The Rules Rule is for anything you place online. In my class we may post work on private networks, in a Google Classroom site that is only viewable to NEISD, or in a private portfolio site that only you and I and your parent can access with a password. Wherever you post work, I ask you to pretend what you are posting is public and follow these safety rules all the time so you can learn to be safety minded:
- Only ever use your first name or a nickname when you are writing online
- Never use any other student’s last name
- Never post any personal information–such as your home phone number or home address on this or any other blog or wiki
- Never share any of you usernames or passwords with anyone and never log in as another student
- Always tell your parents or teacher right away if you come across anything that makes you feel uncomfortable
- Remember the “grandma rule” that anything you put on the internet could be read by your grandmother so only write things you could say to the nicest of grannies
- Be a good online citizen and never write or post anything that could hurt anyone else
- Always check with an adult if someone asks for your phone number or to meet you
- Never make arrangements to meet anyone over the internet without telling your parents
- Make sure you publish only your own work. Don’t under any circumstances use other people’s work and call it your own
- Make sure that you read over your writing before you post it to check the spelling