Ethics, User Policies, and Civility

Another topic of concern raised during the workshop is the development and implementation of user policies to guide the use of these communication tools. Equally challenging is the guidance of ethics and civility in the use of these tools.

This post will serve as the discussion point for these issues. If you have questions, resources or information please post a comment.

Server Software

There have been several questions asked about what type of software is available to install on campus systems for these communications tools. We are starting this post for questions, recommendations, and technical information.

3rd Synchronous Session

Tomorrow is the 3rd synchronous sessions for the Web Communication Trends: Blogs, Wikis, and Newsfeeds. I would like to recommend a few resources that you can visit and read prior to the session:

1. This Canadian website developed Quentin D'Souza, an Elementary Resource Teacher for Academic Communication and Information Technology at the Toronto Catholic District School Board, provides great resources for all the topics we have been discussing. In particular I would recommend that you visit his resource page at - http://www.teachinghacks.com/resources/ and take a look his resource document RSS Ideas for Educators - http://www.teachinghacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/RSS%20Ideas%20for%20Educators1.pdf.
   2. "Pssss... Have You Heard About RSS?" from Alan Levine, of Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction.
   3. "RSS Quick Start Guide for Educators" from Will Richardson's Weblogg-ed.