[Year 12 IT Apps] FW: room change
Cameron Bell
bell.cameron.p at edumail.vic.gov.au
Thu Mar 22 14:18:41 EST 2007
Cheer up could be worse;
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Michael Torsello (Mr) wrote:
> I see very few are ignoring my blunder as I requested.
>
> I am sitting down to lunch at a Sydney conference and am dying of
> embarrassment. My face is as red as my T-shirt.
>
> But to answer some of the replies:
>
> Yes I use email regularly to communicate with my students, in fact it
> is my preferred method and most of the teachers at my school do.
>
> I encourage staff and students to communicate out of class hours so
> that questions can be promptly answered and work quickly continued
> instead of waiting for the next class. I encourage the teachers to
> only communicate using the students' school email account and to
> ignore personal emails such as from Hotmail etc. Having said that,
> none of my students have yet to send me their journal entries as
> requested.
>
> We did block such personal email accounts a few years ago but the
> students politely rebelled. They held a students forum to discuss the
> issue and presented management with reasons to unblock these sites.
> Management countered with some conditions - eg only to be used outside
> of class time. The students agreed and we lived happily ever after
> except for the occasional miscreant who suffers the full force of the
> law. We have had a couple of bullying instances but again once we are
> aware of the situations we deal with them promptly often involving
> parents. We even put these conditions into our user policy.
>
> I ask my students to submit their work electronically, which I correct
> using the pen feature of my tablet and then send it back to them,
> copying my comments into my Electronic Chronicle. Our Year 5 and 6s
> classes work the same way with their laptops. Which is why I hate the
> idea of students having to print all their work and annotate outputs.
>
> I also put the room change advice on the school's daily bulletin which
> is placed on our Intranet. It has taken some time but students now
> regularly check the bulletin electronically. Having said that some
> staff and students still like the paper copy.
>
> PS The original blunder was supposed to go to my personal distribution
> list called ITA students but found itself going to the ITA list instead.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> With Thanks
> Michael Torsello
> Director of Computing
> St Margaret's School
> Ph: (03) 9703 8111
>
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> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Stephen Digby
> *Sent:* Thu 22/03/2007 12:44 PM
> *To:* 'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'
> *Subject:* RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] FW: room change
>
> We have gone exactly opposite direction....
> School provision of email accounts is an unnecessary duplication of
> superior free services provided by major world players. School
> services will (and are in my experience and research) inevitably
> underutilised EXCEPT where virtually all crucial information for
> students is available ONLY through the same web interface (as
> universities do) with no capacity for external pop3 collection etc..
> The over head for schools is not much technically as mail servers are
> a cinch, but administratively and legally it is a potential black
> hole. ANY issue arising from emails directed through the school
> servers is the LEGAL responsibility of the school whether they relate
> to school issues or not, whether they are sent in school time or not.
> This is not a problem for uni where there are fewer "adolescent"
> issues, less hysteria from parents and more recourse to effective
> sanctions such as the police and course cancellation etc.
> We do not want to take on responsibility for what is effectively the
> modern equivalent of the mail system when such systems are already
> freely available.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager
> mailto:admin at cheltsec.vic.edu.au
> Cheltenham Secondary College www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au Ph: 613 955 55
> 955 Fx: 9555 8617
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
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> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Dave & Marree
> Mitchell
> *Sent:* Thursday, 22 March 2007 10:35 AM
> *To:* 'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'
> *Subject:* RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] FW: room change
>
> We have blocked all personal email accounts, which force the students
> to use their school email. The problem with external email accounts is
> that they can send email anonymously with minimal chance of tracing
> who the mail is from. Forcing them to use school email allows your
> administrators to track the mail sent, minimise plagiarism as they can
> check their account, etc.
>
> The kids are quite annoyed but I believe it is a necessary measure and
> am weathering the storm at the moment.
>
> Dave
> The King David School
>
>
>
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>
> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark Scott
> *Sent:* Thursday, 22 March 2007 9:30 AM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] FW: room change
>
>
>
> Michael
>
> Do your kids use/check their school email or do you use their personal
> (hotmail etc) email addresses?
>
> We have trouble here getting students to use their school email.
>
> Mark Scott
>
>
>
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>
> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Brendyn Hancock
> *Sent:* Thursday, 22 March 2007 9:17 AM
> *To:* itapps at edulists.com.au
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] FW: room change
>
>
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> Your blunder may be just the catalyst to start a thread on how schools
> communicate with there students.
>
>
>
> It would appear that you communicating with your students via email is
> a very 'normal' thing for you.
>
>
>
> How do others see this? Progressive or 'normal'?
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
>
>
> Brendyn
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Brendyn Hancock
>
> IT Manager
>
> bhancock at nagle.sale.catholic.edu.au
> <mailto:bhancock at nagle.sale.catholic.edu.au>
>
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> **Nagle**** College**
>
> 5152 6122
>
> Bairnsdale VIC 3875
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> >>> "Michael Torsello (Mr)" <michael at stmargarets.vic.edu.au> 22/03/2007
> 8:51 am >>>
> My sincere apologies - my fingers slipped.
> Please ignore my blunder.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> With Thanks
> Michael Torsello
> Director of Computing
> St Margaret's School
> Ph: (0! 3) 9703 8111
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Michael Torsello (Mr)
> Sent: Thu 22/03/2007 8:48 AM
> To: itapps at edulists.com.au
> Subject: room change
>
>
> Hello girls
> Don't forget that today in period 3 to go to the library and try to
> complete as much of the practice SAC as you can.
> I will be impressed if you get to start making the database (after
> completing the Gantt chart and the designs of course).
>
> Also don't forget to send me your journal entry. Kadence, I haven't
> received any from you yet.
>
> PS Tash, I met your father yesterday.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> With Thanks
> Michael Torsello
> Director of Computing
> St Margaret's School
> Ph: (03) 9703 8111
>
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