Home Stretch

Greetings, fellow bloggers! We are in our final week of blogging assignments, but we have two more weeks of class. You’ll have no problem reaching your blogging goals, right?

Even after next week, when you leave Publishing to explore another exploratory, your blog will be here waiting for you and your words of wisdom.

Here is one change in week four’s assignments. You can post either your children’s book or a persuasive essay. See my example of how to post your children’s book: http://testblogscs.edublogs.org/2010/01/22/we-wrote-a-young-childrens-book/

HERE WE GO!

We have some work to do…Here are the postings you should have on your blog by January 14.

  • 2 poems
  • 2 essays
  • 2 random blogs
  • 4 comments to other blog entries

Check out the links on the left to see some of our blogs.

Netiquette

Netiquette – the set of rules one follows when behaving properly online.

Top Ten Rules for Computer Use

  1. Respect others. Always remember, you are talking to real people out there. Before posting anything, ask yourself: Would I say this to the person’s face?
  2. Follow the same polite and ethical standards of behavior online as you do in real life. Do to others, as you would have them do to you.
  3. Respect people’s time and space when posting.
  4. Take advantage of your anonymity.
  5. You will be judged only by the quality of your writing, not your color, gender, hair, eyes, weight, etc. Therefore, do a great job in your writing—spelling and grammar do count.
  6. Share your knowledge. It’s fun and makes the world a better place.
  7. Respect other people’s privacy. Never snoop in or interfere with anyone’s computer files.
  8. Never harm anyone’s work, files, or reputation.
  9. Never steal anyone’s work. Give credit where credit is due. Don’t cut-and-paste from Wikipedia or anywhere without directly quoting the source. (See how I cited my source below.)
  10. Be forgiving of others’ online mistakes.

Adapted from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea by Albion.com http://www.albion.com/netiquette/index.html