Please sign and have your parent/guardian sign the following letter sent home on Internet Safety Rules.
Here is a set of classroom guidelines for blogging. Please feel free to add to this list by commenting below.
- Students using blogs are expected to treat blogspaces as classroom spaces. Speech that is inappropriate for class is not appropriate for our blog. While we encourage you to engage in debate and conversation with other bloggers, we also expect that you will conduct yourself in a manner reflective of a representative of this school.
- Never EVER EVER give out or record personal information on our blog. Our blog exists as a public space on the Internet. Don’t share anything that you don’t want the world to know. For your safety, be careful what you say, too. Don’t give out your phone number or home address. This is particularly important to remember if you have a personal online journal or blog elsewhere.
- Again, your blog is a public space. And if you put it on the Internet, odds are really good that it will stay on the Internet. Always. That means ten years from now when you are looking for a job, it might be possible for an employer to discover some really hateful and immature things you said when you were younger and more prone to foolish things. Be sure that anything you write you are proud of. It can come back to haunt you if you don’t.
- Student blogs are to be a forum for student expression. However, they are first and foremost a tool for learning, and as such will sometimes be constrained by the various requirements and rules of classroom teachers. Students are welcome to post on any school-appropriate subject.
- Never link to something you haven’t read. While it isn’t your job to police the Internet, when you link to something, you should make sure it is something that you really want to be associated with. If a link contains material that might be creepy or make some people uncomfortable, you should probably try a different source.
Above list is from Darren Kuropatwa's AP Calc course.
When posting comments observe the following protocol:
- Use proper English
- Refrain from using text language and shortcuts
- Respect other opinions and use sentence starters such as, I respectfully disagree, you make a good point, I support...
Again, make sure to keep your content relevant to class topics and remember once something is posted it is out there forever!
Check out the following video to see how to make quality comments (elementary students give great advice):
Even though the majority of these sources/blogs are connected to an elementary classroom, the same rules apply for everyone using the internet. The difference between the elementary blog and a high school blog is the level of thought put into each comment/post.
Copyright Fair Use and How it Works for Online Images
It's important to understand the rules when using images and other works from online sources. It's very easy to right click on an image and save it for personal use. Please read the following blog post by a lawyer/blogger about copyright for online sources.
Flickr Creative Commons images
One of the most common sources of Creative Commons images used by bloggers is Flickr (an online photo sharing website).
Unfortunately, many assume Flickr images are licensed under creative commons and allowed to be used. This isn’t the case.
Images marked as “All Rights Reserved” are copyrighted and require permission from the person who uploaded it to Flickr. Images with “Some rights reserved” means the Flickr user has applied a Creative Commons license to their photo and you can use the image in the manner specified by the license.
If you look at images directly on Flickr always check to see which license applies to ensure you only use the image in the manner specified by the license. Click on “Some rights reserved” to confirm which Creative Commons license applies.
Source: Teacher Challenge
More on Flickr images:
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