The Rules Of The Internet

By : Alethea Jones

Netiquette (:

Rule 1 : Be Careful What You Say .

“Nearly 43% of kids have been bullied online .” (StopCyberBullying)

“Over 80% of teens use a cellphone regularly ,making if most common medium for cyber bullying.” (National Crime Prevention Council)

0 Don’t use rude or bad language on the Internet. 0 You never know who is watching you while on social

networks.

Rule 2: Never Give Out Personal Information .

0Do not give your full name, address , or phone number to people you don’t really know.

0Tell your parents if someone is harassing or being over friendly with you on the internet.

0Never respond to a message or email from a person you don’t know personally.

Rule 3: Once Its Online It Won’t Go Away .

0Once you publish something on the Internet it will never go away.

0Even if you try to delete what you put , someone could always go back and retrieve it.

0What you put online today can affect what kind of job you have tomorrow.

Plagiarism

Rule 4 : Never copy word for word what someone else has

made.0You wouldn’t want someone to steal what you took

time to create so why do it to others ?0Make sure when you typing a paper or something that

you are not copying word for word what the author has put.

0Always when your writing a paper remember to put the information in your own words.

Rule 5 : Always Cite Where You Got Your Information

From .0Whenever you are looking for something always

remember to cite where you got it from.0Your teacher might want to go and look back and see

where you got your information from.0Your teacher might also want to see if you just copied

and pasted or put it in your own words.

PAUSE !

0An example how to cite something

0Full title of work . Document date if known, Full http address and date of visit.

0Further Example

0Pikulsi, Jack. “The Role of Phonics in the Teaching of Reading.” Feb 5 ,1997,

Copyright !

Rule 6 : Beware Of Copyright Symbols.

0 “A copyright is a legal right given to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor.” (Dictionary.com)

0 If there is a copyright symbol on some information or picture you can’t use it.

Rule 7 : If You Get Caught .

0You might have to pay a fine .0You might get a lawsuit .0You could go to jail .

0 If You're In School0You could be expelled .0You could have to write a essay .0 Internet restriction.0You could have to take discipline classes.

Rule 8 : What Happens If A Person Copyrights Your

Work ?

0You wouldn’t think it would be fair if someone copyrighted your work right .

0 If this happens you should take a picture of the work the person did.

0Then you should be sure to e-mail the person to tell them to take it down.

Class Is Dismissed (:

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