Friday, August 9, 2013

Password Generator

Today I had my first Laptop Orientation session for this year.  I used a new program called Password Bird to help my students think of strong passwords for their accounts.  Most of the students come to sessions with very weak passwords and I encourage them to create 8 character passwords using letters, numbers and caps.  I always have several students who find this task difficult.  We used Password Bird today and it generated some really helpful passwords.  Most other password generators I have used create random passwords that I have trouble remembering.  If the first password doesn't work ask for another, or another.  After several tries we found one that was strong and easy to remember.