You have proposed clauses for the class digital safety charter. Today you turn the strongest of those into polished wording the class can actually adopt.
A vague clause sounds nice and does nothing. Be kind online leaves everyone free to decide what kind means. A specific clause names the action so a stranger could follow it tomorrow.
Your specialism is one of three areas: guarding information, managing social network identity, or cyberbullying strategies. Your teacher will confirm which area you own today. If you missed the brainstorm session, pick one area and draft fresh; you are not blocked.
Draft two or three polished clauses for your area. Those feed the class charter in the next workshops.
This workshop protects real drafting time; your teacher will pace it to the period.
Three terms matter today:
| Term | What it means for you | Real example |
|---|---|---|
| Specific clause | Your wording should leave no room to wriggle. Name the exact action. | Ask before posting a photo that somebody else is in |
| Tone | Sound like a rule people will live by, not a slogan or a threat. Rewrite the same action until it is firm and fair. | Too soft: Try to save mean posts if you can. Firm and fair: Save the post and tell a teacher the same day. Too harsh: Anyone who posts anything mean is out of the group. |
| Why sentence | Under each clause, one honest reason it belongs in the charter. | It stops private details going public before anyone notices |
Vague versus useful. Read this pair. The left-hand version is what most first drafts sound like. The right-hand version is what a class can keep.
Be careful with personal information. → Do not post your full address, school name, or phone number on a public profile.
Draft two or three polished clauses for the area your teacher confirmed. If you are working alone, write at least one polished clause (with a why sentence) for each of the three areas.
This is the communication piece that goes into your Communication Portfolio: polished charter wording your class can adopt. Draft two or three polished clauses for your specialism area. If you are working alone, write at least one polished clause for each of the three areas. Under each clause, write one sentence on why it belongs in the class charter.
Use the on-page tool to mark anything still vague and rewrite it there. Only the final polished clauses and why sentences go into your Portfolio file, m2_l46_charter_clauses_<your-initials>, with your specialism area named at the top.
Read your clauses once, or swap with someone on the same specialism. Then score them on this list: Strong, Nearly there, or Needs work. Anything below Strong needs a specific comment that names the clause. At the end, name the one change that would improve the set most.
Talk this through with the person beside you, or sit with it quietly:
If you want to keep thinking about it, add a short note in your Reflective Journal later.
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