We, too, use a naming system with first initial last name and have come to =
the same realizations that you listed below. With that in mind, I have don=
e some research about student id naming systems. The best system I have fou=
nd utilizes the first two initials of the student's first and first three o=
f the last name along with graduation year. For example, if I were a studen=
t in the graduating class of 2012, my username would be jajoh12. If there w=
as a duplicate username, then a number could be added before the graduation=
year (such as jajoh212) or a school could go to using the first four lett=
ers of the last name (jajohn12).
I would be interested in hearing about other naming conventions.
Thanks,
Jayme
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Jayme Johnson
Director of Academic Technology
jjohnson@village-school.org <jjohnson@village-school.org>
Village School
780 Swarthmore Avenue
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
310.459.8411 ext 120
www.village-school.org <http://www.village-school.org/>
On 10/19/10 6:38 PM, "Greg Stevens" <gstevens@micds.org> wrote:
In our K-12 school we use first initial and last name for user accounts.
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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