Blogging Rules

Article posted August 25, 2007 at 10:57 PM GMT0 • Reads 2016

Blogging is a very public form of communication. Mr. Hunt, a teacher in the U.S., and Mr. Harbeck, a teacher in Canada, have these guidelines for their students. I will use them too.



1. Students using blogs are expected to treat blogspaces as classroom spaces. Speech that is inappropriate for class is not appropriate for our blog. While I encourage you to engage in debate and conversation with other bloggers, I also expect that you will conduct yourself in a manner reflective of a representative of this school.





2. Never EVER EVER give out or record personal information on our blog. Our blog exists as a public space on the Internet. Don’t share anything that you don’t want the world to know. For your safety, be careful what you say, too. Don’t give out your phone number or home address. This is particularly important to remember if you have a personal online journal or blog elsewhere.





3. Again, your blog is a public space. And if you put it on the Internet, odds are really good that it will stay on the Internet. Always. That means ten years from now when you are looking for a job, it might be possible for an employer to discover something you said when you were younger and more prone to foolish things. Be sure that anything you write you are proud of. It can come back to haunt you if you don’t.





4. Never link to something you haven’t read. While it isn’t your job to police the Internet, when you link to something, you should make sure it is something that you really want to be associated with. If a link contains material that might make some people uncomfortable, you should probably try a different source.

Creating the Monkey Game

Article posted January 6, 2008 at 12:46 AM GMT0 • Reads 49

Your first blog entry will be a discussion of using Scratch. Please answer all questions in complete sentences.



When I followed the tutorial to learn Scratch I found it to be (easy/ difficult) because ...



We we created the Monkey Game in Scratch, I:

(liked/ disliked) doing it that way because ...

(felt successful/ unsuccessful) about the outcome because ...

When you teach Scratch to the sixth grade you should (give me one or more ideas) because ...



List three things you feel you can do in Scratch.



List two things someone else might enjoy about Scratch.



List one thing you wish you could do.

1001 Flat Tales Prep

Article posted January 15, 2008 at 03:21 AM GMT0 • Reads 1184

Your next article is in preparation for 1001 Flat Tales.



The assignment title is 1001 Flat Tales Review.



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Image citation:

Sam. "Arabian Night". creativesam's Photostream. 26 Mar 2007. 14 Jan 2008.



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