Wiki+Safety

As we begin this journey it is very important that each of us follows specific rules and guidelines to insure the safety of everyone. The Internet can be a wonderful learning environment, but we need to take certain precautions to insure safety at all times. Students using this wiki are expected to act safely by refraining from posting any personal information. No student may include any information or images on the site that could compromise his safety or the safety of other wiki members. This would include not posting your family name (last name), home and email address, password, phone/cell number, password and any other information that might help a person locate you or contact you in person. If someone asks you for personal information immediately inform your teacher. No personal images will be posted.

This wiki is considered an extension of your classroom so any speech that is inappropriate in school is also inappropriate to use on this wiki. This would include but not be limited to,swears, words that are hurtful or bully, racial or sexist comments, personal attacks, etc. The expectation is that you conduct yourself in a respectful manner. Remember, wikis are public so don't write anything that you would not want others to read. It is important that your post reflects the assignment. The wiki should not be used to discuss personal information such as your plans for the weekend. The teachers will make every reasonable effort to monitor conduct on this wiki in order to maintain a positive learning community. All students will respect the teacher's time and professionalism by supporting the same positive approach. To make sure that there are no infractions of the rules, Mrs. Dvorchak and your reading teacher will be reading your posts and reserve the right to delete any posts that they deem inappropriate. All students must protect their log-in and password information, as well as class passwords (if any). If any students suspects that a password has been compromised, he/she must immediately notify their teacher. Any students who are found not to be following the safety rules may lose their privilege of participating and being a member of this wiki.
 * No student is allowed to change either their user name or password on this wiki.** **No student is allowed to reproduce or take any photos, avatars, clipart, etc. from this wiki for any reason.**

**As a review please read this list developed by students at the International School in Bangkok** :
 * Any students who are found not to be following the safety rules may lose their privilege of participating and being a member of this wiki.**

1. **Only post things that you would want the members of the wiki to know.** //Ask yourself:Is this something I want everyone to see?// //Ask yourself:Could someone find me (in real life) based on this information?// //Ask yourself: What could be the consequences of this post?// //Ask yourself: Who is going to look at this, and how are they going to interpret my words?// //Ask yourself:Do I have a good reason/purpose to do this?// //Ask yourself:What will I cause by writing this post?// //Ask yourself:Would I want someone to say this to me?// //Ask yourself: Would I want this post to be graded for proper grammar and spelling?// //Ask yourself:Is this inappropriate, immature or bullying?// //Ask yourself: Who is the original creator of this work?// //Ask yourself: What could be the consequences of this action?// As a wiki member, you will be commenting on other people’s work regularly. Good comments:
 * 2. Do not share personal information including phone/cell number, last name, address, etc.**
 * 3. Think before you post.**
 * 4. Know who you’re communicating with.**
 * 5. Consider your audience and that this is an extension of your classroom/school.**
 * 6. Know how to give constructive feedback.**
 * 7. Treat other people the way you want to be treated.**
 * 8. Use appropriate language and proper grammar and spelling.**
 * 9. Only post information that you can verify is true (no gossiping).**
 * 10. Anytime you use media from another source, be sure to properly cite the creator of the original work.**
 * 11. Do not share your password with anyone.**
 * Commenting Guidelines**
 * are constructive, but not hurtful;
 * consider the author and the purpose of the post;
 * are always related to the content of the post;
 * include personal connections to what the author wrote;
 * answer a question, or add meaningful information to the content topic;
 * follow the writing process. Comments are a published piece of writing.


 * Special thank you to Mrs. Cofino of the International School Bangkok for sharing this list.

//Thank you to Mrs. Corrieri, Ludlow Instructional Technology Specialist, for these safety rules.//
 * References:** [|Teachers First], [|Classglogmeister.com], [|Introduction to Blogging], [|I Think...]


 * Ludlow Public Schools is not responsible for any links housed outside of this wiki.