Best Practices for Blogs

I found many great rules and guidelines for safe blogging practices. I think it is very important for everyone, especially children to have rules about what they say or what they put on their blogs. There are a lot of creeps out there and everyone needs to make sure that they are being smart about what they write. I found three different rules and guidelines that  I really liked and plan to follow myself. The guidelines are: Never offer any personal information, keep blogs positive, and assume what you publish is permanent. I felt like these were important rules because I do not want everyone knowing my information, and I want to be safe about things. I also think it is important to be positive. By being positive I mean to not say rude things about people, and be respectful towards them. I think that even if a blogger is mad they shouldn't post anything that they will regret. In the heat of the moment a lot of people will write or say things that they don't mean, or say things that they don't want other people to see. That's why I want to have the mindset that everything I write is permanent. I found out a lot of information from different websites, and I found two sites that I thought would be great for parents, teachers, and just anyone who blogs.

http://mathmusings.blogspot.com//2006/01safe-blogging.html

http://www.safeteens.com/2006/02/15/teen-guide-to-safe-blogging/

References:

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/parents/socail/blogging.aspx