Are You Blogging Yet?

8th graders in MzMac's West Virginia Studies class began registering their blogs today!
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WHY ARE WE BLOGGING?

Teachers are required by the West Virginia state content standards for 21st Century Learning (21C.O.5-8.1.TT.9) to have students use telecommunication tools, such as Blogs, in order to learn academic content and to gather, share and publish information to various audiences.

According to CSO 21C.O.5-8.3.TT.4: Students are required to comply with county acceptable use policy. Students will discuss legal and ethical behaviors related to acceptable use of information and communication technology (e.g., privacy, security, copyright, file-sharing, plagiarism) and predict the possible effects of unethical use of technology (e.g., consumer fraud, intrusion, spamming, virus setting, hacking) on the individual and society, as well as identify methods for addressing these risks.

What is the Acceptable Use Policy?

Please click on this link to read West Virginia Board of Education Policy 2460 which governs the acceptable use of the Internet in the classroom.
http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2460.html

"The use of the Internet as part of an educational program is a privilege, not a right, and inappropriate or unauthorized use or safety violations could result in revocation or suspension of that privilege."