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color=#0000ff size=2>The most important thing to take into account with this
site is that only a student of the school can be a moderator thus the teacher or
the school really has no control over how the comments and ratings are
moderated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Quote from site:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=948404200-15062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>"<B>You MUST be a student (age 13+) to moderate the Student
ratings or a parent of a child at the school to moderate the Parent
ratings.<BR></B>Teachers or other school personnel will not be accepted as a
moderator.<BR>If you are employed by the school and are considering posing as a
student to<BR>become the moderator - STOP! We WILL post a note on your school's
page when you are discovered. "</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P align=left><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Grant Frazer </FONT><BR><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2>Information and Communication Technologies
Manager<BR></FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Fintona Girls School
</FONT><BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>79 Balwyn Rd, </FONT><BR><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2>Balwyn, VIC, 3103 </FONT><BR><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>Ph +61 3 98301388 </FONT><BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Fax. +61 3
98885682 </FONT><BR><U><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><<A
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> VanZetten, Teresa
[mailto:offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>VanZetten,
Teresa<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:41 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Information Technology Teachers' Offtopic Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[Offtopic] RateMyTeachers.com<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>It does have a moderator, but
this could be abused the other way by the school!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Kind Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terri Van Zetten</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ICT Specialist</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>St Mary's College Broome</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au on behalf
of Nick Axaris<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 6/15/2006 8:30 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Information
Technology Teachers' Offtopic Mailing List; pas >> "Pasco Staff (E-mail)
(E-mail)"<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Offtopic]
RateMyTeachers.com<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>I see many issues with this and none of them positive.<BR>I
might have a word with the union rep because I see this as open to all<BR>sorts
of abuse.<BR><BR><BR><BR>stephen@melbpc.org.au wrote:<BR>> Hmm .. what do
people think?<BR>><BR>> --<BR>> Friday June 02, 2006 10:16
am<BR>><BR>> "RateMyTeachers.com, North America’s most popular education
website,<BR>> launches in Australia and New Zealand today."<BR>><BR>>
<A
href="http://au.ratemyteachers.com/">http://au.ratemyteachers.com/</A><BR>><BR>>
"RateMyTeachers.com has established itself in classrooms across North<BR>>
America as a useful resource for students, teachers, and parents
alike.<BR>><BR>> Today marks the official launch of RateMyTeachers in the
Australia and<BR>> New Zealand. The site is an innovative idea, allowing
students to share<BR>> opinions and grade their teachers.<BR>><BR>>
RateMyTeachers.com currently boasts 9.3 million teacher ratings, over
1.2<BR>> million teachers, and is currently in use at more than 51,000
middle<BR>> schools and high schools across the United States and Canada. The
site<BR>> has been in operation since August 2001 and has quickly spread
across<BR>> North America through word of mouth. Each year, more than three
million<BR>> students log in to RateMyTeachers to grade and review their
teachers.<BR>><BR>> Joel Gordon, an English teacher at Amsterdam High
School, New York<BR>> believes RateMyTeachers "enfranchises our kids, gives
voice to their long-<BR>> stifled expressions in a subject area in which they
have loads of<BR>> experience and are eminently qualified to speak. These
statistics are<BR>> timely, relevant and 99% honest.”<BR>><BR>> With
the assistance of over 5000 student administrators, RateMyTeachers<BR>>
reviews every teacher rating before it is posted to the website. Any<BR>>
malicious or vulgar postings are removed. If a teacher is at odds with<BR>>
any rating, that person can easily flag the rating and comment for a<BR>>
second review. The majority of ratings are positive, with students<BR>>
celebrating their teachers.<BR>><BR>> Site co-founder Michael Hussey
explains the goal of the site. "Students<BR>> have a keen interest in rating
their teachers’ performance in the<BR>> classroom. The growth of the site in
the US and Canada is a testament to<BR>> students desires to take an active
role in improving the quality of their<BR>> education. We are encouraging
students to really own their educations; to<BR>> demand the best of
themselves and their educators."<BR>><BR>><BR>> Websites:<BR>> <A
href="http://au.ratemyteachers.com">http://au.ratemyteachers.com</A><BR>> <A
href="http://ratemyteachers.co.nz">http://ratemyteachers.co.nz</A><BR>> ©
2006 RateMyTeachers.com"<BR>> --<BR>><BR>> Ta Cameron ..<BR>>
Stephen Loosley<BR>> Victoria, Australia<BR>>
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