Methodology of Bilingual, English Language Development and Content Instruction

Netiquette/Participation Agreement, Winter '03

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Participation:

• Discussion Question Responses and Classmate Replies. It is extremely important that you participate in class discussion in the community forum section of Teachscape. (Further instructions and a hands-on session during class time will be provided. ) The community forum is where you will post your discussion question responses and comment on your classmates' questions and responses. In general your posted discussions question responses should be a minimum of 1 screen (approximately 1/2 page single-spaced or roughly 300-500 words) of text per discussion question. You should strive to participate in the community forum section at least 3 days per week which includes your responses as well as comments on your classmates responses. Of course, you will be so stimulated by these discussions that you will find yourself logging on and participating everday! Reminder -- words posted are the responsibility of the poster.
• Netiquette. Ideas presented by the community may lead to heated discussion and disagreement among participants and are encouraged. Keeping that in mind, we are here for the purpose of meeting learning goals and moderators reserve that right to remove messages that might be offensive to the group or do not promote a scholarly discussion. Also, general rules of netiquette should be followed. Your comfort level may be well established in face to face meetings but posting to an online community what may seem reasonable, understandable, or humorous to you may not be received in that way by your readers. Recommended codes of Internet practice, known as netiquette, include the following :
  • Avoid replies or responses to the whole list of yes, no, or "I agree!". This is meaningless and you too would be annoyed to open such a message. Make sure to include a subject ("topics" in Teachscape language) or reply to a subject line of a message, indicate the context of your comment and something "meaningful". Examples will be provided during class.
  • If your topic is not relevant to the entire audience, think twice before sending it. Responding to a classmates' posting is not the same as sending personal emails. Send personal emails outside the community forum.
  • General postings should be made to the designated group forum area provided. Class instruction on how to do this will be provided.
  • Avoid humor that may be misunderstood or offend.
  • Do not use all capital letters; people will think you are shouting.
  • In general, do not communitcate to the group that which you would not want communicated to you.
• Confidentiality of information. By participating in this online forum we are all in agreement that conversations will not be repeated outside the community. It is also important to note that pseudonyms and fictious names should be used to protect the privacy of people and places that you may be referring to in your comments.
• Intellectual property. The issue of who owns what information presented in courses such as this is legally complex, and armies of lawyers are working on such issues even as we speak. Stanford University is still in the process of developing its own policies on this matter. The instructors for this course take the position of making as much information as is legally allowed to the broadest audience possible. That is why the reading list is available to anyone with access to the internet, as are links to readings that are available on-line and the website being developed to accompany these courses. Feel free to share these materials with your colleagues and friends! Materials that are proprietary, such as the Teachscape cases and copyrighted text materials, are being made accessible only to students enrolled in this course. Treat these materials in the same way that you would treat any copyrighted materials.
• You are the pulse of the community -- keep it steady and lively!

Miscellaneous:

• Role of moderator. Albert Lozano (email alozano@stanford.edu), Annie Rodriguez (email LaAnnieRodriguez@aol.com) and Lisa Kwong (lisaslathers@yahoo.com) will be the moderators of the forum discussions and will be concerned mostly with ensuring that discussions stay on target, encourage learning, and support a scholarly discussion. Meeting the learning goals is a community responsibility. For mediating issues contact Kenji Hakuta (email hakuta@stanford.edu).
• Role of technology coordinator. Teachscape provides customer support via phone, 1-888479-7600, 8a.m.-midnight (EST), or can be reached by email using the email support form, http://teachscape.ecaresupport.com/forms Teresa Cameron will be the Stanford technical advisor coordinating with Teachscape. Should you have any difficulties reaching Teachscape or have general questions regarding the technology please feel free to email Teresa or phone her at 650-725-2791. The Teachscape website also provides a general "Help" webpage.

Instructors: Kenji Hakuta (hakuta@stanford.edu) and Albert Lozano (alozano@stanford.edu)

Technology Specialist: Teresa Cameron (tac@stanford.edu)

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