TnT's Acceptable Use Policy

• Safety:
  • Do not post personal information such as your personal email, address, phone number, social security number, credit information, age, sex, etc.

• • Do not share your username or password with others! This information is private!

• • Do not meet with someone you met on the Internet without notifying other adults (ie teacher) and have your parent go with you

• • Tell officials about inappropriate messages or picture

• Legality:
  • Do not hack or attempt to hack

• • Do not disrupt the school's computers or download any programs without permission from the supervising teacher

• • Do not use computer for illegal acts

• • Do not stalk or harass any other members

• Appropriate language:
  • Do not make any threats to yourself, others, or groups

• • Do not use obscene or profane language about yourself or others

• • Do not post falsehoods or rumors

• Appropriate Content:
  • Do not attempt to access sites that you know have inappropriate materials within them

• • Report to officials immediately if a site has inappropriate materials

• • The use of this technology is for academic purposes only

• Maintenance: *Use computer appropriately

• • Tell officials immediately of computer problems

• • Inappropriate material: The school maintains an appropriate content filter and sees when inappropriate sites are attempted to be accessed

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

• Copyrights:
  • Do not plagiarize

• • Understand copyright laws

• • Do not share files that you do not have legal rights to (i.e. music, videos, software, etc.)

• Restricted Websites and Functions:
  • www.myspace.com

• • www.facebook.com

• • www.youtube.com

• • Instant Messaging

• • Chatrooms (unless authorized by the teacher for classroom puroposes)

Offenses

The progressive sequence of consequences for breaking any or all of these rules are as follows. The consequence shall take into consideration the age and past behavior of the student.

• • Administrator(s) shall contact the parent.
  • Suspension or revocation of system privelages for a minimum of 30 calendar days.
  • In-school suspension
  • Suspension for up to 10 school days.
  • Permanent revocation of system privelages.
  • Referral to law enforcement.
  • Continuing suspension and recommendation for expulsion.

• Signed by student, parent, teacher

I would also include the following in our AUP, but I will give credit where credit is due. The is copied from WebHeads directly. I wanted to reword it, but chose not to as they have it perfected. I hope this follows the copyright laws Denvy!

Student last name__________________ First _________________ Grad Yr. Date____________________ Student Application for Internet and Email Access

I will be attending a mandatory informational meeting concerning the use of INTERNET at my school (mandatory for students, strongly encouraged for parents). I have also read the district Acceptable Use Policy and agree to the conditions outlined in that document. I fully understand that my student (the actual technology user) is responsible for his or her actions in dealing with the INTERNET access privileges. As my student's guardian, I am ultimately responsible for his/her actions. I am also aware that I am responsible for my student's use of the INTERNET if accessed outside the school setting. I understand that INTERNET access and its usage will be monitored as best as possible at school, but ultimately it is my student's responsibility to adhere to all guidelines set forth by the district, building, network services, and state and federal law.

Student Acceptable System Use In addition to the prohibitions and guidelines defined in the General Acceptable System Use section, students must also abide by the following regulations: • Student access to the system is a privilege, and may be restricted or revoked at any time; • Students are strictly and explicitly prohibited from: a. Using district computers or services for any purpose other than the completion of class work, school related research, or other research which will further his/her educational and/or professional goals; b. Using district computers to access email, chat, Instant Messaging, or any other communication service except with specific teacher, administrator, or technology coordinator permission and only for the completion of class work, school related research, or other research which will further his/her educational and/or professional goals; c. Using encryption, tunneling, or other technologies which serve primarily to obscure their actions or provide circumvention of district filtering and/or security measures unless they are used under the supervision of an authorized staff member and in direct connection curricular activities. It must be stressed that violation of this regulation constitutes a serious offense and carries significant disciplinary consequences; d. Installation of any software of any kind for any purpose on a district computer without the express permission of an authorized district staff member.

I hereby give my student permission to attend INTERNET/Network training at the school, as a preliminary step to receiving INTERNET access. I understand that my signature does not automatically give my student INTERNET access. My student must attend the required training sessions and must pass a knowledge test before being given INTERNET access for school purposes. If my student meets the district and building requirements for obtaining INTERNET access, I also hereby grant my permission for my student to receive an account for school purposes. I am also aware that I may revoke my permission at any time, and must do so in writing and submit it to the district. I am aware that the district may also revoke my student access if the guidelines are violated in any fashion.

My student and I agree to abide by the Web Head School of Technology Policy and Procedures for Electronic Information Systems, which we have reviewed and understand, and we acknowledge that failure to comply with the policy and procedure may result in revocation of system use privileges and further disciplinary action. My student and I acknowledge and agree that Web Head School of Technology has the right to review, edit or remove any materials installed, used, stored, or distributed on or through the system and we hereby waive any right of privacy which my student or I may otherwise have into such material.

Both Student and Parent Information Sections Must be Complete

STUDENT INFORMATION PARENT INFORMATION Name________________________ Name_________________________

Signature_____________________ Signature_____________________

Date________________ Date________________

Comments about twiki I have changed quite a bit here, but please do as you feel appropriate as well. I won't take offense to any of your changes so long as they're not offensive--j/k about that! Have fun with this. This is a pretty sweet tool and I could see it being very useful in the classroom.

Can you use this site to be a sort of bulletin board for classroom assignments or homework? How do you create one for your classroom? ~ Julia

If you have contributed to this document, please add your name to the list: Denvy, Brent, Julia, Jessica, Kari

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-- DenvyS - 26 Jun 2007 -- BrentFinkbeiner - 04 Jul 2007
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