I believe the purpose of having ed.voicethread.com and having users register and
log in is to make
it more appealing to those educational authorities who routinely block many Web 2.0
tools because
they do have public access.
Here in Australia, many of these sorts of tools are blocked because our authorities
do not want
students to be able to access (from school) inappropriate content that is available
by clicking on
links within the site - what is uploaded by the general public is not censored -
and nor do they
want any Internet-cruising Joe Public to be able to leave inappropriate comments on
the students'
work. The more cynical would say this is more about protecting themselves from
litigation than the
students from moral harm.
While this remains very frustrating, an objective view can see their reasoning and
because of the
outcry from teachers to not having access to these public domain tools, some state
education
authorities are providing their own behind firewalls and other security measures.
Meanwhile, others
such as Voicethread are trying to address the issue with registration and logins..
Barbara
Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
COOMA NSW 2630
AUSTRALIA
E. barbara.288@bigpond.com
Together we learn from each other
-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of
Sarah Loughrin
Sent: Friday, 5 February 2010 2:24 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [LM_NET] ed.voicethread
Good morning,
Has anyone had experience using www.ed.voicethread.com? I have come to find
that using regular voicethread.com you can send the url link to your project
and others can view it without having to login or sign up to voicethread.
However, with ed.voicethread.com the projects can't be viewed by others by
just sending the url link. I want to be able to use the ed.voicethread
program because it doesn't limit the number of projects you can create on
that account. With the regular voicethread they limit you to 3, I think.
Our website creation tool (Contribute) do not allow for embedding, otherwise
I would embed everything. If you have found a way to use the URL from the
ed.voicethread site, without requiring others to login or register, can you
please let me know?
Thanks in advance!
--
Sarah Loughrin
Media Specialist
Clovis Grove/Nicolet Elementary
Menasha, WI 54952
loughrins@mjsd.k12.wi.us
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings
by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book.
To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the message write EITHER:
1) SIGNOFF LM_NET
2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
3) SET LM_NET MAIL
4) SET LM_NET DIGEST
* LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/
* LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
* EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html
* LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings
by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book.
To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the message write EITHER:
1) SIGNOFF LM_NET
2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
3) SET LM_NET MAIL
4) SET LM_NET DIGEST
* LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/
* LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
* EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html
* LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/
--------------------------------------------------------------------
LM_NET
Mailing List Home