Cautionary+Notes

A few cautionary notes and life lessons
First, the Ontario College of Teachers has issued an Advisory around social media. You can view a youtube video on this advisory here: media type="youtube" key="8iMLjqIptBc" height="390" width="640"

Prior to starting to publish student writing online, tell your students:

=Think before you post!=

Do not delete other people's work.

Everything you do is tracked on the wiki in the history area. If you change a page (and you are welcome to), then it will appear there.

Make only positive changes and additions.

Be respectful of your classmats always - in class and online.

The U.S. Patriot Act and You (and your students)
After 9/11, the US introduced new security laws in the U.S. Patriot Act. This allows the U.S. government to look into anything stored on servers located in the U.S.A. Chances are that the servers wikispaces uses are located in the US. Therefore the content of your wiki and your students' writing is subject to the Patriot Act.

Learn more by visiting the London Region MISA site and clicking on the second video **Digital Data Protection**. Click here.