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Online Safety: The Gateway to Your Child’s Internet

Experience

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Topics• AUP• Student Online Safety• Permission forms and publishing

student work• More Information

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Acceptable Use Policies: What are

they?• Written agreement in the form of

guidelines signed by students, their parents, and their teachers outlining the terms and conditions of internet use/rules of online behavior and access privileges

Virginia Department of Education

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Why is an AUP Needed?• Protects school system, teachers,

parents, and students from inappropriate material

• Defines the acceptable uses of the school system server

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Parts of an AUP• Describes instructional philosophies and

strategies• States educational uses of the Internet• Lists responsibilities of educators, parents,

and students• Code of conduct governing behavior• Description of the consequences of

violating the AUP

Virginia Department of Education

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Parent and Student Signatures

• Signatures create a binding contract to follow the guidelines of the AUP

• Signing of the agreement is necessary for Internet use

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The Need for Online Safety

• Protects students from inappropriate content, such as pornography, racism, and violence, as well as students personal misuse of Internet access by posting indecent and inappropriate material

• Protects privacy of teachers and school systems by setting guidelines for teachers to follow when allowing Internet access in the classroom

• Because of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), teachers assume responsibility for student computer use in the classroom and are given the authority to authorize consent for students

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Online Safety for High School Students

•Teachers are required to assume the responsibility for student Internet use

•High school students are not protected by COPPA, but it is the teacher’s responsibility to monitor Internet use and guide students towards sites that do not ask for personal information such as name, phone number, address, etc.

•If a site needs that information, a “class” name should be given to the account to allow access for all students to protect their personal information

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Photo Permission Forms

• Parent/legal guardian permission is needed to publish student photos on the Internet

• Permission slip lists the information the teacher is allowed to publish

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Publishing Student Work

• Student work will be published solely for the purpose of providing parents with student progress

• Published work will only contain student’s first name or ID number

• Pictures will be posted for visual references of class work

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