What Every Principal & Staff Should Know About The

Ethics of Technology (Internet)

* Establish Guidelines

* Acceptable Use Policy *Internet Safety *Privacy * Legal Basics

By: Thad Fitzpatrick

Alabama Technology Standards Administrators

O Create a shared vision for integrating technology O Into ethical standardsO Develop a technology PlanO Facilitate the selection and use of technologyO Apply and Model technology applications and

professional practicesO Use technology to facilitate assessment and

evaluations in an ethical mannerO Assess staff knowledge, skills, and performance

in using technologyO Use technology to assess and evaluate systemsO Assess the use of multiple methods of utilizing

technology resourcesO Demonstrate responsible decision making

Alabama Technology Standards for Teachers

O Identify and evaluate technology resourcesO Assess advantages and limitations of

technologies and contentO Develop and implement classroom management

planO Model safe, responsible, legal and ethical use of

technologyO Design, implement and assess lessonsO Use technology toolsO Facilitate student’s use of technologyO Design, manage, and facilitate learning with

technologyO Evaluate student’s technology proficiencyO Utilize technology to enhance professional

growth

Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) AUP is a written agreement in the form of guidelines, signed by students, their parents and their teachers, outlining the terms and conditions of technology-use.

All employees must sign an AUP. (They are held to a high standard of technology usage and implementation) Educational Purposes Only Unacceptable usages of Network

Inappropriate or illegal materials

Internet Safety

Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA)Individual Responsibility of Parents and UsersPersonal Safety Hacking and Illegal Activities Confidentiality of Student Information Active Restriction Measures

Privacy/Legal Basics MonitorInspectCopyProperty of School system

What Every Principal Should Know About…

EMAILS

What Principals Should Know About Email

O Legal IssuesO Create RulesO Monitor

Emails Can Become A Legal IssueO Do’s and Don’ts

O Train StaffO Internet BullyingO Avoiding emotional

and financial adversity

Create rules for your staff as Ethical Guidelines

O RulesO Content of EmailsO Include Staff

What Every Principal Should Know About…

Blogging, Facebook, and Cell Phones

Freedom of Expression – Can it be controlled outside of school?

O According to Thomas, Cambron-McCabe, and McCarthy, the key determinant of disciplinary action appears to be whether the material created off campus has a direct and detrimental impact on the school.

May 2011Doninger v. Niehoff --O Student Blogging, The School House,

and Free Speech CollideAccording to forbes.com, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that public school (i.e., government) officials did not violate a student’s First Amendment rights by preventing her from running for senior class secretary in response to a blog entry highly critical of those officials that she posted from home during non-school hours.

Facebook and Twitter warning to teachers who befriend pupils

O One in 10 misconduct cases from schools involved teachers using social networking sites like Facebook to start inappropriate relationships with their pupils, it was reported.

O Karl Hopwood, an internet safety consultant and former head, said: "My advice to schools is to always have a very clear and robust 'acceptable use' policy which is a living breathing document, not some 25-page tome on the staffroom shelf gathering dust. I think that they also have to have very clear distinctions between public and private."

3 Approaches to Cell Phones in Schools

O 1. Ban students from having cell phones at school

O 2. Allow students to bring their cell phones to school and allows them to use them during non-instructional times such as time in between classes and lunch

O 3. Possess and use their cell phones in class as learning tools

Student Suspended for Taking Pictures of Substitute Teacher

SleepingO MUSTANG, Okla. (AP) - Mustang

school district officials say a Mustang Mid-High School, 9th grade, student snapped a picture of what appears to be a man with his eyes closed behind a school desk last week.

O School officials say cell phones are allowed on school grounds, but can't be used during class.

Ethical Technology Standards

O Where Does Your School Board StandO Where Does Your Superintendant StandO Where Does Your Principal StandO Where Are Your Fellow Colleagues on

this IssueO Where Do Your Students Stand regardingO these Standards