Comments on: Glow Passwords http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2006/12/02/glow-passwords/ Developing learning with ICT in Renfrewshire Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:57:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: gordonmckinlay http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2006/12/02/glow-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-55 gordonmckinlay Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:08:33 +0000 http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2006/12/02/glow-passwords/#comment-55 There is bound to be a bit of a debate about passwords but the reality is that if they have to be complex then kids (young and old) will write them down thus negating the value of a copmplex password. Until we can come up with a better form of access we will be stuck with passwords so we have to ensure they work for us. There is bound to be a bit of a debate about passwords but the reality is that if they have to be complex then kids (young and old) will write them down thus negating the value of a copmplex password. Until we can come up with a better form of access we will be stuck with passwords so we have to ensure they work for us.

]]> By: L Gilchrist http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2006/12/02/glow-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-54 L Gilchrist Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:38:10 +0000 http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2006/12/02/glow-passwords/#comment-54 I am so glad to hear that I am not the only one who got locked out. I did eventually get on to Glow but it wasn't easy. I am so glad to hear that I am not the only one who got locked out. I did eventually get on to Glow but it wasn’t easy.

]]> By: Kate Farrell http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2006/12/02/glow-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Kate Farrell Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:03:14 +0000 http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2006/12/02/glow-passwords/#comment-53 We got 'refreshed' during the October break (new PCs, new accounts, new passwords) and I am still handing out passwords to kids, particularly S1/2. I had to print a new set out because the first set were so worn. I now spread them out on a desk and the kids come and collect them because I was wasting so much time handing them out each lesson. I often have to lend a list of passwords to a teacher or a pupil if I am teaching and they need the passwords for a cover class. Oh, and pupils aren't allowed to change their passwords, so if their friends find it out, tough! I have suggested saving them on their mobile phones, sticking them on the back of their lunch card, but many kids don't have a wallet/purse/bag/book/phone that they carry every day that they could store their password in. The problem has been compounded by the account details being supplied in a font where you can't tell the difference between a '1', an 'l' and an 'i', so many of the kids got confused about their passwords in the first place. ...and Edinburgh hasn't even started GLOWing yet! All the best with all the niggles and problems :-) We got ‘refreshed’ during the October break (new PCs, new accounts, new passwords) and I am still handing out passwords to kids, particularly S1/2. I had to print a new set out because the first set were so worn. I now spread them out on a desk and the kids come and collect them because I was wasting so much time handing them out each lesson. I often have to lend a list of passwords to a teacher or a pupil if I am teaching and they need the passwords for a cover class. Oh, and pupils aren’t allowed to change their passwords, so if their friends find it out, tough!

I have suggested saving them on their mobile phones, sticking them on the back of their lunch card, but many kids don’t have a wallet/purse/bag/book/phone that they carry every day that they could store their password in. The problem has been compounded by the account details being supplied in a font where you can’t tell the difference between a ‘1′, an ‘l’ and an ‘i’, so many of the kids got confused about their passwords in the first place.

…and Edinburgh hasn’t even started GLOWing yet!

All the best with all the niggles and problems :-)

]]> By: Mrs McDowall http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2006/12/02/glow-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Mrs McDowall Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:47:39 +0000 http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2006/12/02/glow-passwords/#comment-52 This definitely rang true for me as one of those who locked themselves out!! I can see this being really tricky for my primary kids. I guess that is what this pilot is all about. This definitely rang true for me as one of those who locked themselves out!! I can see this being really tricky for my primary kids. I guess that is what this pilot is all about.

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