Tips for Posting and Commenting

We're getting a great start but I wanted to add a few tips:

• Be sure to maintain the distinction between posts and comments.
• New posts will be reserved for the daily class scribe posts, or special assignments I may give.
• Add your thoughts as comments related to a specific post - it makes it easier to follow the conversation and you don't have to flip back and forth between posts.
• The sequence of comments is our conversation.
• If you want to create a distinct conversation with a new post, on a physics related topic, you are free to do so at any time.
• Be sure to give any new posts a title.
• Be sure to check the "Home Base" and your class blog on a regular basis.
• Check the other class blogs if you can to see what they are up to.
• Add labels to your posts, including standard labels like "ScribePost" for Scribe Posts (duh)
  

Keep up the good work!

Blogging Policy

Blogs set up and used by students at Mendon High School should adhere to the following rules and regulations to protect privacy, show respect for all, and contribute to learning.

These guidelines were taken from Darren Kuropatwa and Bud Hunt, who provide the inspiration for the Physics Class blogs.

• Students using blogs are expected to treat blogspaces as classroom spaces. Speech that is inappropriate for class is not appropriate for our blog. While we encourage you to engage in debate and conversation with other bloggers, we also expect that you will conduct yourself in a manner reflective of a representative of this school.
• Never EVER EVER give out or record personal information on our blog. Our blog exists as a public space on the Internet. Don’t share anything that you don’t want the world to know. For your safety, be careful what you say, too. Don’t give out your phone number or home address. This is particularly important to remember if you have a personal online journal or blog elsewhere.
• Again, your blog is a public space. And if you put it on the Internet, odds are really good that it will stay on the Internet. Always. That means ten years from now when you are looking for a job, it might be possible for an employer to discover some really hateful and immature things you said when you were younger and more prone to foolish things. Be sure that anything you write you are proud of. It can come back to haunt you if you don’t.
• Never link to something you haven’t read. While it isn’t your job to police the Internet, when you link to something, you should make sure it is something that you really want to be associated with. If a link contains material that might be creepy or make some people uncomfortable, you should probably try a different source.