Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Gmail+1 = Student Email Addresses
to Register for Online Services  The Gmail+1"hack" isn't a new
trick and I can't remember when I first tried it, but it still
works and it still provides a solution to a problem that a lot
of teachers run into when they want their students to use a new
web tool. Let's say there's a new service that I want my
students to use but my students don't have email addresses that
they can use to register for that service. In that case I can
quickly generate Gmail addresses for my students by using the
Gmail+1 hack.  Here's how the Gmail+1 hack works: 1. Create a
new Gmail account just for your class. Example 2. Issue email
addresses to students as follows, 3. Gmail overrides the "1" and
"2" at the end of the mrbyrnesclass and sends all emails to the
inbox at however almost all other services that require an email
for registration will recognize as distinct from 4. Students can
use the "+1" emails to register for services, but I get to see
all of the email