Blogging 101!

Blogging is: reading, thinking and participating.

You are leaving a permanent mark on the digital world... so think before you post, always! If you wouldn't say something to someone in real time, then re- think what you are writing on your blog. Always be polite and respectful to your readers (which includes teachers and your peers!)

Here are some tips to help you:

1. Students should only use their first names

2. Do not include any of personal information on your blog, and do not include personal information about anyone else (phone number, address, names of anyone, etc.)

3. Never be disrespectful of anyone, and don’t say anything that could offend someone

4. Don’t write about others without their permission, and don’t post photos of others without their permission

5. Link to your sources

6. Copyright rules always apply. Make sure everything you use is copyright free, and be extra careful with sound and images.

7. Proofread your comment for spelling and grammatical errors.

8. Save abbreviations and shortcuts for texting with your friends

9. Always use appropriate language

Copy right friendly Images:

• Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Flickr Creative Commons http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons
• Comp Fight  http://compfight.com/
• Pics4Learning http://www.pics4learning.com/index.php
• ClipArt for teachers and students http://www.pppst.com/clipart.html
• Planet Earth For Free Photos http://www.planetearthforfree.com/free-images.html
• Easy Stock Photos http://www.easystockphotos.com/ 
• Every Stock Photo http://everystockphoto.com/ 
• FreePhotoBank  http://www.freephotobank.org/main.php
• Public Domain Image http://www.public-domain-image.com/ 
• Free Digital Photos http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
• Free Images http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
• Free Media GOO http://www.freemediagoo.com/
• Humanline http://www.humanline.com/en/
• Classroom Clipart http://classroomclipart.com
• Copyright Free Photos http://www.copyrightfreephotos.com
• Gimp-Savvy http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE
• Image Base http://imagebase.davidniblack.com/main.php
• United States Library of Congress – Prints and Photos http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
• Morguefile.com http://www.morguefile.com
• NASA http://www.nasa.gov
• NOAA http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/collections.html
• Photo Pin http://photopin.com/
• Public Domain Photos http://www.public-domain-photos.com/
• Public Domains Pictures http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/
• OpenClipart Library http://www.openclipart.org
• Open Photo http://openphoto.net
• Pics4Learning http://pics.tech4learning.com
• Stock Photos For Free http://www.stockphotosforfree.com
• Stalk Vault  http://stockvault.net/