Forum for School?

Veolus · 08-14-2005, 03:55 AM

post off

Thunt · 08-14-2005, 04:23 AM

definetly tell the school

if they dont like the idea who cares

then just continue on with it

if they do, hip hip hooray slap some adsense ads on there and make some cash

Zeeble · 08-14-2005, 04:59 AM

I wouldn't tell the school. Let people talk about whatever they want without being censored.

Shan · 08-14-2005, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by Veolus

- Do you think i should tell the school about it and ask if i can feature it in the newsletter?

Yes, go ahead and ask if you can feature it in the newsletter. You'll get free advertising and more members!

Originally Posted by Veolus

- Do you think the School would support a site like this?

The students probably might, but I don't think the teachers would. You might want to hide the "What teachers do you hate" topic when they review your forum.

unknownz · 08-16-2005, 02:46 AM

Originally Posted by Shan

Yes, go ahead and ask if you can feature it in the newsletter. You'll get free advertising and more members!

The students probably might, but I don't think the teachers would. You might want to hide the "What teachers do you hate" topic when they review your forum.

i agree with you. its always a good idea to let school know about it. this way u will get more people on forums as well.

PoorDoggie · 08-16-2005, 02:50 AM

On one hand, you could say its none of your school's business. But the advertising could be good. Becareful what gets written about teachers on your board, because you could come into some legal trouble because of slander/lible (I never know which is which).

I would ask the people who produce the newsletter if you could put an ad in, not the school directly. The school may approve and help you advertise it though.

Your choice!

Tom

Originally Posted by Veolus

I just made a forum 2 days ago for my school, it's at www.tccforum.com and 95% of members are from the school (Trinity Catholic College) I've managed to reach 29 members in the timeframe of 2 days

and the members are already active

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/website-development/115491-forum-for-school.html

I have a couple of questions..

- Do you think this is a good idea?

- Do you think i should tell the school about it and ask if i can feature it in the newsletter?

- Do you think the School would support a site like this?

OR

- Do you think I shouldn't tell the school about it and let the students talk about whatever they want and talk about all the teachers they hate, etc.

Thanks in advance!

tony84 · 08-16-2005, 03:26 AM

what you could do is have a signup screen that says student or teacher also make it reuire an email address from your school @trinitycollege.sch or whatever then have it so students have a part teachers have a aprt and there is also a part which everyone can read so you can ask teachers questions in confidence or have it so students can ask questions about work or anything related with school and they can keep their identity a secret through their username

Veolus · 08-17-2005, 11:44 PM

yeah

Zeeble · 08-18-2005, 12:02 PM

Be careful that you don't do anything which makes the school block the forum.....

rustypaulin · 08-18-2005, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by Veolus

If this forum becomes really popular with the school with visitors coming everyday, what are some good ways i can make some money from the forum?

Put adverts on the site and earn money through that way. Also if the school is likely to be annoyed then you shouldn't tell them and just rely on word-of-mouth but if it is likely they would encourage it then tell them and try and get some free advertising for the forums.

Morph · 08-18-2005, 02:16 PM

i was considering making a site similar to this but more than a forum, a students site for the school

leamanor .net or something, they got leamanor.org i was thinking but then decided no, but might do when i have time its a good idea i think but i bit time consuming for a school website really, Best of luck to you.

tony84 · 08-18-2005, 02:22 PM

i think the school will end up finding out eventually like you say people go on from your school it wont be long before they find out

Zeeble · 08-18-2005, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by rustypaulin

Put adverts on the site and earn money through that way. Also if the school is likely to be annoyed then you shouldn't tell them and just rely on word-of-mouth but if it is likely they would encourage it then tell them and try and get some free advertising for the forums.

Schools monitor the websites that students visit... that is why you have to be careful that they don't block the site. Which is what they will do if they notice it getting too popular and taking too much IT lesson time.

aG-Projects · 08-18-2005, 05:02 PM

great idea for a site, hope all goes well with it, even if the forum was to be blocked in the school - if the members really liked it they would access it from home or library depending on which suited them the most.

bl124 · 08-20-2005, 08:18 PM

the school probobly wont let you it constantly needs to have blocks and moderation and if sumthing happens the school can be sued and they wont like that...

lavenderpup · 08-24-2005, 11:34 PM

do you happen to mean tcc as in auburn tcc? o.o i seem to be hearing a lot of things... and daamn that its gone now.. but isn't there a way to get around it? block the school ips? (well i suppose that means blocking school access too...but *shrugs*) and yes i do know the ips. not to mention the url to their cgi-bin where they have logs of sites visited.

