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Rule Number 2: Pay attention to your tone

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Rule Number 2: Pay attention to your tone

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When communicating online it is important to pay attention to what you are writing and how it may sound to others. There are a ton of ways to read or interpret a single sentence. The problem with communicating online is we can’t hear the tone of the words or see the body language of the person speaking. It is difficult to deceiver emotions and sarcasm when reading typed out sentences. Thus it is important that we pay attention to the way we write. This is especially important when communicating online in professional situations, such as school and work. It is easy to sound unprofessional, bossy or sarcastic without noticing. You don’t want your boss or professor to misinterpret something you write because this could lead to some problems. Thus, it is essential to use good tone, and always double check your work for phrases or sentences that could unintentionally come across as rude.

I choose this rule because it is important for everyone to be aware of his or her tone on the Internet. This can easily be overlooked because we may assume people read what we type the same way it sounds in our head, however this is often not the case. We must be aware of the multiple ways one sentence can be read to avoid conflict.

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Netiquette simply refers to the proper etiquette and rules to follow on the Internet. Using netiquette is essential when using the Internet for school or work purposes. These rules help individuals ensure they are being polite, and communicating effectively and properly while on the Internet. The Internet can be considered its own culture; and netiquette rules provide us with the proper manners and social norms we need to be successful within the culture. Knowing and using proper netiquette is helpful in all situations. It is essential when communicating with teachers, professors and coworkers because in such situation one strives to appear professional and polite. Netiquette provides us with guidelines to be successful when using the Internet in these circumstances.

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Rule number 4: Don’t plagiarize

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Rule number 4: Don’t plagiarize

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Plagiarizing in its simplest terms means taking someone else’s work and presenting it as your own. In today’s world, technology continues to advance at such a rapid pace, consequently increasing the amount of information one can gather with just a few clicks of a mouse. Researching has become incredibly easy and convenient. With all this information so easily attainable, and with the tools of “copy” and “paste” on computers, it is tempting to copy someone else’s work from the Internet and claim it as your own. However, this is extremely unethical and illegal. There are many ways to avoid plagiarizing. First of all, if you are going to take someone else’s work word for word, you must quote it and site the source. If you are taking the general idea of someone else’s work and re phrasing it, you still must site the source. It’s tempting to take the easy way out by coping work done by others, but this can get you in a lot of trouble and it is not ethical!

This is important to teach kids at a young age because they must start forming good habits early. If a child learns at a young age that they are not allowed to copy someone else’s work they will likely refrain from doing it the rest of their life, thus avoid problems in the future. Its important that kids know the easy way is not the right way when it comes to taking information off the Internet.

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Rule Number One: Abide by to the same principles of behavior
online that you abide to in real life

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Rule Number One: Abide by to the same principles of behavior
online that you abide to in real life

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Some people believe that since you are hidden behind a computer, there are different standards to follow than the standards of social interactions. However, that is not the proper way to use the Internet. A simple way to think of this is, don’t do or say anything on the Internet that you wouldn’t do or say to someone’s face. Sometimes it is easier to say harmful, or incorrect things when you are typing rather than talking. Furthermore, you may be tempted to react to something in a rude or hurtful manner online because it is easier when you are not saying something to someone’s face. Standards of behavior do not differ nor do they decrease when on the Internet.

It is easy to occasionally forget that there are people on the other side of the computer. Sometimes people get so caught up in their own ‘side’ of the computer that they forget they are interacting with other humans. It is not acceptable to behave differently with these other humans on the internet than you would in real life. When using the Internet, stick to your morals and treat others with respect.

I think this is an important rule to teach students because when children are young it is hard for them to grasp the idea of the Internet and how it works. Kids could easily overlook the fact that they are interacting with other humans, and possible just think they are interacting with a computer. It is important for them to know that their actions and words online can affect other people, thus they must use the behavior principles they use in real life interactions.

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Teaching students Rule 2

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Teaching students Rule 2

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To explain to students that paying attention to tone on the Internet is important, I would have the students write down sentences about different topics and dealing with different emotions. I would then have students read each others sentences out loud and then ask the student who wrote it if they other student read it they way they intended it to be read. I think often the answer would be no. This is a way for students to see that a single sentence can be read many different ways, thus they must be careful when writing online.

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Rule Number 3: Always use proper language

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Rule Number 3: Always use proper language

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It is important to remember that when writing something online, in most cases, you should use the same grammar and spelling rules you would use when hand-writing professional works. Just because you are typing, rather than writing is not an excuse to use slang or abbreviated words. To present yourself and your work as professional and educated it is essential you always use proper grammar on the Internet in professional situations. That being said, slang and abbreviations are perfectly acceptable when doing personal things on the Internet, such as social media or texting. Furthermore, if you are using slang and abbreviations in appropriate situations, it’s important to make sure you don’t accidently use it in professional situations out of habit.

Situations where slang and abbreviations would not be appropriate would be any writing that has to do with work our school. In these situations you should use full words and fully developed sentences. This is vital to teach kids because children are currently growing up in a world where technology is taking over. Kids are growing up with technology, so they are used to using short hand and slang when texting and using social media, its almost second nature to them. It is important that the break these habits before they make an unprofessional mistake.

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Teaching students Rule 4

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Teaching students Rule 4

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To introduce to my students what plagiarism is, I would have the students partner up. I would tell one partner to write a paragraph about a given topic while the other student works on something different. Then I would have the partner who didn’t write the paragraph take their partners work, erase their partners name and write their own name, then hand in the paper. I would ask the students who wrote the paragraphs how it felt to have someone else take credit for something they worked hard on. Then I would go on to explain that coping work from the internet and claiming it as your own work makes the authors feel the same way, and explain why its wrong and what they can do to avoid plagiarism.

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Don't Plagiarizzle - a rap song about plagiarism