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Go back to an old post — the one on the choice of whom to save in a scenario. Edit your post — copy and paste the following in the post then save your post and publish again.

“This is just a scenario to illustrate the difficulty that sometimes accompanies choices in our lives. If you have the chance to only save yourself and two out of three other people in an accident (other people: your father, your mother, and your brother or sister), then who would thoe two people be? This is just a scenario and not a real incident. But you have to choose and explain why you made that choice. There are no right or wrong answers, but think about how you explain your choices.”

That’s it. Make sure to paste the quote above in the “choices” post to avoid confusion among readers of your blogs.

Visit the the following story at the KUAM website – click here. What do you think about the news story? Blog your reaction. Think about the effects of this incident on Guam society and tourism. What do you think should be done to minimize such incidents?

Read the Blogging Safety Guidelines in the post before this. Choose a bullet item, copy it and quote it in your post — make sure to credit the ORIGINAL source of the quote. Blog about the guideline. What do you think about the guideline you chose? Why is it important to follow the guideline? Think about this.

Dear students:

Here’s a link that provides you tips on safety in blogging: http://www.blogsafety.com/

We will visit this site in class today and blog about thes guidelines and other rules/tips that the site offers. The guidelines are posted here as well for quick reference.

“Blogging Guidelines for Teens”

• Avoid postings that could enable a stranger to locate you. That includes your last name, the name of your school or sports teams, the town you live in and where you hang out.
• Check to see if your blogging service has a “friends” list that allows you to control who can visit your blog. If so, be sure to allow only people you know and trust. Be very careful before adding strangers to your list and be extremely careful about the information you post that can be accessed by people outside your friends list.
• Avoid getting together with someone you “meet” through a blog unless you are certain of their actual identity. If you do meet them, arrange the meeting in a public place and bring some friends along.
• Be very careful about photographs you put on your blog. It’s best to avoid photos that can make it easy for people to recognize you. It’s a very bad idea to post photos that are suggestive or sexual in nature. Before uploading a photo, ask how you would feel if that picture were seen by your parents, a college admissions counselor, a potential employer, a future boyfriend/girlfriend or spouse or, perhaps, your grandparents. What if you were to run for office someday? What you post on the Internet can be downloaded by others and can hang around forever.
• Avoid postings that could embarrass you, your friends or family members now or later. Remember, what you post on your blog can be copied and stored and could come back to haunt you years later.
• If you allow non-friends or strangers to post comments to your blog, check the comments regularly to make sure they’re appropriate and, if not, remove them. Never allow messages that are mean, threatening or embarrassing to you or others. Never respond to such messages either. Just delete them and, if possible, block that person from visiting your blog.
• Do not lie about your age when you sign up for a blog. Age limitations are there for a good reason. Claiming that you are older than you are could get you into trouble and put you at risk.

For more information about blogging and Internet safety, visit BlogSafety.com and SafeTeens.com