Cherokee Middle School Technology Policy 2014-2015

Computers and the Internet are used at Cherokee solely to help students

with school work. The use of both is a privilege, not a right, and

inappropriate use will result in the loss of privileges.

STUDENTS:

1. may use the Internet only in conjunction with a school-related project assigned by a teacher and under the

supervision of a teacher or other staff member. Recreational surfing of the Internet is prohibited, including Google images. Students enrolled in MSCR programs may access pre-selected game sites only.

2. are expected to be responsible for their own behavior by following the same standards of conduct that are

expected in the classroom. Besides making good choices about how to behave, responsible behavior means not visiting sites that contain obscene, profane, hateful, gang-related, or offensive material.

3. may not use graphics that are offensive or violent.

4. should never enter personal information (phone number, address, etc.) for themselves or anyone else.

5. may not participate in online chat rooms, blogs, instant messaging, social networks, YouTube, and other

prohibited activities unless assigned to do so by a teacher and under the supervision of a teacher.

6. should log off the system as soon as finished to provide others the opportunity to access the system;

7. are expected to know and follow copyright laws.

PRINTING: Students shall:

* ask for permission to print;

* use print preview to print only important pages;

* only print materials related to school work.

Students should not:

* print multiple copies;

* print materials that are not consistent with the MMSD Code of Conduct.

EMAIL:

Students should not: * use their school email address for signing up for various sites (Facebook, for

example) or promotions; * lend their school email logins and passwords to

anyone else; * read mail or files without the owner's permission; * use any other

email account than the MMSD gmail program and may not check personal

email accounts while at school.

Students may not send

messages:

* that are inconsistent with the MMSD Behavior Education Plan, written or

implied; * that are inappropriate, obscene, sexist, contain obscenities, or contain

inflammatory or abusive language; * to engage in bullying or harassing;

* using another persons name or ID; * with attachments.

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE:

Students may not: * change any computer settings (including exiting out of Synchroneyes and

changing backgrounds) or interfere with

other peoples ability to use school district computing and network

resources;

* download or install files without permission of the teacher;

* change any hardware, software, or system settings (this includes closing out

programs

that should be running);

* use USB drives or headphones without permission of the teacher.