TECHNOLOGY PLAN
July 1, 2006—June 30, 2009
District: Carney-Nadeau Public School
District Code: 55-010
Address: N151 U.S. Highway 41, P.O. Box 68, Carney, Michigan 49812
Contact: Steve Martin, Superintendent
Steve Martin, Principal
Phone: (906)639-2000
Fax: (906) 639-2176 E-Mail: smartin@cnps.k12.mi.us
Years Covered by this plan: July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2009
Date of next state review (3 years from start date) 2009
Intermediate School District: Menominee County ISD
URL for Technology Plan: http://www.cnps.k12.mi.us/
Table of Contents Page:
Description of District 3
Vision and Goals 4
Technology Planning Team 6
I. Curriculum 7
II. Professional Development 14
III. Infrastructure/Tech Support/Hardware/Software 15
IV. Funding & Budget 17
V. Monitoring & Evaluation 17
Computer & Internet Contract: Acceptable Use Policy 18
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Carney-Nadeau Public School is housed in one building and is comprised of the following:
· Carney-Nadeau Elementary: 10 classrooms, 9 full-time teachers,
150 students K-6
· Carney-Nadeau High School,
10 classrooms, 9 full time & 1 part time teachers, 109 students 7-12
The
Carney-Nadeau Public School is committed to excellence for all students. We
believe that the school must provide a safe and orderly environment in
which learning can occur. Through
the partnership of school and community, we will form a positive attitude
toward education. We will strive to
educate all students and to instill the basic and the technological skills
that lead to intellectual, social, emotional, physical, and cultural
development.
District Mission
Statement
How the technology goals address the objectives of the
School Improvement Plan:
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Name
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Position
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· Steve Martin |
Superintendent/Principal |
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· Randolph Severinsen |
High School Social Studies Teacher. |
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· Dale Harris |
High School English Teacher. |
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· Pauline Poupore |
Fourth Grade Teacher. |
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I.
Curriculum
A. Curriculum
Integration
1. Technology standards and benchmarks are to be integrated
into existing
content standards
and applied to established district curricular content.
2. Technology skills continue to be integrated in curricular
areas throughout
students’ K-12 experience.
3. Grade level teachers will plan where to integrate
standards and benchmarks.
4. Technology integration will result in an increase of
student achievement.
5. We will utilize available audio-visual technology,
objective-based mastery learning, and problem-based learning to integrate
technology into our curricula by 2010.
6. Grade level teachers will be given time to incorporate technology standards into the existing curriculum maps that apply to all grade levels. This process is described in the Professional Development portion of the CNPS technology plan.
7. Increased student achievement will be obtained with the development of
Problem-solving strategies that incorporate higher order thinking skills.
The following steps will be used to incorporate technology
standards into the student’s K-12 educational experience:
B.
Student
Achievement
1.
Teachers will use research-based strategies that integrate technology
into curricula and instruction to improve student academic achievement,
according to the following grade level timeline:
By the end of the 2008-2009 school year, we expect:
The student will create a product that demonstrates basic
use of input and communication of information using graphic organizers of
presentation software.
Examples: Take simple, one-digit math problems, input information into KidPix2 and present a simple presentation on how to do addition. Create a Kidspiration graphic organizer that presents the clothing needed for each of the four seasons.
The student will demonstrate basic understanding of keyboard functions and simple mouse usage.
Examples: Use a mouse to properly click and choose Web sites from a hot list to search for information on famous inventors. Create a rebus story on Clicker 4 explaining about the different people that make up the student’s neighborhood.
The student will use information to organize and create a document explaining curricular content using word processing software.
Examples: Use information from a read aloud book on the life cycle of a frog to create a Word document that explains the process. Use Clicker4 software to write a simple story that tells about the student’s most favorite vacation ever.
The student will obtain information, organize and create
original text using publishing software.
Examples: Examine the characteristics of good citizenship and create a rebus story presenting the ways one can be a good citizen. Use Clicker4 to create an illustrated story of the path taken by the Iditarod participants.
