Internet as a Community and Netiquette
Welcome! In this unit you will review the concept of the Internet as a community, you will learn about netiquette and you will learn how to send, receive, reply and use e-mail properly.
First let's review what a community is. Using the link below, type in as many words as you can come up with to describe a community, then click on go to see your word cloud. You have five minutes.
http://www.wordle.net/create
What words did you come up with? Share with your neighbor.
Great, now let's review why the Internet is a community.
So what are the main differences between the Online Community and the Physical Community? Let's review. On the game below, put the terms in the correct bins. The person with the best time wins the prize!
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Great job! Now let's take a look at the Venn Diagram below to see how you did!
Okay, so now lets think about what rules might exist in cyberspace. Click on the links below and watch the three videos. After watching the videos, come up with four rules about how to behave when you are talking to others online. We will discuss these rules together as a class.
(video orignially from url:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg_Hderrlks)
(Video originally from url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRlXfs0SYk8)
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