Community Guidelines

What to Do

• Please be mindful of your tone when posting on Edutopia.org. We've all seen misunderstandings erupt via email. A little care before hitting "send" -- particularly in a heated discussion -- can help prevent a discussion from going badly.
• Please use common sense around your privacy and security. Edutopia.org offers a messaging system that enables you to send a message to another community member privately. We encourage you to use this rather than to post your email address or phone number in public.
• Community members, please feel free to share your accomplishments with the group. If you've created something you want to sell -- like a book or a instructional video -- it's okay to promote it here, as long as you're a regular participant in the community and you keep the volume within reason.
• Please feel free to reprint any content on Edutopia.org, as long as it's for non-commercial use, and attributed to the original content creator.
• Do get involved! Our community is full of passionate people who care about education; we want to hear from you!

What Not to Do

• Please do not spam, attempt to phish, or misrepresent yourself as someone else.
• Please do not post anything on Edutopia.org that you don't have the rights to.
• Please don't post content that is obscene, racist, or otherwise offensive. There are plenty of other places on the Internet for this.
• Please do not post any content from Edutopia.org on any other sites for any for-profit purpose. You may reproduce Edutopia.org content for non-profit ends, as long as you attribute it as follows "Originally published (insert publication date) © Edutopia.org | The George Lucas Educational Foundation"

Other Things to Keep In Mind

• You own the content that you author. Edutopia reserves the right to redistribute it, either for editorial or marketing purposes.
• Content posted in these forums may be picked up by Google and other search engines.

We have created these guidelines to ensure a positive experience for all -- a goal we take very seriously. If you see any breach of these guidelines, please let us know at community@edutopia.org.