Room 4 Blogging

Hello Room 4 Families,

I wanted to share with you our new class website/blog and let you know that I am hoping to have the students begin contributing to our blog by the end of the year.  I know that we have some very talented students and I want them to be able to showcase the great things that they are doing in a larger way.

I know that we have students who will be writing their own blogs in the near future, other students who love sharing their stories and others who have created their very own scratch programming video game.  I would like the site to be more interactive and be a place that we (the teacher, parents/family and students) can comment on the students great work.

The district has a set of guidelines that we will follow in the creation of our class blog.  I will keep you updated in the process.  You can read the district guidelines that I will use to begin with.  If you have any questions comments or concerns please let me know and we can discuss what to do.  Thanks, Mr. Brian.

4j District Blog Guidelines

ALL K-12 Students

It is clear that there are significant risks, as well as significant advantages, involved with allowing students to be identified on the Internet. Therefore students should not be easily identifiable from materials they might publish on the Internet. No directory information should be posted on the web for students whose parents have returned the form asking that such information not be released.

Student Internet Publishing Guidelines

• Only first names should be used in published student work.
• Pictures that are a part of student publishing should not include identifying information.
• Under no circumstances should a student’s home address or phone number be included.
• If replies to published student work are appropriate, the sponsoring teacher’s address should be the email address displayed, not the student’s.
• In special circumstances with parent-signed release, identifying information can be added.
• No social sites are to be accessed using District provided student email accounts.

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