Barren County Schools
Student Technology
Appropriate Use Policy
(AUP)
“2014-2015”
What is the AUP?
O A contract you agree to each time
you log on to the computers.
O YOU promise to make ethical
decisions and use technology for
education purposes.
Why Do We Have an AUP?
O Ensure you will be respectful to
others and to the equipment.
O Computers and technology have
been abused in the past.
Computers and Technology
O Are a privilege
O Without computers and technology,
the educational process is limited.
O Examples: Research beyond school, state, and
nation to international areas. Helps reduce
paper/pencil/textbook routine, etc.)
What happens if I violate the
AUP?
O Disciplinary action
O Loss of computer/technology use
O Failure of this course
O Criminal charges (in extreme
cases)
Vandalism
.
O Students will not engage in any illegal activity
including copyright infringement, vandalism,
or harassment on the computer.
O You will be held financially responsible and
disciplinary action will take place
Financially Responsible
O You will be financially responsible for any
malicious damage or vandalism that you
cause.
O Vandalism is any attempt to harm or destroy
any part of the computer, the operating
system, or any applications installed on the
computer; or to tamper with another person’s
data.
Computer Defaults
O You may not alter the setup of any school
computers or load programs or services without
the permission of the School Technology
Coordinator and/or principal.
O This includes the desktop screen saver and
email backgrounds.
Your Information
O The District Technology Team (Steve Gumm,
Cory Goode, Quinten Staples), School
Technology Coordinator (RuthAnn Gumm),
Computer/Business Teacher (Cindy Jackson)
have the right to access any information stored
in your user directory (H Drive), in your
computer email account, or on the current
screen.
Criminal Charges
O In extreme cases criminal charges may be
filed depending on the severity of the
violation and the district's discretion.
Computer Lab Rules
O You are to work on assignments for this class ONLY when at
your workstation.
O If you finish your assignment for this class and want to work
on another teacher’s assignment, you
permission first.
must ask for
O You ARE NOT to play games, watch videos, be on Facebook,
etc while in this room AT ANY TIME unless the teacher has
given you permission to do so.
O All of the above will result in you being written up for lack of
cooperation.
O You are not to have your personal electronic devices out for
any reason. (Not even to charge them)
Internet Usage--Educational Sites
O You cannot visit sites that have no educational
purpose.
O Ask permission before you get on the Internet
and let the teacher know why you are using the
Internet.
O Being on the Internet when you have an
assignment for this class will earn you a write-up
for lack of cooperation.
Internet Usage
O All of your internet traffic of site
visits and duration of time on the
pages are logged.
O Students have lost computer
privileges because of inappropriate
sites that were logged.
Internet Usage
O You must NOT access social media such as
Facebook or other chat areas.
O Word of Advice: Watch what you put on
Facebook/Instagram/Twitter/
SnapChat or other social media that will hurt
you in the future, personally and
professionally.
O Employers DO check social medias
concerning prospective new hires.
Email Usage
O The use of your school email is for
educational purposes only!!!!.
O The content of your email will be randomly
checked.
O You cannot change email backgrounds.
O You will sometimes use your school email
to submit assignments.
Email Usage
O You cannot open, forward, or create
chain letters, jokes of the day,
prayers of the day, or any other form
of non-educational email.
O All third party email accounts (i.e.
gmail, hotmail, yahoo mail, etc.) are
expressly prohibited.
Email Usage--Harassment
O You are not to send harassing emails to
anyone for any reason.
O Again, emails are logged and all content can
be used against you.
Network
O You must not attempt to access the
network with other user accounts or
give your account information to
another user.
O Doing so will result in the immediate
loss of your user account and computer
privileges.
Network
O Your user account, which gives you
access to the internet, email, and your
home folder, may be terminated and
privileges taken away if you do not
follow these AUP guidelines.
Warning!!!
O Do not ignore the AUP.
O Students have lost their privilege to
the computers and technology, thus
failing this class due to not being
able to complete their assignments.
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How Well Did You Listen?
O Did you understand what was being discussed?
O After completing your daily assignment over the
Computer and Electronic Usage and Classroom
Procedures, turn in your sheet to your class
period’s basket.
O You will have a quiz over this content after it has
been checked in class.
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