The student will use print and non-print resources to get information to create and present a project to class using multimedia presentation software.
Examples: Use library resources to obtain information, create and present a PowerPoint slide show of words that begin with each of the different letter sounds. Use KidPix2 to create an interactive flowchart that illustrates different multiplication fact families.
The student will demonstrate, to an observer, simple uses of research tools to begin the development of gathering information.
Examples: Student reviews Web sites for information on different shapes and uses of shapes using a Hot List created by the teacher. Use Google searches to find information on the different aspects of the water cycle.
Upper Elementary Grade 3 – 5
By the end of the 2008-2009 school year, we expect:
The student will create a product that demonstrates introductory or beginning use of retrieval, input, organization, communication, and evaluation of information using applications such as graphic organizers and presentation software.
Examples: Use the Internet or Encarta to learn the safety precautions for severe weather and create a PowerPoint to present them to class. Read fiction stories from Electric Library and use Inspiration to create visual flow charts of story elements.
The student will practice and reinforce standard usage of home keys and use of mouse.
Examples: Demonstrate for evaluation the standard use of home keys while typing information for social studies research report using PowerPoint. Use mouse to highlight and manipulate text in a book report on Word while editing and revising.
The student will find information, organize and create text
to produce a document explaining curricular content using word processing
software.
Examples: Use print and non-print resource materials to produce a Word document that explains the process of photosynthesis. Research information on natural disasters that have plagued Michigan and create a Wordpad document that describes what it would be like to live through one.
The student will obtain information, organize, write and
create original text to final copy using publishing software.
Examples: Use different media resources to retrieve, create and publish a brochure using Microsoft Publisher that demonstrates and explains the different phases of matter. Students interview classmates, parents, teachers and administrators to produce a final copy monthly newsletter using KidPix Studio Deluxe.
The student will retrieve, organize, create and communicate
a project to the class using multimedia presentation software.
Examples: Use print and non-print resources to obtain information, organize and present a pictorial timeline of important historical figures in Michigan history using TimeLiner. Create and present a PowerPoint slide show detailing the differences between grade levels at a parent open house.
The student will demonstrate to an observer effective usage of research tools (Yahooligans, Encarta, etc.) to aid in development of information gathering skills.
Examples: Practice and display the use of search techniques on Yahooligans to gather information on how sound travels through different substances. Use Encarta software to examine and find information on Father Marquette and his importance of the introduction to Christianity to Native Americans of Michigan.
The student will use standard computer accessories to enhance presentations and products.
Examples: Demonstrate the ability to take digital pictures of the different organisms in the schoolyard and download files into an Inspiration document to create a food web.
Use a scanner to scan family pictures or other historical documents to produce a pictorial family tree using TimeLiner.
Middle
School Grade 6-Grade 8
By the end of the 2008-2009 school year, we expect:
The student will create information products that demonstrate retrieval, input,
organization, manipulation, evaluation and communication of information using
applications such as graphic organizers or presentation software. Information
will be in multiple formats (voice, data, video, still graphics, etc.)
Examples: Use the Internet, Electric Library and/or Encarta to learn the physical
characteristics, reproduction, defense mechanisms and feeding habits of a
nonvertebrate and create a PowerPoint to present them in the student’s own
words. Use print reference materials such as World Book and library books to study government in ancient Greece, Rome, or Egypt and create a flow chart in
Inspiration or Paint that portrays the structure of government.
The student will consistently demonstrate to an observing teacher standard
keyboarding on the QWERTY keyboard and use of the mouse to
navigate the Windows screen.
Examples: Practice and display for evaluation the use of Power Type Light lessons and tests in English class prior to writing a review of a piece of literature in the textbook. Use the mouse to highlight, copy, and paste a passage from Encarta or Electric Library into a Word document defining fractals, tessellation, or another mathematical term.
The student will find and use recorded information and create original text to
produce a Word or WordPad document explaining concepts included in the
evaluated curriculum.
