Provided by SchoolTechPolicies.com: This presentation was provided for school staff members and school teams to discuss appropriate use and responsible use of district electronic resources.

1. Session
249:
Policy
Transforma5ons:
Redefining
Appropriate,
Responsible,
and
Mandatory
Christopher
Wells
SchoolTechPolicies.com

3. Contents
• Back
to
Basics
• Reasons
for
Appropriate
Use
• Redesigning
Policies
• Essen5al
Policy
Framework
• Examples
• Resources

4. Back
to
Basics
Policies
Procedures
• Legal
• ALWAYS
with
a
policy
• Board
• Longer
• Public
• More
granular
• Founda5on
• Considera5ons
• Compass
• Exclusions
• Stable
• Short

5. History
of
Appropriate
Use
• CIPA
• FERPA
• News
• BYOD
• Bullies
• Social
Media

6. • CIPA
• FERPA
• Copyright
Categories
• Data
Privacy
• Email
Records
• Policies
• Procedures
Acceptable
• Transcripts
• Student
addresses
• Parent
email
addresses
Mandatory
Responsible
• Facebook
• TwiTer
• Pinterest

7. Reason BEHIND
the Reason
d
goal:
n
the
en teaching
Focus
o y
is
for
Te chnolog
and
lea rning
g
and
or
port
of
teachin
the
sup
lea rning
©2011
GwinneT
County
Public
Schools
&
Christopher
W.
Wells.
All
rights
reserved.

8. Inappropriate
Too
Access?
much
access?
Strange
Too
liTle
expecta5ons?
access?
Approval
process?

9. Cons5tu5on
Using
a
Global
Federal
/
State
Laws
Control
Law
Liability
Framework
Academic
freedom
Ethics
Policies
Values
Safety
Security
Privacy
Ne5queTe
Acceptable
behaviors
Responsible
behaviors
Obscenity
Morality
Pornography
Indecency
Local
Religious
views
Control
• A[er
Rodney
J.
Petersen,
EDUCAUSE
Review,
vol.
39,
no.
2
(March/April
2004):
54–55.
• hTp://goo.gl/JvMfn

10. The REAL Cost
+ -
Infrastructure
Confiden5ality
Internet
access
Safety
Curriculum
Vendor
Assurance
©2011
GwinneT
County
Public
Schools
&
Christopher
W.
Wells.
All
rights
reserved.

11. Redesigning
Policies
Right
people
Respond
to
Reflect
strategic
concerns
direc5on
Reconsider
Redefine
goals
implementa5on

12. Ethics
and
Legality
Teachers are NOT the Public!
Community expectations vs
Staff expectations vs
Student expectations
©2011
GwinneT
County
Public
Schools
&
Christopher
W.
Wells.
All
rights
reserved.

13. Acceptable
Use
Responsible
Use
• Emphasizes
technology
• Acknowledges
technology
• Emphasizes
network
&
• Emphasizes
respect
of
systems
others’
privacy
• Emphasizes
inappropriate
• Notes
internet
access
&
use
uses
• Long
list
of
No-­‐No’s
• Shorter
list
of
No-­‐No’s
• Describes
puni5ve
ac5ons
• Notes
puni5ve
measures

14. Before
you
get
started…
• Assemble
a
team
• Iden5fy
instruc5onal
needs
• Get
feedback
on
new
uses
• Rethink
the
end
goal
• Iden5fy
discipline
needs

15. mbe r…
Rem e
• Security
sejngs
are
NOT
op5onal!
• Plan
FIRST!

16. Need More Ideas?

17. Resources
• Common
Sense
Media:
hTp://goo.gl/YFZcj
• hTp://www.nethics.umd.edu/
– hTp://www.nethics.umd.edu/aup/index.html
• hTp://gwinneT.k12.ga.us/gcps-­‐imdweb01.nsf
• hTp://www.aasa.org/content.aspx?id=11590
• hTps://policy.wiredsafety.org/

18. Contact
me
for
more
info:
Christopher
Wells
cwells@schooltechpolicies.com