Rules+Concerning+Personal+Info

Keep these rules in mind when editing your wikispaces:
 Your electronic forums are public. Your work can be seen by anyone on the web. For this reason, it’s pretty important that we follow some sensible guidelines for putting ourselves “out there”… (Thanks to the Horizon Project 2008 for posting these guidelines)
 * 1) Your wikis (and blogs when we used them) are really just online extensions of our classroom. Speech that is not appropriate for class is not appropriate for your electronic forums either. While you are strongly encouraged to engage in debate and conversation with other participants, we also expect that you will conduct yourself in a manner representative of your school.
 * 2) Never EVER EVER give out or record personal information on our wikis (blogs). Your electronic forums 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 last name, your phone number or your home address. This is particularly important to remember if you have a personal online journal or blog elsewhere.
 * 3) Again, your electronic forum 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 or 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.
 * 4) 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.