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The Ground Rules
The
following are the ground rules for classroom blogging:
1. Academic language only please! Students are assessed and /or evaluated and therefore, the change in format does not translate into a change in expectations in terms of the kind of language, phrasing, etc, that is acceptable. This includes refraining from the use of text messaging language systems.
2. Inevitably debate will arise since students are expected to comment on their peers' postings. That said, personal attacks and offensive language and remarks will not be tolerated. If this happens at any point, the class blog will be shut down and serious consequences will follow.
3. Meet deadlines. Each posting comes with a date and time stamp.
4. If students refer to information from other websites in your postings, the expectation for citing your resources remains the same. At the end of your posting, always include the URL for any sites that are referred to in the posting, in addition to proper citation within the text, depending on the teacher's preference.
5. Students are asked not to share the blog's URL with their friends. The class blog is for students in
1. Academic language only please! Students are assessed and /or evaluated and therefore, the change in format does not translate into a change in expectations in terms of the kind of language, phrasing, etc, that is acceptable. This includes refraining from the use of text messaging language systems.
2. Inevitably debate will arise since students are expected to comment on their peers' postings. That said, personal attacks and offensive language and remarks will not be tolerated. If this happens at any point, the class blog will be shut down and serious consequences will follow.
3. Meet deadlines. Each posting comes with a date and time stamp.
4. If students refer to information from other websites in your postings, the expectation for citing your resources remains the same. At the end of your posting, always include the URL for any sites that are referred to in the posting, in addition to proper citation within the text, depending on the teacher's preference.
5. Students are asked not to share the blog's URL with their friends. The class blog is for students in
English 1DY-a class only.
6. Parents will be made aware of the URL and a notice to parents in advance to using the blog in class will be sent.
7. Administration (along with the Department Head of English) will be made aware of the URL and be made aware that this software will be used in our course.
6. Parents will be made aware of the URL and a notice to parents in advance to using the blog in class will be sent.
7. Administration (along with the Department Head of English) will be made aware of the URL and be made aware that this software will be used in our course.
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