Internet+Safety+and+Appropriate+Use

How can students be kept safe on the internet?
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 The most important responsibilities for teachers wishing to keep students safe while using the internet are to educate themselves and students about privacy and security issues and to ALWAYS monitor student use. In addition, the internet should be strictly used for educational use at school to avoid possible problems. Students should never be allowed to simply "surf the net" while at school.

 Internet Safety and Appropriate Use Policy

 * All use of the network must be in support of education and research.
 * Any use of the network for commercial or for profit purposes is prohibited.
 * Network accounts are to be used only by the authorized owner of the account for the authorized purpose.
 * Users shall not intentionally seek information or obtain copies of or modify files of other data or passwords belonging to other users.
 * All users shall adhere and comply with the copyright laws and the rules of licensing.
 * Hardware or software shall not be destroyed, modified, or abused in any way.
 * The use of the network is a privilege that may be revoked by the school district.
 * The school district reserves the right to monitor and review, at any time, any type of use or information used, shared, sent, received, uploaded or downloaded, on school district computers or equipment.
 * The school district will comply with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) of 2000

System Security
1. The user is responsible for his/her individual account(s) and personal storage on the network server. The user must take all reasonable precautions to prevent others from being able to use their account. Under no conditions should the user provide their password to another person.

2. District employees must immediately notify the building administrator of any known or suspected security problems. The building administrator will then contact the technology coordinator as needed to determine a course of action.

3. Any attempt to breach the system security is prohibited.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">4. Users are prohibited from encrypting any messages or files sent or received. For example, e-mail, Web sites.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">5. Users are expected to use discretion when using, installing or downloading any outside software on the district’s network workstations unless expressly authorized in advance by the district technology coordinator and screened for viruses.