What is the most important thing to remember about Netiquette. "Remember the Human."

This quote came from one of our online quizzes. It sums up a lot. Re reading some of my previous posts, I have noticed that I have not said much about the young learners we will be dealing with. Because this technology allows communication with anyone around the world, there is a responsibilty to provide guidelines for safe usage of the net. As my daughter in grade 5 is learning to email, it is worth looking at the guidelines they have been given.
1. Never give your full name out online.
2. If you recieve an email from someone you don't know, delete it straight away.
3. If you recieve a message that contains something offensive, don't delete it, but show your teacher straight away.

There are also guidelines regarding what can be displayed online. Permission must be gained before publishing photos of students, and thought should be given as to who will be able to access the photos. It may be best to publish to a closed site, where only certain people are able to veiw them.

Sites such as flick'r allow students to access a variety of photographs that may be used for a variety of purposes. Some may be free to use with no attribution, others may require the source to be attributed. When using some of these photos on a website, it may be necessary to resize them, so pages load quickly. A size of about 65 kb is usually adequate.

If students are researching a topic, it is legally acceptable to copy 10% of a work, with attribution.Attribution in copyright law, is the requirement to acknowledge or credit the author of a work which is used or appears in another work. Attribution is required by most copyright and copyleft licenses, such as the GNU Free Documentation License and Creative Commons licenses.

Attribution is often considered the most basic of requirements made by a license, as it allows an author to accumulate a positive reputation that partially repays their work and prevents others from claiming fraudulently to have produced the work. It is widely regarded as a sign of decency and respect to acknowledge the creator by giving him/her credit for the work. (Wikipedia) (I had better attribute this quote)