The My Big Campus team will be on-site at the following conferences in the next two weeks. If we're traveling to your area, we encourage you to sign up for training sessions, and stop by our booth to say "Hi!" Click any of the links below to reserve your place.
The My Big Campus team will be on-site at the following conferences in the next two weeks. If we're traveling to your area, we encourage you to sign up for training sessions, and stop by our booth to say "Hi!" Click any of the links below to reserve your place.
The My Big Campus team will be on-site at the following conferences in the next two weeks. If we're traveling to your area, we encourage you to sign up for training sessions, and stop by our booth to say "Hi!" Click any of the links below to reserve your place.
The My Big Campus team will be on-site at the following conferences in the next two weeks. If we're traveling to your area, we encourage you to sign up for training sessions, and stop by our booth to say "Hi!" Click any of the links below to reserve your place.
"Learn how you can extend the classroom with My Big Campus and safe anytime/anywhere blended learning" - Presented by David Sullivan from Lightspeed Systems.
The My Big Campus team will be on-site at the following conferences in the next two weeks. If we're traveling to your area, we encourage you to sign up for training sessions, and stop by our booth to say "Hi!" Click any of the links below to reserve your place.
"Learn how you can extend the classroom with My Big Campus and safe anytime/anywhere blended learning" - Presented by David Sullivan from Lightspeed Systems.
The My Big Campus team will be on-site at the following conferences in the next two weeks. If we're traveling to your area, we encourage you to sign up for training sessions, and stop by our booth to say "Hi!" Click any of the links below to reserve your place.
The My Big Campus team will be on-site at the following conferences in the next two weeks. If we're traveling to your area, we encourage you to sign up for training sessions, and stop by our booth to say "Hi!" Click any of the links below to reserve your place.
The My Big Campus team will be on-site at the following conferences in the next two weeks. If we're traveling to your area, we encourage you to sign up for training sessions, and stop by our booth to say "Hi!" Click any of the links below to reserve your place.
If you've been on My Big Campus for awhile, you've probably noticed me talking to students about "Spam." Today, I'm going to show you what that means, give you a few examples, and explain why it's not allowed on MBC and most other websites.
What is Spam?
Well, there's SPAM®, and then there's "spam."
SPAM® is a canned luncheon meat from Hormel Foods. While not everyone cares for the taste, SPAM has been a staple of army chow and camping cuisine for decades. It's a favorite dish in Hawaii, where it's served at McDonalds and many other restaurants.
Spam is also the title of a famous skit by the British comedy group Monty Python's Flying Circus, in which a couple tries to order breakfast in a cafe, only to find that Spam, Spam, Spam, and Spam are their only choices.
Finally, electronic Spam is anything in email, chat, or discussions, that interrupts and has nothing to do with a conversation. Electronic Spam got its name from the Monty Python "Spam" skit.
Examples of spam
Electronic Spam takes many forms. The one thing all these types of Spam have in common is that it's annoying, distracting, and unwanted. It's like shouting at the top of your lungs when someone else is trying to talk.
Email spam: "Junk mail" sent to millions of people at a time to sell some kind of product that is often fake, illegal, or dangerous.
Text spam: SMS or TXT messages sent to your mobile phone from someone you don't know, trying to sell you something.
Discussion and Comment Spam: Typing the same message over and over, or pasting large amounts of text in a message, or posting off topic messages to disrupt a conversation.
Spam on My Big Campus
One of the reasons your school uses My Big Campus is to give students a safe, supervised place to learn how to use social media appropriately. In other words, My Big Campus is here to help teach students how to be good digital citizens. You can read about My Big Campus rules in the Student Pledge.
We don't allow spam on My Big Campus because, just as in real life, it's rude to interrupt a conversation just to annoy people. Digital citizenship is all about learning to work together with people close to you and from many different places and cultures. Working together like this creates ideas and knowledge that make peoples' lives better.
Spamming on My Big Campus is a serious matter. It's not only rude and disrespectful, in some cases it can make people feel bullied because they don't get a fair chance to take part in online social activities.
I want you all to enjoy using My Big Campus to learn and interact with your friends. Let's all work together to make this a friendly, helpful place for everyone.
Got questions or comments related to the subject of this blog? Please let me know in the comments.
The My Big Campus team will be on-site at the following conferences in the next two weeks. If we're traveling to your area, we encourage you to sign up for training sessions, and stop by our booth to say "Hi!" Click any of the links below to reserve your place.