Consideration

=Considerations and Risk Analysis=

Access and Controls
What kind of access is needed? All of these applications will require to be filled out by Administrator

Blogs:
__**Edublogs**__ (example: [|http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org], or[| http://oakridgesixthgrade.edublogs.org/]) __**Why:**__ Information for students, curriculum tie-ins , links, chance for students to publish and interact on Web __**What controls:**__ Moderation by teacher of all posts and comments, we can get more controls if we purchase premium services (~$50 a month)

Wikis:
[|PBWiki] (this is blocked at SCUSD) __**Wikispaces**__ (this is an example) __**Why:**__ Planning and collaboration with adults, Online projects for students __**What controls:**__ PBWiki will allow for a single password, and student would give a name when editing. Wikispaces requires a login id, which can be set up by the teacher

Streaming sites:
__**Audio:**__ I'm still looking into this, my free solution for last year is gone and this may require some money? __**Video:**__ Teacher Tube ex: [|a student created video]. __**Why:**__ Streaming so we can post up audio/video projects made by students. There are also educational videos there. ALL FREE! __**What controls:**__ TeacherTube is set up for educators, it's being monitored by other users, inappropriate content can be reported and will be pulled. There may be "bandwidth" issues from the district (it takes a lot of network resources)

Access to other elementary class blogs
__**Why:**__ To help students make connections to others, to motivate them to participate, to contextualize what they learn and know __**What controls:**__ I will choose educators who I know and trust, and who have established good pedagogy and safety on their blogs [|Room 12 -- Blogmeister] [|Tell The Raven] [|-- Blogmeister 07 AllStars] [|Room One Mapua's BLOG! (2006)] [|A Child's Garden] [|rippling pond] [|Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog] [|Mrs. West Online Classroom] [|KinderKids Classroom Blog] [|Room 11 New Zealand -- Blogmeister] [|Summer Fun at BCA-Durffsummer] [|Room 36 Blog] [|South Paris Collective]