Examples: Use the textbook, library books, magazines, newspapers, and vertical file items to produce a Word or Wordpad document explaining the raw source, physical characteristics, health risks and social implications of a controlled substance. After examining a biography of a famous historical figure, create a Word or WordPad document describing a day in the life of the person or his/her fictional friend/associate.
The student will plan and design a document in the form of a printed publication, create original text, and use a desktop publishing program such as Publisher or the Publications functions in Word to produce a copy of an informative newsletter, book, flyer, brochure or other print document reflecting mastery of an instructional standard or benchmark.
Book and the Internet, including historical sites, interesting landforms, major mountain ranges or rivers, major cities, and other important facts for understanding the country and convincing others to visit there. Create a flyer explaining an invention that they have made to demonstrate the function of electricity or an electromagnet. Plan and execute it using the
publishing wizard in Microsoft Word.
The student will plan and design a multimedia presentation, write original text, and use PowerPoint to display a process to improve a product, system, or environment covered in the core curriculum.
Examples: Students will devise a process to compare two characters in the fiction book Freak the Mighty and create a series of PowerPoint slides presenting the
comparison. Students research the way of life in Ancient Greece, and then compare homes, food, storage, heating, clothing, schooling, games or entertainment from that era with their own and create a PowerPoint that shows the improvement in the environment today.
The student will use electronic research tools to transfer technological knowledge to life roles, process information, and gain an understanding of
legal and ethical standards for use of technology.
Examples: Find and access appropriate campfire recipes in Encarta, Electric Library or on the Internet to use in Outdoor Education class. Use a search engine in Internet Explorer to find information about copyright that explains how pictures found online can be legally used in a PowerPoint on famous people born in France or Spain for foreign language classes.
The student will use external computer accessories in the process of applying technical knowledge and skills to life roles, using information, practicing a systematic approach to problem solving, and behaving legally and ethically in technology use.
Examples:
Produce a display showing how technology improves shopping by taking digital photos of students using a bar code scanner on upc labels, or comparing unit prices on store shelves for personal economics class. Use the computer scanner to add images from books on the Commonwealth of Independent States to papers explaining the differences between communist and democratic government.
The student will use database and spreadsheet software to process information
and apply technological knowledge and skills to their roles as family member,
citizen, worker, consumer, and lifelong learner.
Examples: To understand the role of public opinion in government, students will survey their classmates about a current public issue (i.e. if the U.S. should be
involved in fights between other countries) and create a spreadsheet or graph
in Excel showing the proportions of students who answer in any of several ways.
Create a database in Access showing what proportions of peanut oil are
contained in various foods for health class.
The student will study modules in the modular technology classroom to apply technologies to critical thinking, creative expression, and decision-making skills and to evaluate technology impact and forecast alternative technology uses and consequences in the process of making informed decisions.
Examples: Students will use the video camera module and create a video that examines how students might feel differently about students who are shown breaking rules, similar to the issue of showing court trials on television.
Students will use the biotechnology module to examine the ethics of use of
those techniques to alter the human population.
High
School Grade 9-12
By the end of the 2008-2009 school year, we expect:
The student will create information products that demonstrate retrieval, input, organization, manipulation, evaluation and communication of information using applications such as graphic organizers or presentation software. Information will be in multiple formats (voice, data, video, still graphics, etc.)
Example: Use the Internet, Electronic Library and/or
Encarta to gather information and identify impact of loss of habitat on
endangered species.
The student will consistently demonstrate to an observing teacher standard keyboarding on the QWERTY keyboard and use of the mouse to navigate the Windows screen.
Examples: Students will use
mouse to highlight, copy, and paste a passage form Encarta or Electronic
Library in a Word document using proper citations. Formal keyboarding classes
will be offered as an elective.
The student will find and use recorded information and create original text to produce a Word document explaining concepts included in the evaluated curriculum.
Example: Use
textbooks, library books, magazines, newspapers, and Internet resources to
produce a research paper using Microsoft Word.
