| All school districts and businesses have an AUG, Acceptable
Use Guidelines, for technology. You can read hundreds of them on the Internet. Naturally,
our district has one too. You can access it through the link on the menu at the
top of this page. It explains how we expect our students and staff to use
the technology available to them and asks all technology users to agree in writing to this
plan. Unless you and your parents have read and signed this document, you will not be
allowed to use the computers at Ford. Basically, the AUG says that computer hardware and
software is for everyone’s use and should not be altered by anyone either to do
damage or to suit their own personal preferences. Respect for all people should be shown
by politeness in all communication and in the preservation of files created by others. All
Internet users should remember that the purpose of computers at school is for legitimate
educational purposes, consequently off-task browsing and viewing questionable material is
not appropriate. Neither is reading personal email or playing games. Miss.
Shepperd’s MLR’s (Multimedia Lab Rules) are basically the same as the AUG. All you really need
to remember is to stay on task, respect others, and cooperate with your teacher. Since all of my students, whether they are in my Tech Apps classes, my
Multimedia classes, my Business Apps classes, or my Yearbook classes will be using computers on a daily basis,
they are subject to the same expectations. You can find the expectationss posted in the
room. I’ll discuss them with you during the first week of school. I don’t expect
you to be perfect, but I insist on cooperation with both the word and the intent of my
expectations and the district’s AUG.
ALL
my students will . . .
1 . Comply
with the districts Acceptable Use Guidelines for the use of technology that are found in
the student handbook.
2. Demonstrate at all times respect for all people and their work by . . .
- Speaking and writing to each other
using encouraging and respectful words.
- Omitting violent or inappropriate
images, animation, words, or sounds from all presentations and documents.
- Using the Internet in a responsible and
business-like manner. NEVER OPEN YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT WITHOUT PERMISSION.
- Leave the desktop exactly as you find
it. Never download and/or install programs on the harddrive of your computer or on the
server without permission. Just because it’s OK at home, doesn’t mean it’s
OK at school.
- Respecting copyright and privacy
standards set by law and common decency by refraining from using copyrighted material
unless the purpose, nature, and amount falls within the fair use clause of the copyright
law and never publishing a person’s image or their work without their permission.
- Staying on task while working in and
outside of the classroom and allowing others to do the same by not distracting others from
their task. Playing games is never appropriate. There is always something else to learn.
If you can’t think of anything to do, ask.
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2. Formal verbal counseling
3. 30 minute detention
4. 60 minute detention
5. Office referral
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