Comments on: Model AUPs for student empowerment? http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/12/model-aups-for.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug Johnson http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/12/model-aups-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-13783 Doug Johnson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/12/model-aups-for.html#comment-13783 Hi Scott, Our district's AUP is modeled on the Minnesota School Board Association's sample policy. It covers not just students, but staff as well. I would suggest using a similar source since as i understand it, these model policies have been vetted by lawyers. While a good AUP is important, I would suggest to your reader that the interpretation of the policy is what will determine access and enforcement. Most policies have very vague language like "acceptable" or "harmful" or "inappropriate." A good tech committee should be helping write rules and guidelines that interpret the school board adopted AUP. Our district's AUP policy 524 (which is pretty standard) can be found on our website at http://isd77.org under District -> Board -> Policies All the best and happy New Year! Doug Hi Scott,

Our district’s AUP is modeled on the Minnesota School Board Association’s sample policy. It covers not just students, but staff as well. I would suggest using a similar source since as i understand it, these model policies have been vetted by lawyers.

While a good AUP is important, I would suggest to your reader that the interpretation of the policy is what will determine access and enforcement. Most policies have very vague language like “acceptable” or “harmful” or “inappropriate.” A good tech committee should be helping write rules and guidelines that interpret the school board adopted AUP.

Our district’s AUP policy 524 (which is pretty standard) can be found on our website at http://isd77.org under District -> Board -> Policies

All the best and happy New Year!

Doug

]]> By: Clay Burell http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/12/model-aups-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-13784 Clay Burell Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/12/model-aups-for.html#comment-13784 http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=861 From Jeff Wasserman's CT district. Very good AUP. Read Jeff on it here: http://jwasserman.edublogs.org/2007/11/12/223/ http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=861

From Jeff Wasserman’s CT district. Very good AUP. Read Jeff on it here:

http://jwasserman.edublogs.org/2007/11/12/223/

]]> By: Ewan McIntosh http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/12/model-aups-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-13785 Ewan McIntosh Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/12/model-aups-for.html#comment-13785 One that we've used really successfully for the past 20mths: http://edubuzz.pbwiki.com/guidelines One that we’ve used really successfully for the past 20mths:
http://edubuzz.pbwiki.com/guidelines

]]> By: Tim Wilson http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/12/model-aups-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-13786 Tim Wilson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/12/model-aups-for.html#comment-13786 Like Doug, our district uses the MSBA sample policy as a template. In general I think that policies like AUPs should be pretty vague about specific technologies. Given that the school board has to approve changes to board policies and that such a change requires several months to accomplish, I'd rather not try to delineate specific good and bad technologies. Shouldn't the focus be on student and staff behaviors? There's nothing in our current policy that would preclude a student or teacher from using blogs or almost any other specific technology that might come into use in the future. I'd rather leave it to the teachers and other school staff to decide what constitutes an acceptable use of the technology that the school provides. -Tim Like Doug, our district uses the MSBA sample policy as a template. In general I think that policies like AUPs should be pretty vague about specific technologies. Given that the school board has to approve changes to board policies and that such a change requires several months to accomplish, I’d rather not try to delineate specific good and bad technologies. Shouldn’t the focus be on student and staff behaviors?

There’s nothing in our current policy that would preclude a student or teacher from using blogs or almost any other specific technology that might come into use in the future. I’d rather leave it to the teachers and other school staff to decide what constitutes an acceptable use of the technology that the school provides.

-Tim

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