Blogging Guidelines

Kelly emailed me this link the other day from Microsoft.  It has some common sense guidelines that should be used in blogging with students.  I thinks it is a good starting point to share with administrators and parents and even your students.  Also, consider this blog post by Ed Warkentin on his Teach 'Em How to Fish blog that was discussed within the Class Blogmeister List Serve.  It has the letter he uses with parents to start his blogging with new students.

• Establish rules for online use with your kids and be diligent.
• Screen what your kids plan to post before they post it. Seemingly innocuous information, such as a school mascot and town photo, could be put together to reveal where the author goes to school.
• Ask yourself (and instruct your kids to do the same) if you are comfortable showing any of the content to a stranger. If in doubt, have them take it out.
• Evaluate the blogging service and find out if it offers private, password-protected blogs.
• Save the Web address of your child's blog and review it on a regular basis.
• Check out other blogs to find positive examples for your kids to emulate.

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