Today, my iPad class all got trained in DropBox, the online file-sharing service.
One student got a tough lesson.
Embarrassing, like the time I asked Mitt if his full name was Mittens.
All students downloaded the app and signed in with the same email and password. If you’re interested, click here to see how and why.
During the installation process, I specifically said, “Click LOGIN, then wait and do nothing.”
One student clicked ALLOW AUTO UPLOAD and a few dozen of her pictures uploaded to the class folder. A nicer teacher would have quickly deleted them.
Guess who didn’t?
The whole class could see my iPad mirrored on the screen as I scrolled through OneDirection, Justin Bieber and a few of her self-portraits with duckface.
The student was, of course, mortified as I showed how easy it is to save a picture of Bruno Mars and use it as my background.
I’m an educator. Today, I taught about online privacy.
(Credit to my brother for the Romney joke. It made the debates adorable.)
Hmm, I was worried about this, so, while I was using Dropbox, I used DropItTo.Me and (instead of students having their own dropbox), I simply made the folder they dropped it into public, so they could download from there. However, they couldn’t delete or edit their work (unless they downloaded it and then re-uploaded it manually), but that wasn’t much of a problem because they weren’t editing it after they turned it in.
Now, however, we’ve got Chromebooks, so I use Google Drive instead. Sharing makes much more sense (share individual files and continue editing) and I’m curious why you chose Dropbox over Google Drive? I use Dropbox for my personal (and teaching) files, but Google Drive to receive work from students, etc.
Ha! This EXACT scenario happened with my kids, too. You would be surprised (or honestly, maybe not) how many pictures those kids have of One Direction.