Grade 9 netiquette
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Netiquette provides guidelines for polite and appropriate online behavior. The core rules include remembering the human on the other side, behaving online as you would in real life, and knowing where you are in cyberspace. Specific guidelines include respecting others' time, privacy, and bandwidth; sharing knowledge helpfully; controlling flame wars; and being forgiving of mistakes. Netiquette aims to promote effective, respectful communication online.
Grade 9 netiquette
- 1. {{ NetiquetteNetiquette The Do’s and Don’ts of Online CommunicationThe Do’s and Don’ts of Online Communication
- 2. The Core Rules of Netiquette •Rule 1: Remember the human •Rule 2: Behave online as you do in real life •Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace •Rule 4: Respect other people’s time and bandwidth •Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
- 3. The Core Rules of Netiquette •Rule 6: Share expert knowledge •Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control •Rule 8: Respect other people’s privacy •Rule 9: Don’t abuse your power •Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people’s mistakes
- 4. Introduction Netiquette - A set of rules for behaving properly online Etiquette - The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; Internet - worldwide network of computer computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange. Netiquette - Internet + etiquette
- 5. Remember the human Online or in life remember The Golden Rule There are only words online, no nonverbal cues, making it easy to misinterpret meaning Test before sending/posting: Would you say it to the person’s face? If not, reword and reread. Words are written - they may come back and you don’t know where they might go Typing in all capitals indicates you are SHOUTING to your audience
- 6. Behave online as you do in real life Standards of behavior may be different in some areas of cyberspace but they are not lower than in real life Be ethical Breaking the law is bad netiquette Do your best to act within the laws of society and cyberspace It is okay to post a message from someone else only if the author of the message has given his/her permission
- 7. Know where you are in cyberspace Netiquette varies from domain to domain Lurk before you leap Look around in new domains, listen to the chat, read the archives, figure out how people already there act, then join in and participate.
- 8. Respect other people’s time and bandwidth (the amount of data that can be passed along a communications channel in a given period of time) Ensure the time people spend reading your information isn’t wasted You are not the center of cyberspaceBefore copying people in on your messages ask yourself if they really need to know No spamming - widely posting junk mail It is never okay to scroll a chat screen (type a single letter or symbol and keep hitting send)
- 9. Make yourself look good online Take advantage of your anonymity You will be judged on the quality of your writing - spelling and grammar do count Know what you are talking about and make sense Don’t post flame- bait (don’t use offensive language or be confrontational for the sake of confrontation)
- 10. Share expert knowledge Share the results of your questions with others Post resource lists and bibliographies in the area of your expertise The Internet was created for sharing information - help make the world a better place
- 11. Help keep flame wars under control Flaming - what people do when they express a strongly held opinion without holding back any emotion Flaming can be fun and is both traditional and okay Flame wars (series of angry letters between two or three people) are forbidden
- 12. Respect other people’s privacy You wouldn’t look through a coworkers desk, don’t look through personal e-mail
- 13. Don’t abuse your power Knowing more than others, or having more power than they do, does not give you the right to take advantage of them Those with more power or knowledge include: Wizards in MUDs (multi-user dungeons) Experts in every office System administrators in every system
- 14. Be forgiving of other people’s mistakes Everyone was a beginner, or network newbie, at some point Ignore minor errors Think twice before pointing out mistakes and do it privately and politely Pointing out Netiquette violations are often examples of poor Netiquette