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Considerations

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Considerations and Risk Analysis

Access and Controls

What kind of access is needed? All of these applications will require SCUSD request for blog site.pdf to be filled out by Administrator

Application	Reason	Controls	Questions from Mr. Lewis
Edublogs (example: http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org, or http://oakridgesixthgrade.edublogs.org/)	Information for students Curriculum tie-ins Links chance for students to publish and interact on Web	Moderation by teacher of all posts and comemnts We can get more controls if we purchase premium services (~$50 a month)	Please put any concerns or questions you have here
Wikis: PBWiki (this is an example) Wikispaces (http://nicholasfifth.wikispaces.com/)	Planning and collaboration with adults Online projects for students	PBWiki will allow for a single password, and student would give a name when editing. Wikispaces requires a login id, which can be set up by the teacher
Streaming sites: Audio: I'm still looking into this, my free solution for last year is gone and this may require some money? Video: Teacher Tube ex: a student created video	Streaming so we can post up audio/video projects made by students. There are also educational videos there. ALL FREE!	It's set up for educators, it's being monitored by other users, inappropriate content can be reported and will be pulled	There may be "bandwidth" issues from the district (it takes a lot of network resources)
Access to other elementary class blogs Room 12 -- Blogmeister Tell The Raven -- Blogmeister 07 AllStars Room One Mapua's BLOG! (2006) A Child's Garden rippling pond Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog Mrs. West Online Classroom KinderKids Classroom Blog Room 11 New Zealand -- Blogmeister Summer Fun at BCA-Durffsummer Room 36 Blog	To help students make connections to others, to motivate them to participate, to contextualize what they learn and know	I will choose educators who I know and trust, and who have established good pedagogy and safety on thei blogs

Permissions

We will need an up to date AUP for every student using the Internet. In addition, we should get parental permission to post work, photos, audio, and video and it should be maintained centrally. Some parents will refuse to allow us to post their child's pictures and video. Some will not want even audio posted. I've dealt with that in the past. To make them comfortable, here are some facts:

Students will not be identified by full name, just first name and initial. In most cases, student photos will not include any names at all.
Students' danger from online sources is rare,
We will be taking steps (teaching them not to meet, give emails, share addresses with people they meet online)

AUP (Acceptable Use Policy)