Veolus · 08-24-2005, 11:51 PM

do you also go to TCC in auburn?

lavenderpup · 08-25-2005, 12:47 AM

well yea.. so anyway for the site to be back? =P

Veolus · 08-25-2005, 02:18 AM

What is your name? What class are you in?

Anyways, regarding the state of TCC Forum, it has been closed and terminated at the request of the deputy principal and server administrator at our school. We got into trouble for:

- Using the Colleges crest
- Misrepresentation of the College
- Abusive comments towards teachers
- The risk of pedafiles coming to the forum and abducting TCC students
- Our school also received complaints through the phone for concerned parents seeing profanity throughout the forum

I sure do hope I don't get suspended or anything, but, I've surely learnt my lesson.

Some lessons i've learnt are:
- If I plan to use copyrighted images in my site/forum, I should include a copyright notice letting people know that the images are copyright of my school.
- I should have clearly stated that the TCC Forum is not associated nor partnered with the school in any way!
- I should have made proper rules to protect the students, the admins and the college.
For example:
We should have included rules that we are not responsible for the comments that people decide to post, etc.
- If I ever plan to start another school forum, we should clearly let the students know of the problems they may encounter while using the forum, such as the possibility to be abducted by a pedafile posing as a student.

I've learnt a valuable lesson from this and thanks to what happened, I will gain more experience and definitely learn from my wrong doings.

If I would've done most of the things stated above, the TCC Forum would probably still be operating right now

It's a shame that it got shut down, it had alot of potential and I had really big plans for it

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=115491

Nevertheless, I'm glad about the fact that the Deputy Principal and Network Administrator know that me and my friend had no bad intentions towards the creation and promotion of the TCC Forum.

They're also angry of the fact that the word "TCC" is in the domain name. According to IP Australia, the trademark to the word "TCC" does not belong to Trinity Catholic College

Besides, I'm not using the site to compete with my schools website, but merely to create a forum for the students that attend the college.

Whatever the college decides to do in this situation, I sincerely respect their decision

lavenderpup · 08-25-2005, 02:48 AM

Name - its a name, Class- its in year 11-5 and darn >_< As for the tcc bit, indeed, it is ridiculous. For one, you own the domain, and i suppose the logo is a problem, but if the site isn't there, it shouldn't mean anything, and yea, without the profane parts, it'd be a good site.

Veolus · 08-25-2005, 03:01 AM

So, your PC class is 11-5?

I'll be sure to look in the year book to find out who you are

lavenderpup · 08-25-2005, 03:10 AM

meh, well i know you're some year 9 kid with a mega long name

Veolus · 08-25-2005, 04:19 AM

Well, Neil is what everyone calls me

GJ · 08-25-2005, 05:07 AM

Don't talk about school......
I am going back in 1 week and 5 days.

Veolus · 08-25-2005, 09:39 PM

Well, I hope you enjoy your holiday

08-14-2005, 03:55 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
Veolus Account Closed Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 4,308	Forum for School? post off Last edited by Veolus; 08-19-2005 at 04:55 AM.

08-14-2005, 04:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zeeble New.Net Destroyer.... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,947	I wouldn't tell the school. Let people talk about whatever they want without being censored. __________________ â€œIt is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.â€ - Adam Smith

08-17-2005, 11:44 PM	THREAD STARTER #8 (permalink)
Veolus Account Closed Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 4,308	yeah Last edited by Veolus; 08-19-2005 at 04:48 AM.

08-18-2005, 12:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
Zeeble New.Net Destroyer.... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,947	Be careful that you don't do anything which makes the school block the forum..... __________________ â€œIt is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.â€ - Adam Smith

08-18-2005, 02:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
Morph Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: England Posts: 4,567	i was considering making a site similar to this but more than a forum, a students site for the school leamanor .net or something, they got leamanor.org i was thinking but then decided no, but might do when i have time its a good idea i think but i bit time consuming for a school website really, Best of luck to you. __________________ If you always do what you've always done, you'll always have what you've always had.

