Acceptable UseThe Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000 requires schools receiving E-rate funding to develop an acceptable use policy outlining expectations for how students should use technology appropriately. All schools, regardless of whether or not they must comply with CIPA requirements, are encouraged to develop policies addressing students' digital behavior.
|
What is included in Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs)?
Acceptable use policies may include details on how individual districts define digital citizenship, specific netiquette rules for how to behave on social sites and when using collaborative tools within a learning management system, and consequences for violating such rules. School districts could possibly use the AUP as a means to communicate the role and responsibility it has for ensuring students safety by communicating how activity and content is monitored and filtered using technology. Consortium for School Networking's Rethinking Acceptable Use Policies to Enable Digital Learning: A Guide for School Districts and Common Sense Media's 1-to-1 Essentials - Acceptable Use Policies provide recommendations and details for the development of AUPs. In Student-Centered Acceptable Use Policy the US Office of Educational Technology highlights how Boston Public Schools involved students to create an AUP understandable to students.
Video Resources for AUPs
Grades K-2 |
Grades 3-5
|
Grades 6-8
|