Tuesday 20 February 2007

signatures

Adding a signature to an email looks professional. People know how to reach you outside the internet. They know your name and where you live, what can also be problematic, in case that the email is read by people you don’t want to know such personal things. Your email can be abused for spamming, your postal address tells a lot about you. But sometimes, a signature is necessary. You have to evaluate for every email if you add a signature, but the danger of spam mails is always there.

Tuesday 6 February 2007

Internet addiction

I think many students have a very serious problem. In my opinion they spend too much time in Internet. Sometimes it is like a addiction. They stay up very late and after that they can not have a good sleep. Next day they must go to school, but they are too "weary in body and mind". And it is daily ... I do not want say that it is problem for all students ... please, do not get me wrong, but we should think about it!

Monday 5 February 2007

New development

The project develops dynamically in never planned dimensions:
Students of the J.NEIKENA DIKĻU PAMATSLOLA (in DIKĻU PAGASTS, VALMIERAS RAJONS, LATVIJA) are studying the blog about netiquette.
Spreading out the awareness of using the internet and the problems with internet, the knowledge about internet security and to keep good manners using communication possibilities of internet are always a theme.

As partners of a new Comenius project (in the frame of the LLL-program of the European Community) these are first steps into a good future of collaboration.

Have a look at the picture of Rota Barite, teacher at the DIKĻU Pamatslola (a famous place in Latvia containing the memorial of traditional Latvian songs).

Vircavas vidusskola in Vircava, Latvia

The Vircavas vidusskola is situated 10 km outside of jelgava in the small village of Vircava. The school uses the old so calld cavalier house, a part of the old castle of Vircava. It's a baroque building from 1780 and it's the only part that was not destroyed.




The school is quite well equiped and works as partner in international projects for many years. The second picture shows Guna Pupede, the teacher for informatics and Psychologie with some of her students (June 2006).


Picture: © Peter Mazohl
Address & Contact: Guna Pupede, Vircavas vidusskola , LV 3020 Vircava, Yelgava, Lettland

Sunday 4 February 2007

Second Latvian school joins!

A second Latvian school joined our project. They used the opportunity to discuss internet communication and safety by means of our blog. Here you have two pictures of Rota Barite, teacher at the DIKĻU Pamatslola in Latvia.

This photograph shows the students at work (J.NEIKENA DIKĻU PAMATSLOLA (in DIKĻU PAGASTS, VALMIERAS RAJONS, LATVIJA).

Friday 2 February 2007

Who we are

We are students from Austria (BG Babenbergerring in Wiener Neustadt), Latvia (Vircava High school / Jelgava) and some guys from Verona (Scuola Media ‘Don Milani’- Istituto comprensivo 14, Verona/Italia) running a Blog to discuss problems concerning the internet.
If you want to write us don't hesitate to use our email address: Mister Netiquette (E-mail: mister.netiquette AT gmx DOT net).
Here we are in our standard working situation:

If you are interested to participate at our blog then write us, send us your text (we will post it) or feel free to leave a comment.

Responsible for this BLOG: Mr. Netiquette, BG Babenbergerring, Wiener Neustadt (Austria)

Thursday 1 February 2007

What about content?

Internet content is totally uncensored. Because of this, children surfing the Web can be exposed to sexual, malicious, racist and violent content in e-mail messages, chats and forums.
You may find political content that's incorrect (e.g. published by totalitary states) - but even the Senat of the United States does it - they publish "sugarcoated" content.
And what about Wikipedia? Are you shure that every information found there is correct?
Don't believe what you read. Preserve a critical sense for information - or do you believe everything you read in daily newspaper?

Here you have an interesting example: faked diaries of an artist.

How do you prefere to communicate?

by Lucas Bonanni

I think chatting is better than E-mail writing, smileys are super to view the emotions of the writer. Smileys are very important for Emotions There are some very popular programs for example: ICQ, MSN-Messenger, or even Skype.
I use this programs every day, because I have many freetime to write with friends. Since I had a personal computer I use these chat-programs, almost every friend of me also runs a chat program. In this programs you can also use Webcams.