08-14-2005, 04:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Thunt Account Suspended Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5	definetly tell the school if they dont like the idea who cares then just continue on with it if they do, hip hip hooray slap some adsense ads on there and make some cash

08-16-2005, 03:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
tony84 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 623	what you could do is have a signup screen that says student or teacher also make it reuire an email address from your school @trinitycollege.sch or whatever then have it so students have a part teachers have a aprt and there is also a part which everyone can read so you can ask teachers questions in confidence or have it so students can ask questions about work or anything related with school and they can keep their identity a secret through their username

08-18-2005, 02:22 PM	#12 (permalink)
tony84 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 623	i think the school will end up finding out eventually like you say people go on from your school it wont be long before they find out

08-18-2005, 05:02 PM	#14 (permalink)
aG-Projects NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 60	great idea for a site, hope all goes well with it, even if the forum was to be blocked in the school - if the members really liked it they would access it from home or library depending on which suited them the most.

08-20-2005, 08:18 PM	#15 (permalink)
bl124 Account Closed Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 34	the school probobly wont let you it constantly needs to have blocks and moderation and if sumthing happens the school can be sued and they wont like that...

08-24-2005, 11:34 PM	#16 (permalink)
lavenderpup New Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8	do you happen to mean tcc as in auburn tcc? o.o i seem to be hearing a lot of things... and daamn that its gone now.. but isn't there a way to get around it? block the school ips? (well i suppose that means blocking school access too...but shrugs) and yes i do know the ips. not to mention the url to their cgi-bin where they have logs of sites visited.

08-24-2005, 11:51 PM	THREAD STARTER #17 (permalink)
Veolus Account Closed Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 4,308	do you also go to TCC in auburn?

08-25-2005, 12:47 AM	#18 (permalink)
lavenderpup New Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8	well yea.. so anyway for the site to be back? =P

08-25-2005, 02:18 AM	THREAD STARTER #19 (permalink)
Veolus Account Closed Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 4,308	What is your name? What class are you in? Anyways, regarding the state of TCC Forum, it has been closed and terminated at the request of the deputy principal and server administrator at our school. We got into trouble for: - Using the Colleges crest - Misrepresentation of the College - Abusive comments towards teachers - The risk of pedafiles coming to the forum and abducting TCC students - Our school also received complaints through the phone for concerned parents seeing profanity throughout the forum I sure do hope I don't get suspended or anything, but, I've surely learnt my lesson. Some lessons i've learnt are: - If I plan to use copyrighted images in my site/forum, I should include a copyright notice letting people know that the images are copyright of my school. - I should have clearly stated that the TCC Forum is not associated nor partnered with the school in any way! - I should have made proper rules to protect the students, the admins and the college. For example: We should have included rules that we are not responsible for the comments that people decide to post, etc. - If I ever plan to start another school forum, we should clearly let the students know of the problems they may encounter while using the forum, such as the possibility to be abducted by a pedafile posing as a student. I've learnt a valuable lesson from this and thanks to what happened, I will gain more experience and definitely learn from my wrong doings. If I would've done most of the things stated above, the TCC Forum would probably still be operating right now It's a shame that it got shut down, it had alot of potential and I had really big plans for it ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=115491 Nevertheless, I'm glad about the fact that the Deputy Principal and Network Administrator know that me and my friend had no bad intentions towards the creation and promotion of the TCC Forum. They're also angry of the fact that the word "TCC" is in the domain name. According to IP Australia, the trademark to the word "TCC" does not belong to Trinity Catholic College Besides, I'm not using the site to compete with my schools website, but merely to create a forum for the students that attend the college. Whatever the college decides to do in this situation, I sincerely respect their decision Last edited by Veolus; 08-25-2005 at 02:58 AM.

08-25-2005, 02:48 AM	#20 (permalink)
lavenderpup New Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8	Name - its a name, Class- its in year 11-5 and darn >_< As for the tcc bit, indeed, it is ridiculous. For one, you own the domain, and i suppose the logo is a problem, but if the site isn't there, it shouldn't mean anything, and yea, without the profane parts, it'd be a good site. Last edited by lavenderpup; 08-25-2005 at 03:08 AM.

08-25-2005, 03:01 AM	THREAD STARTER #21 (permalink)
Veolus Account Closed Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 4,308	So, your PC class is 11-5? I'll be sure to look in the year book to find out who you are

08-25-2005, 03:10 AM	#22 (permalink)
lavenderpup New Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8	meh, well i know you're some year 9 kid with a mega long name

08-25-2005, 04:19 AM	THREAD STARTER #23 (permalink)
Veolus Account Closed Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 4,308	Well, Neil is what everyone calls me

08-25-2005, 05:07 AM	#24 (permalink)
GJ Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,226	Don't talk about school...... I am going back in 1 week and 5 days.

08-25-2005, 09:39 PM	THREAD STARTER #25 (permalink)
Veolus Account Closed Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 4,308	Well, I hope you enjoy your holiday

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