Safe Blogging

Blogging has many advantages---developing your own ideas, publishing your ideas, and communicating with people in other cities and countries. However it needs to be done safely.
YouTube has a number of videos about blogging in an inappropriate manner. Click on the small images on the lower left to view the videos. You may have to view these at home since they might be blocked in school.

Classroom Rules for Blogging

• your posts and comments will be on the internet; they should be polite, respectful, positive and mature.
• never use your last name or communicate where you live
• your point of view should be presented in a polite manner
• do not post a picture of yourself
• do not post your phone number
• blogs should be written in your own words
• blogs usually have links to give the read additional information
• blogs usually have an image in the post
• some students write a short outline before they write in their blog
• review your blog before you publish it
• your blog should be about what we are learning in class

Other teachers have been blogging with their classes for a few years. Their ideas about safe blogging are important. Bud Hunt and Darren Kuropatwa ( see post from 9/7/2007) have many suggestions.