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Student Chat Rooms
[NOTE: These chat rooms programs at this site have been included to give students opportunities to practice their chat room communication skills. Other students are welcome to join, but are asked to always behavior in a polite manner.]
Try this chat room program. It will help you practice your chat-room etiquette and typing skills.
Remember these guidelines before beginning as suggested by Jo Torgessen (Chat Etiquette / Chat Protocol):
- Scan at least 10 to 20 posts to determine the topic being discussed before posting.
- Decide what tone the conversation has taken before posting.
- Your first post should be to greet everyone in the chat.
- Wait for your post to be recognized and others to greet you before jumping into the
- discussion.
- If you do not know any of the participants in the discussion, introduce yourself briefly.
- If you do not want to participate in the ongoing discussion, but want your presence
- known, state that you are lurking. This is polite, especially if you plan to chat once the topic shifts.
- When you are ready to leave the chat area, state you are leaving and then stay around andrespond to final messages.
- Your last post should end with a 'last post' indicator, such as /lp or /last, etc.
Take a look at these articles for more information on chatroom communication: