Comments on: Message from the Director

By: Joe Codde

Joe Codde — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:52:13 +0000

Hi Joan,

Thank you so much for alerting us to the missing video. The company that the students used to post the video is no longer in business so they had to move it. We have re-established the link and the video should be available now.

Thanks again for bringing this to our attention.

By: Joan Smith

Joan Smith — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:11:39 +0000

Joe,
In your column you said, “You can see the great job they did by watching the video below.” What am I missing? I don’t see any link to the a video and I was interested in seeing your students’ “Ten Education Applications of Facebook” video.

By: Joe Codde

Joe Codde — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:23:27 +0000

Lawrence,

Excellent idea and we’d really like to be kept updated on how this works out. Clearly one major issue with any school related social network will be the ability to restrict access. With the MSU project I directed linking classrooms in Algeria with classrooms in the US one of the highest priorities was student online safety and security. And to demonstrate that we had this issue addressed we had to provide the Algerian government with a comprehensive “risk assessment” plan that covered every conceivable contingency.

Good luck with this and we all look forward to hearing about how this works!

By: Lawrence Bruce

Lawrence Bruce — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:41:23 +0000

In the Fall 2008 edition of the MACUL Journal existed an article called “A Social Networking Exemplar: Trip to DC”, written by Michael McVey, Ed.D. The article outlined a project done by graduate students at Eastern Michigan University where they created a faux network that included fictitious students and products from Flickr, but captured the essence of how this network can positively impact the experience.

Now, as I organize my own 8th grade group set to travel to D.C. in June ‘09, I have my network (ucms-in-dc.ning.com) set to go and my students and parents are in the process of joining as we speak. I hope to use this as an organizational tool to manage important deadlines and notifications. I hope it serves a marketing function as well for next years potential travelers who will be able to view pictures, videos, and reflections from the previous groups experience.

For the article, visit MACUL at http://www.macul.org