eduMOOC: Introductions

Having tried to read many of the introductions realised that for a group with this number of participants (> 2000) the number of posts (220 at the moment) to read is just too many. An idea would be to ask participants to restrict their posts to just two short sentences. Also google groups lists in the oldest first rather than newest which is the opposite to things like twitter.

eduMOOC

Trying to decide whether to blog here or on http://wikieducator.org/User:Mverhaart/My_2011_eduMOOC_blog . Will see which works out best.

Wi-fi (Wi-5) hotspot rating

Have been to a few hi-fi hotspot places recently and thought it would be good to create a wi-5 hotspot rating system !

So here is my first go. Would really appreciate some comments so we can make this ubiquitous and the ratings need some trendy names. At the moment I am playing around with the rating so expect it to evolve for the time being. Apologies to the few companies mentioned but someone has to start to give an example (If I have got it wrong let me know and I'll upgrade your status)

Version 1 (June 2011)

• Wi☆5(☆☆☆☆☆) (Free)
  
  
  
  • 5+ = Unlimited Wifi
  
  
  • 5 = Free wifi (requires accepting conditions, no password/userid)
  
  
  • 5- = ?
    
    
    
    • Wi☆5 (☆☆☆☆☆+)Wellington free wi-fi: (Covers the area south from Frank
      Kitts Lagoon and along the waterfront side of Te Papa.)
    
    
    • Wi☆5(☆☆☆☆☆-) MacDonalds (There is no time-limit, but there is a data limit of 50MB per customer.)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Wi☆5(☆☆☆☆) = Free Wifi requires a password
  
  
  
  • 4 + = wifi requires passcode but publically viewable (e.g. on a blackboard)
  
  
  • 4 = wifi requires passcode available on a docket
  
  
  • 4 - = wifi requires password but have to ask staff member
    
    
    
    • Wi☆5(☆☆☆☆-) At E's cafe, (Havelock North), Hawthorne’s Coffee Roasters (Havelock North, NZ)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Wi☆5(☆☆☆) = (Pay) 3G access
  
  
  
  • 3+ =
  
  
  • 3 =
  
  
  • 3- =
    
    
    
    • Wi☆5(☆☆☆-) Vodafone $1 / 10MB per day (a minus rating as 10MB is pretty small)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Wi☆5(☆☆) = (Pay) Buy a ticket with a password
  
  
  
  • 2+ = ?
  
  
  • 2 = ?
  
  
  • 2 - =
    
    
    
    • Wi☆5 (☆☆-): provider: ???: The crossing (Napier, NZ)
    
    
    • Wi☆5 (☆☆-): provider: ???: BJ's cafe & Coffee House
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Wi☆5(☆) = (Pay) Pay with a userid/password
  
  
  
  • 1+ = ?
  
  
  • 1 = ?
  
  
  • 1- = ?
    
    
    
    • Wi☆5(☆-) provider: ???: The crossing (Napier NZ)
    
    
    • Wi☆5 (☆-)provider: ???: BJ's cafe & Coffee House
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• 0 = No access (3G only)