Wiki+Protocol

Protocol for my Classroom Wikis

__**Purposes**__

The members of //each// of Ms. Slobodnik's classes//,// face to face, original credit, online, adolescent learners, adult learners, and recovery classes will participate in a class wiki for the following purposes and goals:


 * Responding to and commenting on required curriculum topics
 * Learning to collaborate and share
 * Creating and sharing written and multimedia projects, and commenting on each other’s work
 * Writing to learn, including the writing process
 * Practicing different types of essay writing, including Argumentative, Comparison, DBQ, Change over Time, and other types of historical writing
 * Reviewing and sharing study strategies, including test preparation
 * Creative writing
 * Perspective taking and varied points of view on a topic
 * Sharing classroom events with families
 * Sharing special projects, such as …I Search, song writing,
 * Discussing current events
 * Making classroom suggestions
 * Creating FAQ pages on curriculum topics

<span style="background-color: #85ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Safety** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In the interest of students’ safety, the following restrictions have been configured on the wiki:


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Only the teacher may enter student registrations
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Only students, parents, and staff members with a related interest to this class are allowed to add to or edit the wiki.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Only registered members can see the wiki
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All wiki content is subject to teacher approval and/or deletion.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The teacher will be notified of any edits to the wiki.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All wiki content will be removed at the end of each school year. Please save your work for post class viewing.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__No individual or identifiable profiles are available on the wiki__

<span style="background-color: #85ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**T**﻿**erms and Conditions** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__All students and participants in this wiki project must agree to the terms and conditions of this agreement.__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No student may edit or delete the work of another without including a written explanation for the changes (with initials or pseudonym signature) in the Discussion area for that page.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The teacher, Ms. Slobodnik, will make every reasonable effort to monitor conduct on the class wiki in order to maintain a positive learning community. All participants will respect the each other’s time and efforts by supporting the same positive approach.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No student or other participant may include any information or images on the site that could compromise the safety of himself or other wiki members. Avoid specific comments about our location or schedules, if they would be visible to outsiders.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No student may post for another student, use other students' words or work.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All participants will be respectful in their postings and edits. No trash-talk, inappropriate language, personal insults, profanity, spam, racist, sexist or discriminatory remarks, or threatening comments will be tolerated.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No student or other participant may post, comment, or change settings on the site in violation of these terms and conditions.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All participants must protect their log-in and password information, as well as class passwords (if any) . If participants suspect that a password has been compromised, he/she must notify the teacher immediately.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No participant may share his/her log-in information or protected information about the site with anyone who is not a participant. This includes adding trackbacks or other means by which outsiders can access the site without permission.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Any participant who is aware of violations of this agreement by others must report these violations to the teacher immediately both verbally and in writing (email or note).
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All use of the wiki must be in accordance with the school’s Acceptable Use Policy, and Academic Honesty Policy, including entries made from computers outside of school.
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Uncited use of copyrighted material in wiki postings, files, or comments will be deemed as plagiarism and punished accordingly.
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No posting or edit may facilitate or promote illegal activity, either overtly or by implication, including copyright infringement rules.
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No student may edit or delete the work of another without including a written explanation for the changes in the Discussion area for that page.
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Consequences of violating the Warranty:** Any violation of the above terms and conditions shall make the violator subject to both immediate termination from the wiki, **with all related sacrifice of points toward grades** and to discipline through the District and School Code of Conduct, where applicable. At the teacher’s discretion, a warning may be given in the case of minor infractions.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Signature:** Please send Ms. Slobodnik an email (see the school webpage) and you will receive a survey with this agreement via email <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I agree to the terms and conditions of the class wiki the current school year, and permit my student to participate in the wiki project.

__<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Student signature and Date __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Parent signature and Date

__<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Parent/Guardian membership--this note must be printed and brought in person to the teacher during the regular school day, or completed during Open House** __

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**I wish to be a registered member of the class wiki. Please add me to the wikispace:**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**PRINT CLEARLY!**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Name:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Email address:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Name of student:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Relationship to student:

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