Welcome to our online classroom, a place where we can safely discuss our reading, share opinions, ask questions, and make connections with each other, the texts we read, and the world out there. But first, we need to create some expectations of this place and each other so that everyone feels welcome and safe to share. After all, "On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog."
Please take some time to read Shea's article on netiquette (online manners) and post your thoughts in the comment box below. It may seem silly to you who already spend a lot of time online, but there is a huge difference in a social network and an educational website, and this site is part of our classroom!
We'll be embarking (ha!) soon on our yearlong look at how our dreams, nightmares, and desires and the "rags to riches" theme ties into the American dream. We'll be posting next about our favorite characters/ heroes...Mine is Underdog! Who is yours?
Stay tuned! For today, please read the article hyperlinked above in purple. Our blog site is part of our classroom, and though it provides us many opportunities to express ourselves, ask questions of each other, publish our responses to our reading and issues that spring from our class work, we still have to respect school rules. Also, as this is an English class, our writing should be carefully composed with no acronyms and phonetic spellings. DON'T WRITE IN ALL CAPITALS! don't write in all lower case letters....
Happy reading! Happy blogging!
Insightful, knew alot of the stuff already.
ReplyDeleteHelped in someways now i know how to handle some situations online.
I already knew most of those things.
ReplyDeleteI understand all of the rules and etiquette of the internet now.
i already knew most of these stuff and understanding the rules using internet .
ReplyDeleteDido
ReplyDeleteIm glad to be back on Bloger!
ReplyDeleteOf course, since i am a past bloger for the VikingBlogers i know the rules and regulations.
Happy to be back!
I already knew this all from freshman year in your class.
ReplyDeleteIm happy to be back on blogger.
ReplyDeleteI already know the rules to this website, and im ready to talk about my book. :)
i already knew the rules for the website because i had Ms. James for freashmen year =P
ReplyDeleteGood to know!
ReplyDeleteits pretty much commen sense i understood the rules before i read this.....
ReplyDeleteThis is such a try thing in todays society. No one really knows if you are a dog or not.
ReplyDeletetrue* not try
Deletealright.
ReplyDeleteI understand.
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to make sure we know the expectations of the web.
ReplyDeletealready know the rules
ReplyDeleteI know the rules of the blogger and am ready to start talking about my book.
ReplyDeleteIts kool i got it! I uderstand thy rules!
ReplyDelete*cool
DeleteI knew most of this(:
ReplyDeleteI understand the rules.
ReplyDeleteI understand these regulations.
ReplyDeleteI understand the rules
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