Acceptable Technology Use Policy
Acceptable Technology Use Policies are a collection of rules and expectations established by an organization to guide the ways in which technology is used and accessed. It is important to have these policies in place due to the everyday incorporation of technology in the classroom. These policies are used to outline acceptable uses of technology and provide consequences for violating the policy within the school. Each school should have their personal Acceptable Use Policy for faculty, parents, and students. In your Technology Use Policy, you include explicit behaviors you expect and things you expect students not to do.
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How does our school design a AUP?
When a school is formulating or designing an Acceptable Technology Use Plan (AUP), decisions have to be made about what the technology expectations for students. then, the correct tone and vocabulary should be used - depending on the age of students. Next, consequences for not following the plan need to be decided with all parties involved. The final step is to design the AUP, present it to students with explicit instruction and activities and get the student, parent, teacher, and administrator to
https://it.brown.edu/computing-policies/acceptable-use-policy
https://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr093.shtml
https://www.first.org/resources/guides/aup_generic.doc
Acceptable Use Policy https://youtu.be/IbHxDIdS4q8
Computer Use and the AUP https://youtu.be/01Qyn-zeOyw
Developing a AUP for your school https://youtu.be/AkPFHC9QGgc
Below is an example policy used in a school. Things can be added to or taken away from the policy being designed; but having an example to look over might be helpful. More examples can be found by googling:
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Example of a Technology Use Policy:
“Do’s”
- All use of electronic devices must
support of educational purposes. - Research assigned classroom topics with the permission of a facilitator.
- Use school network and technology to assist in the completion of school related work using appropriate netiquette.
- Maintain proper
care of the technology while in use and notify the facilitator if technology is malfunctioning.
“Don’ts”
- Use the internet for non-educational or illegal purposes
- View or share inappropriate material
- Change/alter electronic files that do not belong to the user
- Plagiarize an idea or work as an original idea without crediting the
source - Use copyrighted materials without permission
- Share passwords with someone who is not the facilitator
- Log onto the network as another user
Violation of the Acceptable Technology Use Policy will be subject to disciplinary actions based on the severity of the violation.
Student Name: ________________________________________________________________
Teacher Name: ________________________________________________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature: ______________________________________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature: ______________________________________________________
Date: ___/___/___
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How do we present it to our students?
Students' learning styles vary, so make sure to present the policy of technology use in more than one format before sending the policy
Video: https://youtu.be/wsvVizE
Lessons: http://www.crazy4computers.net/acceptable-use-policy-lesson.html
References
Brewton City School Code of Conduct, retrieved July 1, 2019, from https://educatorpages.com/site/bridgetldavis/pages/acceptable-technology
Page, J. Clip art - when it's illegal. (2016). Retrieved July 1, 2019, from www.toptenreviews.com/clip-art-when-illegal
Rocy Top Materials, Inc.(2019). Video