We´re at the beginning of the ESCAPE PROJECT with participants from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. We´ll be working together for the next three years that´s why we feel it is necessary to think about and follow certain rules of online communication, privacy and copyright.

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NETIQUETTE

COMMUNICATION
Follow the same standards of behaviour which you keep to in real life.
Forgive other people´s mistakes, you make them too.
React and help in discussions, answer questions in your profile and in forums.
Be positive and polite, use neutral words.
Never forget that the person reading your mail/posting is a person with feelings which can be hurt. 

PRIVACY
Don´t publish your address or phone number on social networks.
Keep your password secret and strong.
Don´t upload intimate photos.
Don´t believe all information on the Internet.
Don´t open emails which came from unknown address.
Don´t answer rude and vulgar emails, save them and inform parents/teachers/friends.
Don´t insult other people.
Respect other people´s privacy.
Don´t overload others with too much information, most will remain unnoticed or unread.
Don´t spend all your time on the Internet.

 

COPYRIGHT
Respect copyright.
Mention a source.
Use credible sources.
Work with free resources with Creative Commons Licence.

 

Digital citizenship

"By now it’s become clear: For all its wonders, the digital age has also introduced its fair share of challenges. From social media and cyberbullying to cybercrime, internet addiction and online privacy concerns, today’s students face a wide range of difficult issues that previous generations never had to think about.

And yet, we don’t have to start from scratch. The elements of digital citizenship, it turns out, are not so different from the basic tenets of traditional citizenship: Be kind, respectful and responsible, and just do the right thing."

By Andra Brichacek, www.iste.org

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