eTwinning netiquette
- 1. eTwinning Netiquette Central Support Service
- 2. Partner Finding Forums Choose the right forum (eTwinning/Comenius Partnership) Choose the right age group One message is sufficient! More messages can be considered SPAM Before posting a new message, check if other interesting messages are present and reply to them Do not post the same message in more than one forum
- 3. Teachers Rooms They are to discuss general issues They are not for partner finding! Before creating one Room, check if it is not already present. If it is, join this room Before posting a message, be sure it is relevant for the discussion
- 4. Profiles When posting a comment on somebody else’s profile, make sure it is relevant for the user Check if the user is available for a project or a Comenius Partnership. If the user is not available, and you are looking for a partner, it is not relevant to invite him/her to a project Do not write the same comment to more users! Comments must be personal and related to the user’s profile
- 5. Internal mailbox Before sending a message to a user check if the user is available for projects or Comenius Partnerships Check his/her profile. Send only messages which are relevant Do not send the same message to more users!
- 6. Personal Details In forums (partner finding and Teachers Rooms) and in comments in Journals, do not write personal details (email address, phone number) If you want to exchange personal details, do it via the mailbox but only after you agreed with the recipient
- 7. Pictures Upload pictures only if you are sure you have the right to do so Avoid pictures of pupils in profiles, TwinSpaces etc. In any case, pupils should not be recognisable
- 8. Commercial / Adverts No messages (profiles, forums, mailbox) with adverts of events, competitions, fairs etc. should be posted, unless relevant for the context
- 9. Project Diary It is the blog of your Project It allows to tell the world (or only your NSS) what you are doing in the project Do not upload pictures of kids! You can use the TwinSpace (which is restricted) for this