And this can also be taken as a teachable moment on the importance of backing up: students may have a legitimate reason for keeping their work (applications that require essays, notes to be used in a follow-up class, etc.), but they need to take responsibility for that work: back it up to CD, flash drive, etc. Make the clean up an announcement at end of year (or right now, for that matter), and teach them the responsibility (and consequences) for their own work! You will never prevent all the "recycling" that Karl has noted, but you can remove the school from enabling and facilitating the behavior.
Karen Appleton Instructional Media/Technology Consultant Zones 1 - 2 - 3 Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency 23 East 7th Street Spencer, Iowa 51301 712.262.4704 866.540.3860 FAX: 712.262.5114 kappleton at aea8 dot k12 dot ia dot us ***** "See, you share the bias against librarians! We are not a bunch of retiring file clerks who specialize in busy work. We are highly educated professionals who operate and manage large, high-tech institutions that serve a wide diversity of people in a wide diversity of very important ways. We do this with minimal resources and minimal respect. We are creative, resourceful, and very productive." ~ Will Manley. American Libraries, volume 38:6 (June/July, 2007). ***** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. You are asked to notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency. Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sarah Freking Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:57 AM To: Karl Hehr Cc: Info-Tech Subject: Re: Student Accounts I've always emptied out student folders at the end of each school year both for the reason you mentioned and also to clear out any contraband (music, personal photos, etc.) that may be taking up disk space. Sarah Sarah M. Freking, District Technology Director Storm Lake Community School District Storm Lake, IA 50588 Phone: 712-732-8100 Fax: 712-732-8101 "Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century." - Sydney Joseph Perelman Karl Hehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >We have been seeing an increase in the amount of "recycled" student >work recently and I am thinking about cleaning out all student >accounts at the end of the year. What are you guys doing, keep >everything until they graduate, or erase it all at the end of the year? > >Karl H. Hehr >Technology/Curriculum Director >South Hamilton CSD >www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us >515.827.5418 (W) >515.209.9767 (C) >515.827.5368 (F) > > > > >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] > >--------------------------------------------------------- >Archived messages from this list can be found at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ >--------------------------------------------------------- --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ --------------------------------------------------------- --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ ---------------------------------------------------------
