Chapter 5: Netiquette Guidelines for the classroom

Netiquette Guidelines for High School Students (Grades 9-12)

The following are some general rules of being on the internet in the classroom. They are divided into two categories: Searching and Writing deals primarily with research for papers and whatnot, and Email and Chat are rules for internet communication. I reserve the right to make changes to these guidelines at any time.

Searching/Writing
1. Pornography of any kind will not be tolerated and will result in revocation of internet privileges.
2. Plagiarism will not be tolerated in any writing.
3. Searches should be limited and relevant to the project at hand.

Email/Chat
1. Protect your identity: never use your full name in your chats or email address.
2. Any obscene comments or photos/images in chat or email will not be tolerated.
3. Be polite: imagine you are talking face to face without the aid of technology.
4. In your emails, it is always a good idea to put in a subject line that is relevant to the email. This will help ensure that your email is read instead of immediately discarded.
5. Keep your chats and emails short. Be respectful of other people’s time.