Passwords

Thanks to my friend Sara Isbell, who sent this email recently to her staff. I thought it was great, so I stole it with her permission :)  The top 25 worst passwords, in order (and their current rankings compared with the previous year's rankings) 1.  password (unchanged) 2.  123456 (unchanged) 3.  12345678 (unchanged) 4.  abc123 (up 1) 5.  qwerty (down 1) 6.  monkey (unchanged) 7.  letmein (up 1) 8.  dragon (up 2) 9.  111111 (up 3) 10. baseball (up 1) 11. iloveyou (up 2) 12. trustno1 (down 3) 13. 1234567 (down 6) 14. sunshine (up 1) 15. master (down 1) 16. 123123 (up 4) 17. welcome (new) 18. shadow (up 1) 19. ashley (down 3) 20. football (up 5) 21. jesus (new) 22....

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ClassBadges.com

Well! A new, fun thing has inspired me to create a new blog entry! There has been a movement, gaining momentum over the last few years, regarding the use of online "badges". A badge is something that you can earn for completing a set of requirements. There is a Mozilla badge project, which is attempting to standardize the use of badges across communities. The great thing about this project, if it works, is that students could earn credit for skills not necessarily taught (or tested) in your average classroom. Let's say a student is an awesome programmer. That is a pretty marketable skill! One that colleges might be interested in! But how will they know? It isn't covered on a state test. And a programming class in one school might be extremely different than a programming class in another. That's...

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