[LM_NET] FW: iGoogle for 6th grade

["Clark, Molly" <mclark2@OSWEGO.ORG>]

Hello wise ones,

The students in this district are not given their own computer accounts until 7th 
grade.  I have been toying with the idea of introducing iGoogle to them in 6th 
grade and having set up their own accounts. We could then use google docs and they 
could have access to their work 24/7.  I'd also like to show them delicious and 
show the teachers how we can feed bookmarks to the kids easily via RSS.

Is there anyone out there using iGoogle with their upper elementary students? How 
does it work? 

The pitfalls I've come up with are:

1) the requirement for email accounts. Is there any way around this?
2) the ability to "chat" within iGoogle.  Can I turn that off?

I'd like to have a very comprehensive proposal to bring to administration, and I'm 
hoping that you all can help me think of the potential objections and ways to 
address them.  

Thanks in advance! I will post a HIT if anyone is interested.

Molly Clark,Library Media Specialist
CER Elementary School
Oswego, NY
mclark2@oswego.org
http://bubblylibrarian.edublogs.org/



"In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties 
and teach us how to swim."
 Linton Weeks  (Washington Post article, 13 January 2001, p. C01)



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