Comments on: Why Not Run Your Own School Web 2.0 Sites? http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/ Education and Technology Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Commercialization of Web 2.0 in Education | openedweb.com http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-952 Commercialization of Web 2.0 in Education | openedweb.com Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:30:56 +0000 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/#comment-952 [...] as schools and educators have a moral imperative to move in this direction. I discussed this in an earlier post as [...] [...] as schools and educators have a moral imperative to move in this direction. I discussed this in an earlier post as [...]

]]> By: openedweb.com · MediaWiki for Elementary Students http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-318 openedweb.com · MediaWiki for Elementary Students Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:20:55 +0000 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/#comment-318 [...] was considering a number of wiki engines for my classroom. Having a strong bias as state in this article, I was looking for a self hosted wiki. I put a call out for suggestions on Classroom20.com. PmWiki [...] [...] was considering a number of wiki engines for my classroom. Having a strong bias as state in this article, I was looking for a self hosted wiki. I put a call out for suggestions on Classroom20.com. PmWiki [...]

]]> By: Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Steve Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:56:12 +0000 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/#comment-292 Andy--sometimes the walled garden is necessary to secure the safety of our students (and perhaps more so to placate fears). I agree though--it's the logical way to start! John--I agree about the expertise and time. I am a classroom teacher myself and all of what I do is "extra" and is seldom compensated. I do find that little by little I learn more as need arises. More often than not new found knowledge can be applied elsewhere. It seems to snowball. Andy–sometimes the walled garden is necessary to secure the safety of our students (and perhaps more so to placate fears). I agree though–it’s the logical way to start!

John–I agree about the expertise and time. I am a classroom teacher myself and all of what I do is “extra” and is seldom compensated. I do find that little by little I learn more as need arises. More often than not new found knowledge can be applied elsewhere. It seems to snowball.

]]> By: John Hendron http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-152 John Hendron Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:53:54 +0000 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/#comment-152 Steve, We have been running a number of our own servers for a number of years; we currently host teacher blogs using Blojsom (and hope to upgrade to Wordpress Mu this summer), Moodle, PMWiki, MediaWiki, Gallery (for photos). There is some upkeep and management required, of course. I just recently started a Ning-based network, but closed it for our teachers... and Google Apps... I feel we could do more if I had just a tad more expertise and maybe if it was my full time position to support it all. Alas, we do what we can, and enjoy having control over our own stuff. FWIW, we host it all in house on our own servers (Mac OS X Tiger Server). Steve,

We have been running a number of our own servers for a number of years; we currently host teacher blogs using Blojsom (and hope to upgrade to WordPress Mu this summer), Moodle, PMWiki, MediaWiki, Gallery (for photos).

There is some upkeep and management required, of course. I just recently started a Ning-based network, but closed it for our teachers… and Google Apps…

I feel we could do more if I had just a tad more expertise and maybe if it was my full time position to support it all. Alas, we do what we can, and enjoy having control over our own stuff. FWIW, we host it all in house on our own servers (Mac OS X Tiger Server).

]]> By: Andy Chlup http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Andy Chlup Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:56:25 +0000 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/26/why-not-run-your-own-school-web-20-sites/#comment-94 Hi Steve, It is great to see another school district running their Web 2.0 apps internally. In the <a href="http://www.vail.k12.az.us" rel="nofollow">Vail School District</a> in Vail, AZ, we are doing the same thing. We are running WordpressMU, Elgg, Moodle, and have started researching a variety of wiki servers. We've even been able to use the LDAP authentication functionality (core or plugin) to all of these projects to restrict access to just district employees and students. Some folks get all upset about this "walled-garden" approach, but it think it is a natural step. You don't teach a student to ride a tricycle and then through them out on an Interstate, why would we do it on the web? Keep up the good work! Andy Hi Steve,

It is great to see another school district running their Web 2.0 apps internally. In the Vail School District in Vail, AZ, we are doing the same thing. We are running WordPressMU, Elgg, Moodle, and have started researching a variety of wiki servers.

We’ve even been able to use the LDAP authentication functionality (core or plugin) to all of these projects to restrict access to just district employees and students.

Some folks get all upset about this “walled-garden” approach, but it think it is a natural step. You don’t teach a student to ride a tricycle and then through them out on an Interstate, why would we do it on the web?

Keep up the good work!

Andy

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