Comments on: Eduspaces to shut down http://www.pontydysgu.org/2007/12/eduspaces-to-shut-down/ Pontydysgu - Educational Research Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:15:39 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Delgado http://www.pontydysgu.org/2007/12/eduspaces-to-shut-down/comment-page-1/#comment-669 David Delgado Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:37:38 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/2007/12/eduspaces-to-shut-down/#comment-669 Eduspaces is not going to shut down anymore, the whole site will remain intact, hosted by a new group: http://eduspaces.net/mod/vanillaforum/vanilla/comments.php?DiscussionID=53 Eduspaces is not going to shut down anymore, the whole site will remain intact, hosted by a new group: http://eduspaces.net/mod/vanillaforum/vanilla/comments.php?DiscussionID=53

]]> By: Mark van Harmelen http://www.pontydysgu.org/2007/12/eduspaces-to-shut-down/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Mark van Harmelen Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:13:54 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/2007/12/eduspaces-to-shut-down/#comment-579 I've also offered to host it in a comment over at eduspaces. But I advance that for Curverider not to hand it over to Elgg is pure crazyness. I’ve also offered to host it in a comment over at eduspaces. But I advance that for Curverider not to hand it over to Elgg is pure crazyness.

]]> By: The (e)Grommet » Blog Archive » Homeless in the New Year http://www.pontydysgu.org/2007/12/eduspaces-to-shut-down/comment-page-1/#comment-527 The (e)Grommet » Blog Archive » Homeless in the New Year Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:05:48 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/2007/12/eduspaces-to-shut-down/#comment-527 [...] in the New Year Written by The Gromm on December 17, 2007 – 12:09 pm - Just read that Eduspaces is to close in the New Year - [...] [...] in the New Year Written by The Gromm on December 17, 2007 – 12:09 pm – Just read that Eduspaces is to close in the New Year – [...]

]]> By: George http://www.pontydysgu.org/2007/12/eduspaces-to-shut-down/comment-page-1/#comment-523 George Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:46:35 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/2007/12/eduspaces-to-shut-down/#comment-523 Joe has said Emerge CAN host Eduspaces. Needs a quick rescue mission, if anyone is up for it. George Joe has said Emerge CAN host Eduspaces.

Needs a quick rescue mission, if anyone is up for it.

George

]]> By: John Hackett http://www.pontydysgu.org/2007/12/eduspaces-to-shut-down/comment-page-1/#comment-510 John Hackett Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:25:47 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/2007/12/eduspaces-to-shut-down/#comment-510 I've just picked up this note about eduspaces shutting down from January 10th. So, according to some figures I have seen, there are now some 17,000 elgg aware educational users looking for a new home. The Learning Landscape for Schools, http://www.ll4schools.co.uk, is a recently launched elgg installation for schools. Some security measures have been added to the normal installation in order to provide a safe, social networking environment for both staff and students. At LL4S we feel that there is immense teaching and learning potential in social networking and the use of the web2.0 tools built into elgg but that the popular sites (MySpace, Bebo, etc.) do not provide a suitable level of e-safety to be used in the classroom. Also many Local Authorities block these sites which is another disadvantage! We are supported by E2BN (http://www.e2bn.org) - one of the RBCs responsible for supplying internet services to schools and Local Authorites in the East of England - who obviously take e-safety issues very seriously. LL4S want to provide a safe place for the educational potential of Web2.0 to be explored by staff and students alike. There is much more information on the site about how LL4S works and how to register a school and get accounts. As the demise of eduspaces has happened so fast LL4S is not really in a position to offer space to all the current account holders - many will probably fall outside the remit of our site. However, if there are now homeless blogging teachers out there that are keen to use elgg with their students we would happy to accept any existing data they have so they can continue their own blogs and bring a safe, global social network into their classroom. LL4S is not a free service as costs must be recuperated, expansion planned for and subscriptions are our only source of income. But I think we are great value! So, take a look at the site, read about how we work and how to register. My blog is here (http://www.ll4schools.co.uk/blog/). Please get in touch if you want more information about signing up. John Hackett john.hackett@ll4schools.co.uk I’ve just picked up this note about eduspaces shutting down from January 10th. So, according to some figures I have seen, there are now some 17,000 elgg aware educational users looking for a new home.

The Learning Landscape for Schools, http://www.ll4schools.co.uk, is a recently launched elgg installation for schools. Some security measures have been added to the normal installation in order to provide a safe, social networking environment for both staff and students. At LL4S we feel that there is immense teaching and learning potential in social networking and the use of the web2.0 tools built into elgg but that the popular sites (MySpace, Bebo, etc.) do not provide a suitable level of e-safety to be used in the classroom. Also many Local Authorities block these sites which is another disadvantage!

We are supported by E2BN (http://www.e2bn.org) – one of the RBCs responsible for supplying internet services to schools and Local Authorites in the East of England – who obviously take e-safety issues very seriously. LL4S want to provide a safe place for the educational potential of Web2.0 to be explored by staff and students alike. There is much more information on the site about how LL4S works and how to register a school and get accounts.

As the demise of eduspaces has happened so fast LL4S is not really in a position to offer space to all the current account holders – many will probably fall outside the remit of our site. However, if there are now homeless blogging teachers out there that are keen to use elgg with their students we would happy to accept any existing data they have so they can continue their own blogs and bring a safe, global social network into their classroom.

LL4S is not a free service as costs must be recuperated, expansion planned for and subscriptions are our only source of income. But I think we are great value!

So, take a look at the site, read about how we work and how to register. My blog is here (http://www.ll4schools.co.uk/blog/). Please get in touch if you want more information about signing up.

John Hackett
john [dot] hackett [at] ll4schools [dot] co [dot] uk

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