 From pgs 31-34 of the AIDS Code of Conduct
Click the icon to print a copyAllen Independent School District’s Acceptable
Use Guidelines for Technology
The Allen Independent School District strongly
believes in the educational value of electronic services and recognizes their potential to
support its curriculum and student learning by facilitating resource sharing, innovation,
and communication. By deploying a filtering system, AISD will make every effort to protect
students and teachers from any misuses or abuses as a result of their experience with an
information service. This places AISD in compliance with CIPA (Children’s Internet
Protection Act). Your and your child’s signatures will indicate acknowledgment and
understanding of the following standards. These standards have been cross-referenced with
other sections of the AISD Student Code of Conduct to provide information to students and
parents regarding possible violations and consequences. These references are not an
exhaustive list. Please refer to other sections of the AISD Student Code of Conduct for
additional information for violating these standards. As a user of this service, your
child will be expected to abide by the following generally accepted rules of network
etiquette. (References are not an exhaustive list).
Network Guidelines
1. Personal Safety
a. I will not post personal contact information
about myself or other people without the permission of my parents and teacher. Personal
contact information includes but is not limited to my photo, address or telephone number.
(safety violation)
b. I will not agree to meet with someone I have
met online without my parent’s approval. (safety violation)
c. I will promptly disclose to my teacher or
other school employee any message I receive that is inappropriate. (safety violation)
2. Illegal Activities
a. I will not attempt to gain unauthorized
access to my school’s file server, Allen ISD’s district network, or to any other
computer system to go beyond my authorized access. This includes attempting to log in
through another person’s account or access another person’s files. These actions
are illegal, even if only for the purposes of “browsing.” (theft)
b. I will not make deliberate attempts to
disrupt the computer system or destroy data by spreading computer viruses or by any other
means. These actions are illegal. (vandalism)
c. I will not use my school’s file server
or Allen ISD’s district network to engage in any other illegal act, such as arranging
for a drug sales or the purchase of alcohol, engaging in criminal gang activity,
threatening the safety of a person. (drug and safety violation)
d. I will not read, move, rename, edit, delete,
or in any way alter the files that have been created or organized by others. (vandalism)
e. I will not install software on any AISD
computers or on the AISD network without direct supervision of AISD staff. (vandalism)
f. I will not alter hardware or software setups
on my school’s computers or the file server. (vandalism)
3. Security
a. I am responsible for my individual account
and should take all reasonable precautions to prevent others from being able to use my
account. Under no conditions will I provide my password to another person. (safety
violation)
b. I will immediately notify a teacher or the
system administrator if I have identified a possible security problem with the network or
peripheral computers. I will not go looking for these security problems, because this may
be construed as an illegal attempt to gain access. (safety violation/theft)
c. I will take all precautions to avoid the
spread of computer viruses. (vandalism)
d. I will not attach non-AISD computer equipment
or peripherals to the AISD network or its infrastructure. This is not to include data
storage devices such as pin drives, flash drives, floppy disks, or CDs. (security)
4. Inappropriate Language
a. Restrictions against inappropriate language
apply to public messages, private messages, and material created for assignments or to be
posted on web pages. (derogatory statements/disruption of education)
b. I will not use obscene, profane, lewd,
vulgar, rude, inflammatory, threatening, or disrespectful language. (derogatory
statement/sexual harassment)
c. I will not engage in personal attacks, including prejudicial or
discriminatory attacks. (derogatory statements/disruption of education)
d. I will not harass another person. Harassment is
persistently acting in a manner that distresses or annoys another person. If I am told by
a person to stop sending them messages, I will stop. (disrespecting others’
rights/disruption of education)
e. I will not knowingly or recklessly post false or
defamatory information about a person or organization. (derogatory
statements/disruption of education)
5. Respect for Privacy
a. I will not repost a message that was sent to me
privately without permission of the person who sent me the message. (disrespecting
others’ rights)
b. I will not post private information about another
person. (disrespecting others’ rights)
6. Respecting Resource
Limits
a. I will use the technology at my school only for
educational and career development activities. (disruption of education)
b. I will not download files over 2 MB without prior
approval. (disruption of education)
c. I will not post chain letters or engage in
“spamming.” Spamming is sending an annoying or unnecessary message to a large
number of people. (disruption of education)
d. I will not download or use games, pictures,
video, music, instant messaging, e-mail, or file sharing applications, programs,
executables, or anything else unless I have direct authorization from a teacher, it is
legal for me to have the files, and it is in support of a classroom assignment. Teachers
may not authorize me to download anything that is illegal for me to have or is in conflict
with AISD Computer Security Policy. (disruption of education)
e. I understand that AISD personnel may monitor my
computer activity and delete any files that are not for a classroom assignment. (security)
7. Plagiarism and
Copyright Infringement
a. I will not plagiarize works that I find on the
Internet or on the computers at my school. Plagiarism is taking the ideas or writings of
others and presenting them as if they were my own. (theft)
b. I will respect the rights of copyright owners.
Copyright infringement occurs when I inappropriately reproduce a work that is protected by
a copyright. If a work contains language that specifies appropriate use of that work, I
will follow the expressed requirements. If I am unsure whether or not I can use a work, I
will request permission from the copyright owner. If I am confused by copyright law, I
will ask a teacher to answer my questions. (theft)
8. Inappropriate Access
to Material
a. I will not use my school’s file server to
access material that is profane or obscene (pornography), that advocates illegal acts, or
that advocates violence or discrimination toward other people. (disruption of
education/safety violation)
b. If I mistakenly access inappropriate
information, I will immediately tell my teacher or an administrator, and will not attempt
to access the inappropriate information again. (failing to comply with directives)
c. My parents will instruct me if there is
additional material that they think it would be inappropriate for me to access. The
district fully expects that I will follow my parent’s instructions in this matter. (respect
for others violation)
d. I understand that internet access is provided for
support of classroom assignments and I will not attempt to surf anonymously or modify the
computer in anyway to allow me access to websites or applications I am not authorized to
use. (disruption of education). |
