Ms. Collins’ Class Math Blog Agreement

Internet safety is very important. In order to participate in our math problem

solving blogs, please read the following list of agreements with your child. Please

sign and date this agreement and return to Ms. Collins. Thanks for your

cooperation!

1. I will never post any information more personal than my first name nor will I

post pictures of myself.

2. I will not plagiarize, instead I will expand on others' ideas and give credit where

it is due.

3. I will use language appropriate for school.

4. I will not insult my fellow students or their ideas, questions, or writing.

5. I will only post things that I am comfortable with everyone seeing.

6. I will not be afraid to express my ideas.

7. I will use constructive comments or questions.

8. I will try to spell everything correctly

9. I will not bully others in my blog posts or in my comments

10. I will only post photos and graphics which are school appropriate and

necessary to explain or enhance my questions, ideas, hints or solutions to the

math problems.

11. I will not spam (including, but not limited to meaningless messages, mass

messages, and repetitive messages)

12. I will only post comments on posts that I have fully read, rather than just

skimmed.

13. I will respect the public nature of online information, and in doing so, I will

respect the wishes of my fellow students for keeping their information (full name,

etc.) private.

Infractions of these rules will lead to the following consequences in order of

severity and number of offense:

1. Letter of apology to those offended by the infraction(individual students, one

core class, or whole blogging community),warning by teacher, and editing or

deletion of offending post/comment.

2. Letter of apology to those offended by the infraction(individual students, one

core class, or whole blogging community),temporary loss of blogging privileges

(duration of quarter), editing or deletion of offending post/comment.

3. Letter of apology to those offended by the infraction (individual students, one

core class, or whole blogging community), permanent loss of blogging

privileges(duration of school year), editing or deletion of offending

post/comment.

Student's Signature _______________________________ date_____________

Parent Signature__________________________________ date_____________

Students will be participating in a class blog for mtath class and will not need to

share any personal information including an email address. I will provide students

with a universal username and password. Please contact me with any questions or

concerns. Thank you for your continued

support!

Sincerely,

Ms. Collins

bcollins@nvusd.k12.ca.us

The Art and Aspirations of a Commenter 

I believe in the power of a free exchange of ideas. I also recognize that words or access tosome information can be of harm to others, intentionally or unintentionally. As acommenter, I therefore aspire to participate responsibly in the great online conversation by:* treating all bloggers with respect.

* seeking first to understand what is being said.

* celebrating another's accomplishments.

* using school appropriate language.

* rephrasing ideas in the blog that made me think, made me feel, or helped me learnto let the blogger know his/her

voice has been heard.

* commenting specifically and positively, without criticism. If I disagree, I will comment

appropriately, politely stating my perspective.

* being mindful always that I may be a role model to my audience, especially if they are younger

than I.

* making no reference to, link to, and/or giving access to any information that may be

inappropriate for a school setting.

* asking at least one question in my comment with the hopes of continuing a conversation and

deepening thinking.

* using a triple check before submitting any comment: Would I be happy to have my mother or father read this

comment? My grandmother or grandfather? My favorite teacher?

Asking good questions is so important in our classrooms. We use them to guide our discussions and push ourselves to a higher level of thinking. So the questioning and thediscussion part is crucial when blogging. Commenting on blogs has the potential to really push those learning connections, but it is also how we keep the conversation going.

Here are some suggestions for comment starters....... * This made me think about....... * I wonder why....... 

* Your idea helped me to understand…  * This post is relevant because.......  I wish I understood why.......

More on back! * This is an important question or hint because....... * Another thing to consider is....... * I can relate to this....... * This makes me think of....... * I discovered....... * I don't understand.......

* I was reminded that.....

* I found myself wondering.......

If you are interested in keeping the conversation going (as your

teacher is!), be sure to

finish your comment with a question to the blog’s author