The student will plan and design a document in the form of a printed publication, create original text, and use a desktop publishing program such as Publisher or the Publications functions in Word to produce a copy of an informative newsletter, book, flyer, brochure or other print document reflecting mastery of an instructional standard or benchmark.
Example: The student will create original brochure or
newsletter for distribution to parents, teachers, or fellow classmates.
Students will use desktop publishing to design
and create cover letters for research papers and other reports.
The student will plan and design a multimedia presentation, write original text, and/or use PowerPoint to display a process to improve a product, system, or environment covered in the core curriculum. Students will learn to use digital video editing equipment to record presentations and other projects.
Examples: Students will create short informational
public service advertisements or school announcements for distribution to
school population.
Students will create PowerPoint presentations to
enhance oral reports.
The student will use electronic research tools to transfer technological knowledge to life roles, process information, and gain an understanding of legal and ethical standards for use of technology.
Example: Students will gather and evaluate information
from the World Wide Web, online libraries, and databases to demonstrate
knowledge assessed in curriculum.
The student will use external computer accessories in the process of applying technical knowledge and skills to life roles, using information, practicing a systematic approach to problem solving, and behaving legally and ethically in technology use.
Example: Students will collect, share, and analyze data
on water samples gathered from a local watershed using a PDA.
The student will use database and spreadsheet software to process information and apply technological knowledge and skills to their roles as family member, citizen, worker, consumer, and lifelong learner.
Example: Students will gather, evaluate, and disseminate
action research using Microsoft Access or Excel to organize and calculate data.
The student will study modules in the modular technology classroom to apply technologies to critical thinking, creative expression, and decision-making skills and to evaluate technology impact and forecast alternative technology uses and consequences in the process of making informed decisions.
Example: Students will evaluate various career
possibilities using various modules intended to demonstrate related job skills
and responsibilities.
The
student will learn various methods of creating and posting interactive web
pages using object-based programs as well as HTML and JAVA code, while
exercising legal and ethical practices.
Example: Students will create a personal website
including portfolio work and resume’.
Students
will receive both formal and informal training in order to trouble-shoot their
own problems as they occur, provide the best care of district equipment, and
assist other students and staff with technical issues.
Example: Students in the Student Technology Assistant
program will provide ongoing support of district equipment, as well as assist
classmates and teachers with various technical support.
The
student will use Computer-Aided Design equipment, expanding on the skills
applied during traditional drafting instruction.
Example: Students will create 3D scale models of items to
be made in the industrial arts program.
The
student will become proficient in various programming languages in order to
become familiar with the necessary logic, formulas, syntax, and critical thinking
required to complete a working computer software program.
Example: Students will create programs using BASIC,
Visual Basic, C++, or other supported programming
C. Technology Delivery
Accelerated
Math and Accelerated Reader are objective-based learning strategies which will
continue to be used.
Internet
usage and online classes will be implemented throughout the curriculum.
Virtual High
School and Distance Learning courses will be added to the district’s course
offerings.
The
district will implement a Fourth Grade keyboarding course.
Video-Streaming—used where
sufficient network bandwidth allows, video-streaming resources such as
DigitalCurriculum.com will be used to enhance existing curricular areas at all grade
levels. The Video-On-Demand service provided by Digital Curriculum.com
satisfies all four reform principals designated by the "No Child Left
Behind Legislation".
Virtual
Field Trips—individual classrooms will utilize opportunities to explore educational
topics electronically. Virtual field trips will be created in which students
visit a variety of websites that relate to the current topic being studied.
Each teacher of each
course that provides the required credits of the Michigan Merit Curriculum has
integrated an online experience into that course.
D.
Parental
Communications & Community Relations
The
district will improve its web site to facilitate communication by parents with
teachers.
The
newsletter, which includes information on important events including
Parent-Teacher conferences, PTO meetings etc. currently published in the local
paper will also be posted on the school web site.
