A summary of educational technology policy issues presented to graduate students at Loyola University Chicago's educational leadership and policy studies students in 2002.

1. Policies
Educational
Technology Policy
Basics from 2002 –
interesting what has
and hasn’t changed

2. General Types
 Acceptable Use Policies
 Filtering Policies
 Copyright Policies
 Software Selection Policies
 Equipment Rotation Policies
 Purchasing Policies

3. Acceptable Use Policies (AUP)
 What you should do
 What you should not do
 What could happen if
you violate the policy
 Where to go for
clarification

4. Filtering Policies
 What will you filter?
– Web content
 Porn
 Hate
 Drugs
– Mail content
– IRC and chat
– Individuals or groups

5. Software Selection
 Who recommends?
 Who approves?
 How?
 When? How often?
 How inventoried?
 How distributed?

6. Equipment Rotation
 How often is hardware to
be purchased?
 Where do new machines
go?
 How are machines
allocated?
 Who owes the
machines?
– School or department?

7. Equipment Rotation
 How often is hardware to
be purchased?
 Where do new machines
go?
 How are machines
allocated?
 Who owes the
machines?
– School or department?