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Maryann Angeroth

Guidelines for Educators Using Social Networking Sites - Home - Doug Johnson'... - 1 views

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  • Links Blue Skunk Blog My website My contact My bio My books My biases Archives Endorsement Policy Why the Blue Skunk blog? Search this site Subscribe Home RSS Home Comments RSS Other stuff Follow me on Twitter at:@BlueSkunkBlog All banner artwork by Brady Johnson, college student and (semi-) starving artist. Shameless self-promotion dept My latest book: School LibrariesHead for the Edge My book Machines are the easy part; people are the hard part is now available as a free download at Lulu.  The Blue Skunk Fan Page on Facebook « Happy Birthday, Blue Skunk | Main | Thank you, U.S. taxpayers » FridayAug072009 Guidelines for Educators Using Social Networking Sites Friday, August 7, 2009 at 09:37AM ATTENTION: These guide lines have been revised and the newest version is available here. - Doug     My friend and colleague, Tech Director Jen Hegna over in the Byron (MN) schools developed this set of guidelines for the staff in her district. (She was motivated, she said, partially by posts here and here on the Blue Skunk. Cool!) Anyway she's given permission for me to share her work here and says readers are welcome to use and
Judy Griffin

Web 2.0/Mobile AUP Guide - 0 views

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AUP

shared by Judy Griffin on 26 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • While they also use blocking and filtering that federal law requires, their policy is based on the premise that children need to learn how to be responsible users and that such cannot occur if the young person has no real choice. School personnel who take this stand contend that students need to acquire the skills and dispositions of responsible Internet usage and to be held accountable for their behavior.
  • often without board action.
  • a more inclusive process will result in better policy and more “buy-in” from those who are affected by the policy. Critical to the success of AUP policies is the sense of ownership of the policies by their prime target: students.
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  • The law requires any school district that receives E-Rate funding to filter or block visual depictions that are obscene, that contain child pornography, or material harmful to minors. Schools are required to enforce the operation of such technology protection measures (i.e., keep the filter operating) during any use of such computers by minors. The law also requires districts to have in place a policy of Internet safety that includes the use of a filter or blocking procedure for district computers used by minors.
  • Section 215 is most relevant to schools and requires them, as part of their Internet safety policy, to educate minors about appropriate online behavior. This includes how to interact with others on social networking websites and in chat rooms as well as cyberbullying awareness and response.
  • Policies on cell phone usage vary from districts that forbid students from bringing them into the school building (such as the Student/Parent Handbook in the New Haven’s  Connecticut schools), to schools that provide for limited use, to schools which are making use of them for instructional purposes
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