As more online services become integrated with our network, it seems our
lower school students are leaving a trail of "private" information behind
them in wikis, blogs, and VoiceThread. We follow general guidelines to
avoid revealing combinations of identifiers (no first name with a picture,
not naming people or our school in videos, adopting aliases, etc.).
However, our student usernames automatically compromise attempts at
privacy by revealing last names. Do other schools have a successful
strategy for creating system-wide usernames and passwords that are mindful
of young students' privacy (and need to keep things simple)? Thanks.
Greg Stevens
Lower School Coordinator of Instructional Technology
MICDS
St. Louis, MO
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