* Safety First: Do not post personal information

* Don't meet with someone you met on the Internet without approval

* Tell officials about inappropriate messages

* Legality: Do not hack

* Do not disrupt the school's computers

* Do not use computer for illegal acts, like drug sales

* Appropriate language: Do not use obscene, profane ... language

* Do not post falsehoods or rumors

* Maintenance: Use computer appropriately

* Tell officials immediately of computer problems

* Inappropriate material: The school maintains an appropriate content filter

* Do not use the computer to access or distribute profane or obscene materials

* Copyrights: Do not plagiarize

* Understand copyright laws

* Signed by student, parent, teacher

I'VE ADDED THE POLICY FROM THE LAST SCHOOL I WORKED FOR IF WE'D LIKE TO USE ANY OF THIS??

Internet and Technology Use Policy Ref. BP 6164.4 (a)

As telecommunications, local area networks, and wide area networks have become a normal method of doing business in our schools and the skills of accessing and manipulating information become requirements for work and communications in the workplaces in which our students will be employed, we realize and endorse the need and the right of students to access networks, information systems, and the Internet.

However, with all privileges come responsibilities. With the power of information networks and the Internet, come possibilities and opportunities for abuse. The dynamic and changing characteristics of the Internet and telecommunications networks make it impossible to predict what information students may access. Just as the purchase, availability, and use of medical materials does not indicate endorsement of their contents by the District, neither does making electronic information access available to students imply endorsement of any and all content which may be available and accessible via electronic means.

The Internet and Technology Use Policy of the G CSD has at its core two fundamental principles:

1. With all responsibilities comes the responsibility to act in a legal, ethical, and responsible manner.

2. Responsible use of the Internet and Technology is a behavioral and disciplinary issue, not a technological one.

Students and parents will be required to read and sign an Internet Access Agreement with the school district before Internet access will be provided to students.

Network Services refers to services and information accessed over the Local Area Network (LAN) of each school, as well as over Wide Area Networks (WANs), which includes Internet access and access via telecommunications networks and protocols.

Technology Tools refers to computer hardware and software components, and those devices controlled by them or created by them. This includes, but is not limited to still and digital cameras and video cameras.

Network Users refers to students, staff, and others given access to the Network Services and Technology Tools of the G CSD.

Galena City School District Conditions of Computer Use

This contract states the conditions for use of the computers and the penalties for violating those conditions. Those who do not sign this permit will not be allowed to use the computers at Galena City School District.

Privileges, Responsibilities, and Definition of Unacceptable Use

Privileges:

• Use of the computers at Galena City School District • Use of the Galena City School District’s access to the Internet • Use of the school’s file server

Responsibilities:

• Using the computers properly • Reporting improper use of the computers • Respecting the restrictions placed on computer usage • Behaving in such manner as to be treated as a responsible computer user * Obeying by copyright rules and understanding plagarism.

Unacceptable uses of Network Services and Technology Tools:

• Damaging or disrupting equipment or system performance • Corrupting or damaging the data of another user • Wasting resources such as paper through unnecessary or excessive printing, storage space, or access time • Participating in “hacking” by gaining access to unauthorized network areas, management systems, information, and/or files • Allowing access to another student with your login name and password, * Posting falsehoods or rumors, * using the computer for illegal acts, like drug sales, * Using obscene, profane ... language.

Conditions

1. Respect the equipment.

The computers at Galena City School District are for the use of all students. They are delicate machines, and as such should not be used as anything but computers. The screens should not be touched, the computers are not to be moved, and all cords/cables/plugs/etc. should be left exactly as is. No food or drinks should be near computer stations.

2. Respect the software.

Galena City School District computers have approved software installed for purposes related to the nature of your assigned work. It is installed for work purposes. No software is to be added or deleted. No students are to access system files (preferences, system font, etc.).

The computers at Galena City School District are primarily workstations. As such, they will have the software necessary to do the assigned work on them. If other software is installed on the machines, it may cause system conflicts or license violations.

3. The Internet is a tool.

Entry to the Internet is provided through the computers at Galena City School District and is to be used to find information and graphics relating to schoolwork. Access is not to be abused.

4. Mail privileges.

Galena City School District will provide email access for students. Federal law mandates that e-mail is the property of the organization (i.e. Galena City School District).

5. Printing.

It is required to complete all drafts of work before printing final copies on paper. All attempts to protect papers must be observed. Excessive printing and printing for personal needs rather than schoolwork is prohibited. Notes should be copied down on paper including citations.

6. The golden rule applies.

Erasing files in the areas of people forgetful enough to leave them open when they leave that computer, or trusting enough to leave the room with their area still open, is not to be done. People’s files are their own, and if you come across a machine with someone else’s file open on it, put it away. If you wouldn’t like long hours of your own work erased, don’t erase the work of others. Do unto others as you would have done to you. Revenge is not acceptable.

7. Restrictions.

Restrictions are placed on the computer by many entities, including the Federal Government, the School District, the administration and teachers at Galena City School District. One of those restrictions is this permit. These restrictions are to be respected, and the severest consequences can result from violating them.

The restrictions placed on the use of the computers and the Internet is governed at Galena City School District by items not only in the policies of the Galena City School District, but items in the United States federal code and regulations made by the State of Alaska Oregon. They exist to prevent the public (who provide the funding, and thus have some control of the function of the school) from requiring that the computers be removed from the schools.

Galena City School District’s computer system will be organized as follows:

1. Computer System Administrator.

The system administrator will be at the top of the system; that person will have the ultimate authority and responsibility for the system in cooperation with the Galena City School District teachers and staff. Any problems that can not be resolved in any other fashion will be brought to the system administrator. The system administrator will also approve any additions to the computers

2. The student users.

All students in the Galena City School District who have signed the contract for computer use and are not being disciplined for computer abuse are in this category. They will be allowed to use the computer workstations set up for the student body at the Galena City School District. If they have not been removed from the computers for disciplinary reasons, they may have one. E-mail accounts will be available to this group, in agreement with the Galena City School District’s policies on the subject.

3. The student non-users.

This last group involves those who did not sign the “Conditions for computer use” contract, and those who have been penalized by being disallowed computer use must have special permission or constant supervision by a teacher or staff member to use Galena City School District’s computers. They will have no access to the file server.

4. 8. Personal computers in the school.

Students wishing to use their private computer in school are subject to signing and additional contract with the System Administrator and building administrator.

Penalties and Consequences

If the conditions stated above are not met, penalties will be incurred. By signing this document, you agree to any penalties incurred by your own actions.

The System Administrator or other appropriate individuals will forward the discipline referrals to the school administration. Penalties allotted in this fashion are independent of other penalties incurred by the individual.

1. Disallowed computer use.

For all general computer related offenses mentioned in this contract, the offending individual will be removed as a user and member of groups on the Galena City School District file server. They may retrieve their personal and school related files from the server, so long as the files are unrelated to the offense, at the Galena City School District system teachers’ discretion.

2. Suspension.

For serious offenses, the offender may be suspended from school in agreement with the Galena City School District suspension. This boundary of punishment is reserved for students with multiple offenses, or those guilty of extreme ravage of the system; taking commercial software registered to the Galena City School District for personal use, physically damaging computers owned by the Galena City School District, attempting to damage the files on the Internet or any network server in the Galena City School District. This suspension may be temporary or permanent depending on the reoccurance of instances or severity of violation.

Conditions of Agreement

The undersigned understands that this document is a legal and binding agreement between the student and the Galena City School District. All conditions are non-negotiable.

_______________________________ _____________________ Student Date

_______________________________ _____________________ Parent Date

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