Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Tips for Blogging Safely on the Internet

With more and more students taking part in school and class blogging initiatives across the country, it is important to keep in mind for following four Internet safety tips: 



I. Students who use blogs for class projects should keep personal information out of their posts for their own safety. They should not post or give out their family's name, password, user name, email address, home address, school name, city, county or any other information that could help someone locate or contact them.

II. Students using blogs should agree never to share their username or password with anyone besides their teachers and parents. They should agree to never log in as another student.
  



III. Students using blogs are expected to treat blogspaces as classroom spaces. Speech that is inappropriate for class is not appropriate for a blog. While students are encouraged to engage in debate and conversation with other bloggers, they should conduct themselves in a manner reflective of a representative of their high school and community.

IV. Student blogs are to be a vehicle for sharing writing with real audiences. Most visitors to class or student blogs will leave comments that are respectful and helpful. Teachers are encouraged to provide students with appropriate comment criteria which they should post on your blog, so those who visit it know how to appropriately respond to their writing.
  If students receive a comment that makes them feel uncomfortable or is not respectful, they should tell their teacher right away. Students should not respond to the comment. 

Resource:
Hunt, B. (2011, May 20). Bud the teacher's wiki. Retrieved from http://www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page 

Mitchell, K. J., Wolak, J., & Finkelhor, D. (2007). Are blogs putting youth at risk for online sexual solicitation or harassment?. Child Abuse & Neglect, 32(2008), 277-294. Retrieved from http://unhinfo.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/CV149.pdf

Image credits:
Flickr Creative Commons Images from rcolonna (no name), Bruno Santos (password), New Media MK (speech), and pixel fantasy (comment).

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