This
technology plan will also be posted in this web site, including information on
how it will be used with their students.
The school’s Annual Report, including the technology plan, will be made available to the public.
Parents and other community members will be asked for their involvement, contribution to the planning stages, the implementation, and ongoing assessment of the technology plan.
E.
Collaboration
II. Professional Development
F.
Professional
Development
The
technological abilities of our teaching staff are in a state of continuous
improvement. It has improved greatly
within the last eight years, as outlined in the two former district technology
plan. Carney-Nadeau Public Schools will
continue to provide:
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Direct staff technology training on available on line resources that
align with state standards and benchmarks and include lesson plans to address
them. In-house training. Examples
include New York Times, Michigan Teacher Network and others.
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Direct staff technology training via the ISD on line resources that
align with state standards and benchmarks and include lesson plans to address
them.
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Direct staff technology training as offered throughout the Upper
Peninsula on line resources that align with state standards and benchmarks and
include lesson plans to address them.
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Staff is maintaining a log for the Principal on their professional
development hours.
A.
Supporting
Resources
The
plan includes a variety of basic supporting resources such as the following:
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A section of the school library will be devoted to technology,
providing resources to both students and the community.
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III. Infrastructure, Hardware, Technical Support and Software
H. Infrastructure, Needs/Technical Specification, and Design
The current available infrastructure includes the following:
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Internet
delivered via the network is a T-1 connection provided by MERIT over copper
wire to the district.
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Elementary
Lab consisting of 16 computers of approximately 3 years old.
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A Tech-Ed
lab consisting of 20 computers approximately 2 years old.
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A five-year
old wireless lab supporting 30 laptop computers.
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All classrooms
have at least one computer and one ink jet printer.
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Telephone
system was updated in 1999 with extensions in administrative offices and a few
other locations, but not in the classrooms.
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Five data
projectors.
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Each
classroom has a “Carney Cable TV” connection and a tv with vcr/dvd player.
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Six
scanners are available to support Accelerated Math, all of which need to be
replaced.
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A Network
Konica copy machine made accessible to all classrooms, along with three
networked laser printers.
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Applying
for a Menominee County Schools Internet Consortium to increase our broadband
width for the same cost enabling students to have ITV capabilities.
I. Increase Access
The following
infrastructure items need to be acquired:
Timeline/Estimated Cost
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Item
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$14,000/year |
Broadband Internet Access T-1 line |
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· As funding becomes available-$25,000 |
Upgraded phone system; phones in all classrooms. |
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· As funding becomes available-$7,200/year |
Ongoing computer replacement timeline (4-6 computers/year). |
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· As funding becomes available-$10,000 |
Software upgrades |
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· As funding becomes available-$5,000/year |
Computer licensing and annual upgrades (Novell, SmartNet, Veritas Backup Exec) |
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· As funding becomes available-$6,000 |
Upgraded printers |
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As
funding becomes available-$2,400 |
Permanently-mounted computer data projectors |
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· As funding becomes available-3 per year at $6,000 |
Additional Data Projectors |
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· As funding becomes available-$6,000 |
Satellite receiving system |
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· As funding becomes available-$4,000 |
5 Accelerated Math Scanners |
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· $11,000 over the course of 2 years |
Network
Servers |
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· As funding becomes available-$1,000/year |
Assistive technologies for students with special needs as they are identified. |
Total Cost over course of plan implementation: $97,600
The above strategies will increase access to technology for all students and all teachers. When new hardware and software are acquired , compatibility with current hardware and software will be considered. Successful vendors will be required to provide written verification that upgraded hardware and software or new hardware and software will be interoperable with our current hardware and software, or will provide the specifications of needed software to ensure interoperability.
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IV. Funding and
Budget
J.
Budget and
Timetable
1. Timeline and budget
covering the acquisition, implementation, interoperability provisions,
maintenance and professional development related to the use of technology to improve
student academic achievement.
2. In addition $10,000 per year will be budgeted for purchased technical services to keep our current systems operational.
