I have been thinking a lot about how to "get around" the requirement of many excellent online resources that an account (with valid e-mail address) be submitted.

We do not give our students school e-mail addresses, and many of them do not have personal e-mail addresses (which I don't allow them to access anyway).  So, how can I have them sign up to collaborate on a Google Presentation or create an Animoto video?

Some of these resources do not require that users "validate" their e-mail address, so I thought about having them "make one up" just to enter in the field.  But, then I grapple with the ethics of that; how can I require them to lie?  What kind of precedent is that setting?

I am thinking about using Gaggle's monitored e-mail service
as an option.  Are there any other similar services/resources out there?  Please do share!

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