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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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