Wiki+Warranty

=What’s a Wiki?= A wiki is a collaborative website that can be directly edited by anyone with permissions to it, without having to know complicated codes or programming. Wikipedia is the most famous wiki. Our wiki is at http://beachschool.wikispaces.com. Anyone with internet access can see it, but only our classes can edit and add to it.

=Purpose of the wiki= Students at Beach School will be participating in a wiki for school projects: • Creating pages on curriculum topics • Creating written / media projects • Encouraging the process of writing

=Safety= In the interest of students’ safety, the following restrictions have been setup: • Only students, parents, and staff will be allowed to add to or edit the wiki. • Only the teacher can enter registrations • All wiki content is subject to teacher approval and/or deletion. • The teacher will be notified of any edits to the wiki. • No individual or identifiable profiles are available on the wiki.

=Terms and Conditions= All students and participants in this wiki project must agree to the terms and conditions of this agreement.

No student may edit or delete the work of another without including a written explanation for the changes (with pseudonym signature) in the Discussion area for that page.

The teacher, Ms. Griffin, will make every reasonable effort to monitor conduct on the wiki in order to maintain a positive learning community. All participants will respect each other’s time and efforts by supporting the same positive approach.

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.

All participants will be respectful in their postings and edits. No trash-talk, inappropriate language, personal insults, or put-downs will be tolerated.

No participant may share his/her log-in information or protected information about the site with anyone who is not a participant. All participants must protect their log-in and password information, as well as class passwords. If participants suspect that a password has been compromised, he/she must notify the teacher immediately.

Any participant who is aware of violations of this agreement by others must report these violations to the teacher immediately.

All use of the wiki must be in accordance with the school’s Acceptable Use Policy, including entries made from computers outside of school.

Uncited use of copyrighted material in wiki postings, files, or comments will be deemed as plagiarism and punished accordingly.

No posting or edit may facilitate or promote illegal activity, either overtly or by implication.

=Consequences of violating the Warranty=

Any violation of the above terms and conditions shall make the violator subject to immediate termination from the wiki. At the teacher’s discretion, a warning may be given in the case of minor infractions.

=Signatures=

I agree to the terms and conditions of the wiki for  the 2007 -2008 school year. and permit my student to participate in the wiki project.

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