Mrs. Luepke’s

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 accepted

Need to feel their ideas are valued

Need 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