some of our kindergartners and even a few first graders couldn't spell =
their last names, so we switched to first names. If we have duplicates, =
we add 1 or 2 letters from their last name. I never thought of the =
privacy issues before. What is more irritating to me is we have several =
online services and they all seem to want to assign their own usernames. =
Even when they will accept mine, about 25% of the time they are already =
taken. So, some of my students have five different logons. =20
Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School
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From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Jayme =
Johnson
Sent: Tue 10/19/2010 7:41 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Question about system-wide usernames
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Hi Greg,
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 done some research about student id naming systems. The best system =
I have found utilizes the first two initials of the student's first and =
first three of the last name along with graduation year. For example, if =
I were a student in the graduating class of 2012, my username would be =
jajoh12. If there was 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 letters 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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