for the server, but the school might cover that coast. Dreamhost is > around 7 dollars a month. > > Wordpress is free. > > -Josh > > > On 11/19/05, Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This is my frustration with trying to work inside a school system and >> why I don't even try anymore. It's ridiculous that they think that >> young people aren't capable of doing this stuff by themselves without >> anyone's permission. That being the case why try to control it so >> much? Sure, put video and writing on the internet but how can we >> keep it private for the kids security? Have they never heard of >> Blogger, LiveJournal, MySpace, Xanga, etc, etc, etc.? The words, >> photos, and videos of young people are all over the internet >> already. Who do they think they're protecting? It's like pretending >> that kids aren't having sex and that telling them about birth control >> will only promote the idea. Give me a break. >> Verdi >> >> -- >> Me: http://michaelverdi.com >> R&D: http://graymattergravy.com >> Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org >> Learn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org >> >> >> >> On Nov 19, 2005, at 12:38 AM, jonny goldstein wrote: >> >> >>> Anyone know of free blog that is password protected so people >>> have to >>> log in to view it? 360.yahoo.com is can do this, but I can't use >>> Yahoo >>> for this as it's blocked by board of Education filters at the site >>> where >>> I'll be. >>> >>> I want something easy to set up and free a la blogger. Also, I'd >>> like >>> it to be able to handle around 50 people logging into it at once >>> with >>> the same login. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- >>> ~--> >>> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. >>> http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpTY2A/lzNLAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ~-> >>> >>> >>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- > ~--> > Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/u8TY5A/tzNLAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________ "Don't hate the media, become the media."- Jello Biafra ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/u8TY5A/tzNLAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> 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/
