Email: to communicate with me formally or each other informally

Discussion Forum: to communicate ideas with all students in the class

formally

Chat: to converse with all students in the class quickly and informally

Formal: proper use of spelling, grammar, punctuation and use of upper and lower case letters

Informal: rules on the above are relaxed; text emoticons and internet slang, ie. LOL, are allowed

Online Communication is About

PEOPLE and PERCEPTION

Need to feel acceptedNeed to feel their ideas are valuedNeed to feel safe in a community in order to share ideas

Online communication can be perceived both positively and negatively

Always reread what you write to make sure that it makes sense and is not offensive to anyone

Do not write something that you would not say face-to-face with that person

Written words can come back to haunt you!

Be pleasant and polite—avoid offensive language or being confrontational

Be forgiving of mistakes

Visit www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.htm

Learn the core rules of “netiquette” written by “Ms. Manners of the

Internet”, Virginia Shea