Re: computerdisc-l: Email

["Patti S. Abraham" <psa1@ra.msstate.edu>]

I have been using blackboard.com to set my classes up.  It is real easy.
Go to http://www.blackboard.com and print the manual.  Within blackboard
you can set up email among you students only.  

Dr. Patti S. Abraham psa1@ra.msstate.ed
Professor, Department of Technology and Education
Mississippi State University
Voice: 601-325-2280	FAX: 601-325-7599	Internet: psa1@ra.msstate.edu

On Mon, 8 May 2000, Christye VanHorn wrote:

> I used Gaggle for email this year and it was also a night mare.  If you
> set
> it up to block ALL inappropriate language, you could spend an hour or
> two a
> day in the "block" folder.  My students learned to put ** and XX , etc
> to
> try to block words so I had to say ANY form of the word would go to my
> blocked folder.  I also had so much trouble with kids telling others
> their
> password OR some figuring out others passwords.  I had one instance of
> someone going into someone else's email account and copying a letter and
> 
> sending it to someone.  I spent a whole weekend with parents fighting
> about
> that.  Also, they would go to gaggle and switch to hotmail when they
> thought I would not see them.  Unless I change my mind, I will not allow
> 
> email at all next year unless they use the school's Pegasus email and
> then
> the tech coordinator will handle all misuses.  I'm sorry I ran on and on
> 
> but allowing email has been much more hassle than it was worth.
> 
> "Cassandra A. Shidler" wrote:
> 
> > What, if anything, are teachers currently using for student e-mail
> > addresses?  For next year, what would you suggest to use, OR what
> would
> > you suggest not to use?
> >
> > cas@olemiss.edu
> 
> 
>