Guidelines for Student Comments

Watching a teacher setting a class loose to comment online prompted me to come up with some resources to guide students in the art of commenting.  When little or no direction is given, students post comments full of slang, miss-spellings and humour that may be misunderstood or offensive.

In short, student comments should:

• be succinct
• stay on topic
• extend the conversation
• be polite, respectful

Students should remember:

• your first comment of someone's blog is like meeting a stranger
• using slang may confuse or offend
• your comment is a reflection on you, your school, your community

Online Resources:

New York Times - The Learning Network - Lesson Plan

Care to Comment? Considering Internet Discussion Protocol 

Give your students commenting practice or post your class blog to invite comments from others

Comments for Kids

Jan Smith's class commenting guidelines

Huzzah

Sue Water's The Edublogger 

Set up your blogging rules and guidelines 

Kim Cofino's

Student blogging guidelines

I'm adding Silvia Tolisano's Blogging Lesson Plan thanks to a comment left by Alex, below.

If you know of any other useful resources please leave a comment!