3. In addition $5,000 will be budgeted for new and updated software each year of this plan.
K.
Coordination
of Resources
Yearly budgets include expenditures for technology
maintenance, new and updated software, training and service. In addition, one-time hardware updates will
be implemented by 2009.
Budget line items include the above updates along with monies from Federal resources for Innovative Programs (Title IIA and Title VI) and outside funding; i.e. grants and donations. There is also a continual process of seeking state, federal and local grants, which have in the past, have been essential for our current infrastructure. Some of these include the: Technology Literacy Challenge Grant, Cycles 4 and 5; 2001-02 School Renovation, Idea, and Technology Grant; 2001 and 2002 Gold Apple Awards.
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V. Monitoring and Evaluation
L. Evaluation
The
committee will convene quarterly to share anecdotal reports and remarks on the
effectiveness of integrating technology into curricula and instruction, increasing
the ability of teachers to teach, and enabling students to reach challenging
State academic standards.
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Adjustments to the plan’s implementation will be made based on these
meetings.
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The committee will evaluate the extent to which the goals have been
met, as well as any unexpected outcomes.
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The committee will develop a corrective plan for unmet goals.
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Progress will be measured using a physical accounting as items are
acquired.
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Adequate yearly progress will be measured using:
MEAP tests
Michigan Technology content standards
Michigan Framework technology benchmarks
M.
Acceptable
Use Policy
The Carney-Nadeau Acceptable Use Policy for students and staff is included in this document, which is on-line via the school web site. A sub-committee of the Technology Use Committee will review and update the existing policy annually.
Carney-Nadeau Public School has a contract with ‘Bess’ to provide filtering of internet content to insure students are not exposed to inappropriate materials on the internet.
Strategies are in place to monitor the district’s Acceptable Use Plan for staff and student use of the technologies.
Use of the Internet
provides great educational benefits to students. Access to the Internet is given as a privilege to students who
agree to act in a considerate and responsible manner. Unfortunately, however, some material accessible via the Internet may
contain items that are illegal, defamatory, or potentially offensive to some
people. By way of setting up some
guidelines to enforce responsible use of the Internet, please see the following
rules. We require that students and
parents or guardians read, accept, and sign the following rules for acceptable
on-line behavior.
1.
Students are responsible for good behavior on the Internet just as they
are in school. General school rules for
behavior and communications apply.
2.
Network storage areas may be treated like school lockers. Network administrators may review files and
communications to maintain system integrity and ensure that user s are using
the system responsibly. Users should
not expect that files would always be private.
3.
Students are to keep computer equipment in good condition and handle
all components respectfully.
4.
The following specifics must be followed:
a.
There is to be no damage to
computers, computer systems, hardware, software, system files or computer
networks.
b. No excessive noise.
c.
No downloading of games or
music.
d. No e-mail during class time.
e.
No games during class time.
f.
No chat rooms.
g. No sending or displaying offensive messages or pictures.
h. No using obscene language.
i.
No harassing, insulting, or
attacking others.
j.
No violating copyright laws.
k.
No using of another’s
password.
l.
No trespassing in another’s
folders, work or files.
m. No sharing files to improve a grade.
n. No employing the
network for commercial purposes.
o. No intentionally wasting of limited resources, including
through the use of “chain letters” and messages broadcasted to mailing
lists. No broadcasting messages.
p. Do not reveal personal address or phone numbers of yourself
or another person to unknown persons on the Internet.
5.
Violations will result in a loss of access along with the possibility
of other disciplinary or legal action.
Carney-Nadeau
Public School has a contract with N2H2 (Internet Content Filtering) with a Pix
Firewall to provide filtering of internet content to insure students are not
exposed to inappropriate materials on the internet.
Although we employ this service as a means of assuring compliance with the Child Internet Protection Act, Carney-Nadeau Public School recognizes that adults in charge, i.e., teachers and paraprofessionals, have an obligation to observe and monitor student use of the Internet.
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