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Network Use

Policy
Implications for teachers and staff
Are there restrictions in the usage
policies I need to know about?
To gain access to the district supported technology,
all users must sign an access release form. The
policy states that any district employee or student
will use district supported technology ONLY for
school purposes. Privileges can be denied if the
policy is violated.
Should I read the policy?
Key points of the policy

• Assume everything is copyrighted and cite appropriately.

• E-mail is not confidential

• Use of another person’s account without written


permission is prohibited

• No privately owned or sample software can be loaded-


without permission from principal, tech staff or
librarian.

• Observe professional language and tone in all e-


communications.
To protect students:
• Real time conferences must be approved and
supervised by an adult.
• Instruct students to never give out personally
identifying information, etc. Report any
threatening or obscene messages to the
supervising adult.
• We have an opt out policy for permitting
photographs of students and student names on
Internet. Elementary student names will never be
on the same page as photos of students.
What about personal e-mail?
• Teachers are encouraged to use personal e-
mail for personal business.

• Teachers and staff can use personal e-mail


during personal time- lunch breaks, as an
example, or after school.

• Warning signals- teachers should NOT be


using e-mail, personal or NCCS, when they are
supposed to be working directly with students.
What did we unblock this past year?
• Yahoo, Google, and associated browsers for e-mail

• Blogs

• Google documents for sharing

• Many video resources

• iTunes

• Skype

• Many sites that could be using for purchasing


Still No-Nos
• YouTube- adult content must be blocked from
students

• e-Bay and other shopping sites, e.g. QVC

• Downloads of programs, no matter how


innocent.....

• Streaming radio sites, and some video sites

• GAMES
The trade-offs
• Shopping for education materials and quotes vs. holiday
shopping

• Using special tools to access YouTube education materials, but


only off-site

• Abuse of e-mail- overuse of e-mail during teaching hours, so


that we can use e-mail as the primary form of communication

• Special tools that come with the new programs, even when we
don’t want them- e.g. IM and Skype

• Requires a careful watch of teacher behavior as use of


technology increases in classrooms

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