Teacher+Responsibilities

=Teacher Responsibilities - Michelle & Nancy=

Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities
 * 1) Ensure you take steps to lessen the risks of inappropriate entries.
 * 2) Get parental permission. Make sure to include a clear definition of the educational benefit of the teacher's blog, sample topics, and how the student's blog entries might be considered a graded activity
 * 3) Know your school and district acceptable use policies and convey them to your students.
 * 4) Make students aware of what subject matter is appropriate and permissible.
 * 5) Teach students the importance of tone and respect for others' opinions.
 * 6) Have clear expectations, rules, and consequences.
 * 7) Keep a clear instructional focus for the blog.
 * 8) Create alternative assignments for students who do not have permission to blog.
 * 9) Start with a short blog topic with some pre-teaching on rules of use.
 * 10) Encourage the exchange of "intellectual" ideas, and model the use of "educational/professional" vocabulary.
 * 11) Model respectful disagreement.
 * 12) Only allow first name usage in order to protect student identity from outsiders.
 * 13) Have students sign a blog contract,
 * 1) Blog Smart, follow common sense rules of rules of using the internet.
 * 2) Use first names only.
 * 3) Do not gang up on other bloggers.
 * 4) Do not use destructive criticism.
 * 5) Do not post personal information.
 * 6) Do not leave website to chat with strangers.
 * 7) Take responsibility for anything posted in your name.
 * 8) Do not plagiarize.
 * 9) Do not spam
 * 10) Use appropriate spelling.
 * 11) Stay on topic.
 * 12) Be aware of consequences for breaking the blog contract.