[Offtopic] RateMyTeachers.com

[Grant Frazer]

The most important thing to take into account with this site is that
only a student of the school can be a moderator thus the teacher or the
school really has no control over how the comments and ratings are
moderated.
 
 
Quote from site:
"You MUST be a student (age 13+) to moderate the Student ratings or a
parent of a child at the school to moderate the Parent ratings.
Teachers or other school personnel will not be accepted as a moderator.
If you are employed by the school and are considering posing as a
student to
become the moderator - STOP! We WILL post a note on your school's page
when you are discovered. "

Grant Frazer 
Information and Communication Technologies Manager
Fintona Girls School 
79 Balwyn Rd, 
Balwyn, VIC, 3103 
Ph +61 3 98301388 
Fax. +61 3 98885682 
<http://www.fintona.vic.edu.au <http://www.fintona.vic.edu.au/> > 

_________________________________________________ 
The information contained in this e-mail message and any attached files 
may be confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient
any 
use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail is unauthorized. If you have 
received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by 
reply e-mail and delete all copies of this transmission together with
any 
attachments. 
_________________________________________________ 

 

  _____  

From: VanZetten, Teresa [mailto:offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
Behalf Of VanZetten, Teresa
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:41 AM
To: Information Technology Teachers' Offtopic Mailing List
Subject: RE: [Offtopic] RateMyTeachers.com


It does have a moderator, but this could be abused the other way by the
school!
 
Kind Regards
Terri Van Zetten
ICT Specialist
St Mary's College Broome

  _____  

From: offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Nick Axaris
Sent: Thu 6/15/2006 8:30 AM
To: Information Technology Teachers' Offtopic Mailing List; pas >>
"Pasco Staff (E-mail) (E-mail)"
Subject: Re: [Offtopic] RateMyTeachers.com



I see many issues with this and none of them positive.
I might have a word with the union rep because I see this as open to all
sorts of abuse.



stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> Hmm .. what do people think?
>
> --
> Friday June 02, 2006 10:16 am
>
> "RateMyTeachers.com, North America's most popular education website,
> launches in Australia and New Zealand today."
>
> http://au.ratemyteachers.com/
>
> "RateMyTeachers.com has established itself in classrooms across North
> America as a useful resource for students, teachers, and parents
alike.
>
> Today marks the official launch of RateMyTeachers in the Australia and
> New Zealand. The site is an innovative idea, allowing students to
share
> opinions and grade their teachers.
>
> RateMyTeachers.com currently boasts 9.3 million teacher ratings, over
1.2
> million teachers, and is currently in use at more than 51,000 middle
> schools and high schools across the United States and Canada. The site
> has been in operation since August 2001 and has quickly spread across
> North America through word of mouth. Each year, more than three
million
> students log in to RateMyTeachers to grade and review their teachers.
>
> Joel Gordon, an English teacher at Amsterdam High School, New York
> believes RateMyTeachers "enfranchises our kids, gives voice to their
long-
> stifled expressions in a subject area in which they have loads of
> experience and are eminently qualified to speak. These statistics are
> timely, relevant and 99% honest."
>
> With the assistance of over 5000 student administrators,
RateMyTeachers
> reviews every teacher rating before it is posted to the website. Any
> malicious or vulgar postings are removed. If a teacher is at odds with
> any rating, that person can easily flag the rating and comment for a
> second review. The majority of ratings are positive, with students
> celebrating their teachers.
>
> Site co-founder Michael Hussey explains the goal of the site.
"Students
> have a keen interest in rating their teachers' performance in the
> classroom. The growth of the site in the US and Canada is a testament
to
> students desires to take an active role in improving the quality of
their
> education. We are encouraging students to really own their educations;
to
> demand the best of themselves and their educators."
>
>
> Websites:
> http://au.ratemyteachers.com
> http://ratemyteachers.co.nz
> (c) 2006 RateMyTeachers.com"
> --
>
> Ta Cameron ..
> Stephen Loosley
> Victoria, Australia
> _______________________________________________
> offtopic mailing list
> offtopic at edulists.com.au
> http://www.edulists.com.au/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
>
>  

_______________________________________________
offtopic mailing list
offtopic at edulists.com.au
http://www.edulists.com.au/mailman/listinfo/offtopic


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.edulists.com.au/pipermail/offtopic/attachments/20060615/84c73d2e/attachment-0001.html