Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Since content and participation is difficult to control in blogging tools or video-sharing websites such as YouTube and TeacherTube, the vast majority of schools block or filter these sites.

 

The enormous educational value of Web 2.0 applications prompted K12HSN to develop and offer its own suite of tools to all California K-12 educators interested in utilizing these applications in a safe environment.

Calaxy enjoys the benefits of a “trusted community” making it easy for K-12 teachers to take advantage of the educational opportunities of blogs, video, podcast, image and electronic document sharing websites in a safe and controlled environment.

The K12HSN trusted community is a fundamental aspect of Calaxy. This is why only verified employees of the California K-12 community can create a K12HSN account. By controlling who has access to Calaxy, K12HSN guarantees a greater reliability of the content available in each tool.

A K12HSN account will allow you to:
  access all the Calaxy applications
  create blogs and wikis
  upload videos, podcasts, images and electronic documents 
  post comments, 
  rate your peers' content, 
  schedule a videoconference with k12video.org,
  update your school's connectivity data in dataLINK,
  and much more...

To create a K12HSN account:

1- Click on “Login”

2- Click on the “New Account Registration” link.

Note: By registering for an account, you certify that you are an employee of the California educational system and agree to comply with our Terms of Service.

3- Select your county from the County drop down list

4- Enter your email address.

Note: We recommend using your school e-mail address to register for your K12HSN account. This helps us verify you are indeed an employee of the California K-12 community. At this time, students may not register for a K12HSN account. Only teachers can register and submit student work in Calaxy.

5- Click “Continue”

6- Fill out your first name, last name, title and telephone number

7- Click “Continue”

8- A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you provided. You will need this e-mail to activate your account. Your confirmation e-mail may appear in your “junk” email, make sure you also check that folder.

9- Click on the link appearing in the confirmation e-mail to activate your account and assign a password.

If you encounter any problems registering or activating your account, please send an e-mail to info_request@lists.k12hsn.org


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