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anonymous

ALA | Strategies and Tips for Dealing with Challenges to Library Materials (Coping With... - 0 views

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  • School librarians play a key role in making sure that students have the broad range of resources and ideas they need to develop critical thinking skills. Challenges to materials provide a “teachable moment” that can help you build understanding and support for the principles of intellectual freedom, including First Amendment rights, student rights of access and professional ethics.
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      anonymous on 13 Oct 10
       
      Turn a challenge into a teachable moment
  • Applying the principles of intellectual freedom Connect academic freedom with intellectual freedom. Academic freedom guarantees the teacher’s right to teach and to select classroom and library resources for instruction. Make sure everyone involved understands the right of people in a democratic society to express their concerns and that all people have the right to due process in the handling of their complaints. Explain the obligation of the school district to provide intellectual and physical access to resources that provide for a wide range of abilities and differing points of view. Define intellectual and physical access when appropriate. Intellectual access includes the right to read, receive and express ideas and the right to acquire skills to seek out, explore and examine ideas. Physical access includes being able to locate and retrieve information unimpeded by fees, age limits, separate collections or other restrictions. Emphasize the need to place the principles of intellectual and academic freedom above personal opinion, and reason above prejudice, when selecting resources. Connect intellectual freedom and access. The freedom to express your beliefs or ideas becomes meaningless when others are not allowed to receive or have access to those beliefs or ideas. Stress the need for teachers and librarians to be free to present students with alternatives and choices if students are to learn and use critical thinking and decision-making skills.
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      anonymous on 13 Oct 10
       
      intellectual freedom
  • Protecting students and staff with a materials selection policy Update your materials selection policy. Include a formal reconsideration process for textbooks, gift materials, electronic and other resources used in classrooms, laboratories and libraries. Seek board of education approval. Be sure to include the educational goals of the school district and to relate the selection policy to these goals. Emphasize the positive role of the selection policy in clarifying the use of educational resources and in ensuring stability and continuity regardless of staff change. To ensure uniformity and fairness in dealing with complaints, delegate the responsibility for dealing with complaints and requests for reconsideration to the principal in each school. Inform all your school staff (including nurses, secretaries, cafeteria workers and custodians) about the materials selection policy and reconsideration process. Review the policy with staff at the beginning of each school year. Distribute a copy of the policy with a simple statement that explains its importance in protecting students, teachers and librarians against censorship.
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      anonymous on 13 Oct 10
       
      Every school library needs a material selection policy. If your library doesn't, make it a priority.
anonymous

Policy 652: Library and Resource Center Materials - 0 views

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  • However, the board also recognizes the students’ First Amendment constitutional rights. It is the policy of this district that:  1.                  The district will maintain a comprehensive district wide media program which will provide access to large and varied collections of materials;  2.                  Selection of library materials will be made by school librarians, taking into account the needs of teachers and students, and will follow the accreditation standards and procedures set forth by the Idaho State Board of Education;
  • Any decision to remove a book, material, or resource from a school library will be content neutral, based on a legitimate exercise of control over pedagogical matters: neutrality will be demonstrated. Censorship based on the content of a book or resource is considered an extreme measure; prior to removing a book or resource from a school library, other less restrictive measures will be considered, such as placing the item in question on reserved or restricted status.
anonymous

Social Networking as a Tool for Student and Teacher Learning - 0 views

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  • Online social networking includes much more than Facebook and Twitter. It is any online use of technology to connect people, enable them to collaborate with each other, and form virtual communities, says the Young Adult Library Services Association
  • Survey research confirms, however, that interest in harnessing social networking for educational purposes is high. As reported in School Principals and Social Networking in Education: Practices, Policies and Realities in 2010, a national survey of 1,200 principals, teachers and librarians found that most agreed that social networking sites can help educators share information and resources, create professional learning communities and improve schoolwide communications with students and staff. Those who had used social networks were more positive about potential benefits than those who had not. In an online discussion with 12 of the principals surveyed, most said, “social networking and online collaboration tools would make a substantive change in students’ educational experience.” They said these tools could improve student motivation and engagement, help students develop a more social/collaborative view of learning and create a connection to real-life learning.
  • Among students surveyed in a National School Boards Association study, 96 percent of those with online access reported using social networking, and half said they use it to discuss schoolwork. Despite this prevalence in everyday life, schools have been hesitant to adopt social networking as an education tool. A 2010 study into principals’ attitudes found that “schools are one of the last holdouts,” with many banning the most popular social networking sites for students and sometimes for staff.
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  • Most national, state and local policies have not yet addressed social networking specifically; by default, it often falls under existing acceptable use policies (AUPs). While AUPs usually provide clear language on obscenities, profanity and objectionable activities, they also leave out gray areas that could open students to harmful activities while excluding them from certain benefits of social networking. Likewise, boilerplate policies that ban specific applications, such as Twitter, may miss other potential threats while also limiting the ability of students to collaborate across schools, districts, states or countries. The challenge for districts is to write policies that address potentially harmful interactions without eliminating the technology’s beneficial uses.
Lisa Bradshaw

