[MACEP] free web page hosting for students

[i erbs]

I provide a list of sites that will host websites for free and leave it 
up to the kids to do it from home if they are interested.

Additionally, an Inranet at your school could be a great way to "safely" 
showcase their work. They get to upload to a web server, but the 
distribution of info is restricted to your own school's Intranet. I have 
done this before at schools where I have worked. We are looking into 
setting this up at my present school location
Ira Erbs
IT Instructor
Schellenberg Center




Richardson, Jim wrote:
> No controversy, just different districts have different rules and policies in place and those of us who teach and advise kids need to follow our own company's rules........even if we do not like them all the time.
> If a district allows online student posting from school networks it would seem easy to ask your IS dept to "white list" any free posting sites that you want to use..........a pretty easy task in most cases. That way everybody is on the same page and the site will not get reblocked in the future.
>  
> Regardless of the educational reasons, live posting by students to the web from school networks may well have many legal sand traps for the district allowing this.........which is why some do not. 
>  
> Jim Richardson
> Technology Coordinator
> Liberty High School
>
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> From: macep-bounces at macep.net on behalf of petitt
> Sent: Sat 1/27/2007 11:08 AM
> To: macep at macep.net
> Subject: Re: [MACEP] free web page hosting for students
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> Omigosh! I didn't mean to create such a controversy!
>
> My goal is for students to have an opportunity to create and post web pages.
> Not to "get around" blocking policies, but simply to provide students with
> the ability to work from both home and school on the same project--and see
> the results instantly!
>
> This provides immediate feedback (authentic assessment), strengthens the
> connection between home and school, increases the amount of time spent on
> higher order thinking skills (evaluation and problem solving), and connects
> students with "real world" experiences.
>
> Of course, I also believe that there should be policies in place to protect
> both the school and the student, e.g. acceptable use, copyright/plagiarism,
> and cyberbullying policies--but these are already mandated by law.
>
> By the way, these are online students--around the state and around the
> world--who may be working either from home or school or both. I just wanted
> to be able to make a few suggestions on places to post their final projects
> because really posting on the Web and "making it work" is true authentic
> assessment!
>
> Virginia
>
> PS  This is not a new project for me; I've actually been doing it 10 years;
> just hoping to learn the latest info from educators in the field!
>
>
> Richardson, Jim writes:
>
>   
>> I don't think I missed the point at all............My point was that if
>> your District's Policies state that they  will not allow students to
>> post to the internet from school networks, then finding them a way
>> around this violates that policy. Not all districts have such policies
>> but some do. And any such site will likely get blocked eventually
>> anyway.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> ________________________________
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>> From: macep-bounces at macep.net [mailto:macep-bounces at macep.net] On Behalf
>> Of Richard Whitley
>> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 10:34 AM
>> To: macep at macep.net
>> Subject: RE: [MACEP] free web page hosting for students
>>
>>
>>
>> I think you missed the point, Jim. Virginia isn't trying to "get around"
>> the district's filtering software. She wants to find free web hosting
>> for students that isn't blocked because it doesn't need to be blocked. 
>>
>>  
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>  
>>
>> From: macep-bounces at macep.net [mailto:macep-bounces at macep.net] On Behalf
>> Of Richardson, Jim
>> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 10:03 AM
>> To: macep at macep.net
>> Subject: RE: [MACEP] free web page hosting for students
>>
>>  
>>
>> Why would we suggest sites to students that "get around" the district's
>> filtering software ? 
>>
>> To do so could put the staff member that gives out the sites in conflict
>> with school district policies..........not real healthy for your
>> employment status. Students are free to post what ever they want from
>> home, friends, or any public internet site.......they don't need to do
>> this from a school connection........... IMO.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Plus any sites that  "get around" the district's filtering software will
>> soon be seen in the logs and likely be blocked anyway.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Jim Richardson
>>
>> Technology Coordinator
>>
>> Liberty High School
>>
>>  
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: macep-bounces at macep.net on behalf of petitt
>> Sent: Fri 1/26/2007 8:05 PM
>> To: macep at macep.net
>> Subject: [MACEP] free web page hosting for students
>>
>> Good evening,
>>
>> What's the latest on free web hosting for students that won't be blocked
>> by
>> most of the blocking software schools use? Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Virginia Petitt
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