Acceptable Use
Policy
Students
ACCEPTABLE USE OF SCHOOL
COMPUTERS
The use of computers in school is
an essential component in a 21st Century education. We expect the use
of computers to be appropriate and meaningful to the content of the
District curriculum. We will take every precaution to ensure that
your child is not exposed to inappropriate, illegal, or defamatory
sites but recognize that there is no guarantee that your child will
never come into contact with such sites. The acceptable use of the
District's electronic information services (EIS) requires the use of
these resources be in accordance with the following guidelines, and
supports the educational goals of the district.
Students will be utilizing both
email and the Internet. With this in mind, the following is a list of
proper student behaviors using this technology. Please keep in mind
that email and Internet use is not private.
email
Use
- training on proper email use
will occur before email accounts are issued
- email among students, staff on
campus, and cooperating corespondents is allowed
- the school rules regarding use
of profanity, verbal abuse, and threatening statements apply to
email messages
- students will
not:
- access, send or display
offensive pictures or messages
- violate copyright
laws
- use obscene
language
- harass, insult, or attack
others
- use another person's account
password
Internet/Web Page
Use
- training on proper use of the
Internet will occur before students are allowed access the World
Wide Web
- to preserve the anonymity of
students, each student will be given an alias for use when student
work is placed on our web
- students will only access
teacher specified web sites by way of teacher
bookmarks
- students will not:
- access, send or display
offensive pictures or messages
- use obscene
language
- harass, insult, or attack
others
- violate copyright
laws
- use another person's account or
password
- type in URL without teacher's
permission
Students
must:
- use technology resources for
educational purposes only
- agree not to retrieve or
display any inappropriate material, including material that is
defamatory, abusive, obscene, profane, gang-related, sexually
threatening or explicit, racially offensive or illegal
- not attempt to harm, modify,
gain unauthorized access to district systems or data, destroy
software or interfere with system security
- not reveal names, home
addresses, or personal phone numbers over the Internet
- abide by all copyright
regulations, thereby refraining from plagiarizing or illegally
copying copyrighted material.
CONSEQUENCES
Students who are not responsible
and who do not follow the District's policies on the use of the
Internet and email may face one or all of the following penalties.
Remember, the use of the Internet and various technologies offered by
the school district is a privilege, not a right.
Students K-8
- Parent Notification
- Parent Conference
- Loss of Internet and email
access
- In-School
Suspension
- Suspension from
school
- Civil and Criminal Penalties
when appropriate
Student
Agreement and Parental Permission
Forms
* Acceptable Use Policy and
forms were adapted from
John Hay, 1999.
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Instructional
Employees
Terms and Conditions on the use of
Electronic Information Services (Please sign and read carefully.)
Acceptable
Use
I will use the service to support
the personal educational goals and objectives within the scope of the
objectives of the School District. Inappropriate use may result the
termination of the use of electronic information services (EIS)
and/or appropriate disciplinary action.
The instructional employee
must:
- Use the EIS only for the
purposes of instruction during instructional time.
- Follow all copyright
regulations.
- Agree not to display, submit,
publish, any abusive, obscene, inaccurate, defamatory, profane,
sexually oriented, racially offensive, threatening, or illegal
material.
- Receive prior approval from the
Superintendent for any information or promotion, including, but
not limited to web pages prior to their publication. All such
information becomes the property of the District.
- Agree not to divulge any
personal home numbers or home addresses other than their
own.
- Understand that electric mail
is not private and can be accessed and read by select district
personnel.
- Agree not to use the network in
ways that would cause a disruption of its use by other
members.
- Pay fees which result from
purchases and/or the use of services of products not previously
authorized for payment by the district.
- Follow the code of conduct of
the district.
- Agree not to use the EIS for
personal gain, commercial use, or profit.
- Maintain direct supervision of
all the students when the EIS is in use.
- Agree not to attempt to modify,
harm, or destroy software or interfere with the security of the
system.
- Take responsibility for
personal accounts, including the safeguarding of all personal
account information from directly logging on, unauthorized use,
and supervising account activities.
Users may practice and build their
EIS skills through personal use of computers during noncotract time
with students, as well as before and/or after school/work
hours.
The instructional employee
should:
- Use correct mechanics and make
messages easy to understand.
- Respect the rights of others to
participate in the use of the network by not monopolizing the
computer and the system.
Services
The District specifically denies
any responsibility for the accuracy of information. The District will
make an effort to ensure access to proper materials, however, the
user has the ultimate responsibility for how the EIS is used and and
takes on the risk of the currency of data, comprehensiveness, and
relevancy of the information obtained.
I acknowledge that the District has
taken every precaution to ensure the safe use of the EIS and further
acknowledge that any inappropriate information can be accessed if the
user aggressively pursues such information.
I have read and agree to abide to
the District regulations and policy on the use of EIS, as
incorporated herein by reference.
I understand and will abide by the
conditions and provisions indicated. I understand that any violations
of the above conditions and terms may result in disciplinary action
and the loss of privileges to use information services.
Name
__________________________________
Signature
______________________________ Date________________
School/Department_________________________________________
*Acceptable Use Policy for
Instructional Employees was adapted from Alhambra
School District
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