Acceptable and Responsible Use Policies | EDUCAUSE - 1 views

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  • Lisa Bradshaw on 01 Jul 18
     
    This page on the Educause website offers a collection of Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) from a variety of educational organizations, as well as articles and papers about best practices in creating AUPs.
Dennis Large

Schools Developing Social Media Policies - 2 views

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  • Dennis Large on 21 Jul 13
     
    The Champaign, Illinois school district has drafted a social media use policy. This district started with a policy for staff, then began work on student policies.
aschurg

Getting Started on the Internet: Acceptable Use Policies - 0 views

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  • Lee Ung on 27 Jan 15
     
    A breakdown of the components of a thorough Acceptable Use Policy, including examples.
  • aschurg on 02 Feb 15
     
    The Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for Internet use is one of the most important documents a school will produce. Creating a workable AUP requires thoughtful research and planning. Education World offers food-for-thought and a few useful tools for educato...
joshgiudicelli

What is an Acceptable Use Policy? A brief explanation - 0 views

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  • joshgiudicelli on 25 Feb 19
     
    This resource gives a brief introduction to what an acceptable use policy is. It would be great for someone who is unfamiliar with the concept. The article goes on to talk about what elements make up a good policy and why they are important.
joannalieberman

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Acceptable Use Policies 1. 1-to-1 Essentials - Acceptable Use Policies | Common Sense Media. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/1to1/aups Guidelines for schools on w...

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corey holmer

Acceptable Use Policy Templates - 0 views

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  • corey holmer on 24 Jun 13
     
    Southwest Area Technology Team (SWATT) collaborated to come up with a set of acceptable use policy templates for our districts to use. Below you can access all or part of the templates to use and modify for your own purposes.
Leanne Tacosik

Analyses of Acceptable Use Policies Regarding the Internet in Selected K-12 Schools. - 0 views

Flowers, B. F., & Rakes, G. C. (2000). Analyses of Acceptable Use Policies Regarding the Internet in Selected K-12 Schools. Journal Of Research On Computing In Education, 32(3), 351. Description: ...

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itxasocayero

Acceptable Use Policies - NetCitizens - 0 views

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  • itxasocayero on 20 Feb 17
     
    Great page for when trying to create or update your school's or classroom's Acceptable Use Policies.
Joseph Bodnar

Acceptable Use Policy Video - 0 views

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tygrogan

New Directions in Education Policy Implementation - 1 views

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  • tygrogan on 06 Jul 15
     
    A book by Meredith Honig, Chapter 2 outlines Communities of Practice. Takes on the viewpoint of COPs and implementing policy in education. Quote: "A growing body of policy research supports the notion that teachers' professional relationships play an important role in teacher learning."
Ilene Reed

Learning Communities - 5 views

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  • Molly Large on 18 Jun 13
     
    Learning Forward notes that learning communities are those in which "Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students occurs within learning communities committed to continuous improvement, collective responsibility, and goal alignment."
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  • Hanna Coleman on 18 Jun 13
     
    Hi Molly, This article gave a helpful overview of learning communities. I specifically found value in the section focusing on collective responsibility. Participation is key in learning communities and includes feedback, clear communication, collaboration, trust, shared focus, and accountability. Educators need to invest in their learning community and teach students how to utilize technologies in order to do so. Thanks for sharing, Hanna
  • Casey Capece on 20 Jun 13
     
    Hi Molly - Another part that plays into the development of learning communities is the creation of policies to set formal accountability for student learning. This was the first resource that I have come across that mentions about policies, visions, and goals - you almost forget that still needs to be in place!
  • Ilene Reed on 20 Jun 13
     
    Greetings Molly, Thank you for sharing this article. I especially liked the video. In a perfect world all grades and subjects would be aligned. I think most schools attempt continual improvement by evaluating student data. I hope. I like the idea of owning students in such a way as to be responsible for all student learning. Good article.
  • Ilene Reed on 20 Jun 13
     
    Bookmarked from Molly on EdTech SN
kooloberlander

Embedding technology in education for all learners: CEC's recommendations to the Nation... - 0 views

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  • kooloberlander on 18 Apr 16
     
    Council for Exceptional Children, (n.d.), Embedding technology in education for all learners: CEC's recommendations to the National Education Technology Plan. Retrieved from https://www.cec.sped.org/~/media/Files/Policy/Archives/Assistive%20Technology/CEC%20Recommendations%20to%20National%20Assistive%20Technology%20Plan.pdf
skyrablanchard

Analysis of Acceptable Use Policies - 0 views

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nicsza

NCES for AUP resources - 0 views

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/tech_suite/app_a.asp This site is very comprehensive in terms of providing guidance to assist with writing an Acceptable Use Policy and provides sample policy templates

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Dana Daines-Smith

UNESCO Office in Bangkok: How to use social media in the classroom? SMILE project can g... - 0 views

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  • Dana Daines-Smith on 17 Jul 13
     
    The SMILE acronym stands for Social Media in Learning and Education. I really like that the project was designed as a learning laboratory that looked at 6 communities of practice. They included: Social Media - What is it, Social media- school policies, Social media- PD, Social media, internet safety and responsible use and Social media- challenges to adoption.
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