Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L): May 2008

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Re: Communication/Language exchange

Hola;

I was so glad to note that are located in a Spanish speaking country.
I am an Instructional Technologist, working in the position of Tech.
Integration Specialist at a HS in Washington, DC. This year my attempt to
have the Spanish and French teachers make a connection with a foreign
language class was not fruitful. I did not spend a lot of time at it, but my
assumption that they had more connections than I was not accurate--they were
not able to make the arrangements.

Ideally, I hope for the classes to have some exchange of communication using
Skype. Don't know whether you're in a position to contemplate it, or can
recommended someone that may be interested in the online exchange?

Thanks for the consideration.
Girelle

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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Anne Skipper
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:12 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Final Grades

Final GradesHi Lisa,

In our Middle School, final averages are calculated as:

Quarter Grades = 40% and Exam = 20% for the semester average, then the two
semesters are weighted 50/50 for the final year grade.

In the Upper School, final averages are calculated as:

Quarter Grades = 33.33% and Exam = 33.34% for the semester average, then the

two semesters are weighted 50/50 for the final year grade.

Semester classes are weighted as with the semester percentages.

Anne

Anne F. Skipper
Escuela Americana
San Salvador, El Salvador

www.amschool.edu.sv

----- Original Message -----
From: Lisa Sjogren
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:38 PM
Subject: Final Grades

Can I just get some input on how final grades are calculated at your
school. Do you weight each quarter/trimester equally? Or do you take
all of the points earned divided by the points possible from the
entire school year?

Thanks!
Lisa

---
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Director of Technology
St. Raphael's Catholic School

763-504-9450, ext. 311
763-504-9460, fax

lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org
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Friday, May 30, 2008

Re: student information systems

We are implementing Veracross but it is not a low cost solution. We
chose it because it links with our new hosted web site (by FinalSite--we
just went live last Wednesday) and it is also a hosted product, with
most functions accessible in any web browser. Heavy users have a
full-featured client.

Derrel
--

Derrel Fincher
Director of Information and Communication Technology
Graded - The American School of SÃ£o Paulo
(AssociaÃ§Ã£o Escola Graduada de SÃ£o Paulo)
dfincher@graded.br | http://www.graded.br
(55 11) 3747-4837 | Fax (55 11) 3742-9358

>>> On 5/23/2008 at 4:37 AM, in message <48367428.60008@krtams.org>,
Damianne
President <dpresident@krtams.org> wrote:
> I'm looking for an SIS recommendation. We're considering Focus and
> Centre. What are other people using? If you've used either Focus or
> Centre, can you please share your experiences with me?
>
> Thanks,
> Damianne President
>
>
> IT Coordinator
> Khartoum American School
> skype: dprez01
> Tel: 0913318639

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Re: Social Networking Policy

I love it!

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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Richter, Lavina A.
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 12:03 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Social Networking Policy

True story: I have a student who listed "squash" (the sport) as one of
her FB favorites. She is constantly plagued by squash (the vegetable)
advertisements. Who would have thought you needed to advertise for
squash (the vegetable) anyway? Perhaps the marketing companies will now
think our students eat more healthfully and consequently will market
more green choices to them. Might be a win/win after all.

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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith E Gatling
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 1:56 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Social Networking Policy

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Bill Fitzgerald
<dwfitzgerald@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> There is much of what you said that I agree with, especially the=20
> sections about the futility of banning, and the need to educate=20
> students and faculty on how to use these tools effectively.
>
> However...The continued existence of Facebook, MySpace, WebKinz are
> *predicated* on the need to gather specific user data to allow them to

> create more targeted ads. The old-school media examples you cite can=20
> all be read anonymously, ie, without an individual login (as most of=20
> the examples I have seen require a school-wide login). The FB/MySpace=20
> types sites all require individual logins, and the profile=20
> page/friendships/group affiliations/shared items (aka, the features)=20
> all provide valuable information to marketers.
>
> So let's not kid ourselves. You can save money by using a free social=20
> networking service. But, to compare the ads on the NY Times to the=20
> advertising infrastructure that is Facebook is both technically=20
> inaccurate, and functionally inaccurate -- and our students and=20
> faculty need to know the difference.

Point taken about the ability to use those examples of print media
"anonymously" and even on a shared basis. However, you may already know
this, but I also know that I was unaware of this for quite some time:
many of those print media examples come in ZIP code-specific editions.
This means that the ads in the edition sent to an address in 13210 (the
Syracuse University area) may be different from the ones sent to 13244
(Syracuse University's "personal" ZIP code), and the ads in the 13078
edition (the Boulder Heights development in Suburban Syracuse) will be
different from the ones in the 13202 edition (the "projects"). Granted,
"Model Railroader"
magazine doesn't do this type of ZIP code-based advertising (they're a
small enough segment of the population to begin with), but many of the
much larger circulation magazines do.

Humorous note here. I'm always amused to see targeted ads for beermaking
supplies come up whenever I'm reading email that's come up as a reply to
something I've written, and that includes my original post in the body.
I fully understand that this is because my initials are "keg." However,
I must admit that I was totally shocked when the targeted ad was "Guess
who has a crush on you" and I was reading a message either about or from
a friend that I did happen to "admire from afar." To this day I don't
know what made Google associate that particular message with that
particular ad. Perhaps they've hired Kreskin to help with their
targeting.

Oh, and, as Lt Columbo might have said, "Just one more thing..."
There've been quite a few times when one of those targeted ads was
exactly on the money for something I was interested in, and glad to find
out about.

keg

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http://www.gatling.us/keith
The fact that I'm open-minded doesn't mean that I have to agree with
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Final exams in languages

We are reconsidering the kinds of measures we use to assess modern and clas=
sical language performance in our upper school. I would be interested in wh=
at final exams you give to your students at the completion of levels 1, 2, =
3, and 4 in French, Latin, and Spanish. Copies of used exams given in June=
in these subjects would be most helpful. Please contact me if you can hel=
p in providing such samples. Don Knies, Head of Upper School, Staten Island=
Academy

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Re: Social Networking Policy

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Bill Fitzgerald
<dwfitzgerald@yahoo.com>
wrote:

keg

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Re: Social Networking Policy

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Bill Fitzgerald <dwfitzgerald@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> There is much of what you said that I agree with, especially the sections
> about the futility of banning, and the need to educate students and faculty
> on how to use these tools effectively.
>
> However...The continued existence of Facebook, MySpace, WebKinz are
> *predicated* on the need to gather specific user data to allow them to
> create more targeted ads. The old-school media examples you cite can all be
> read anonymously, ie, without an individual login (as most of the examples I
> have seen require a school-wide login). The FB/MySpace types sites all
> require individual logins, and the profile page/friendships/group
> affiliations/shared items (aka, the features) all provide valuable
> information to marketers.
>
> So let's not kid ourselves. You can save money by using a free social
> networking service. But, to compare the ads on the NY Times to the
> advertising infrastructure that is Facebook is both technically inaccurate,
> and functionally inaccurate -- and our students and faculty need to know the
> difference.

Point taken about the ability to use those examples of print media
"anonymously" and even on a shared basis. However, you may already know
this, but I also know that I was unaware of this for quite some time: many
of those print media examples come in ZIP code-specific editions. This means
that the ads in the edition sent to an address in 13210 (the Syracuse
University area) may be different from the ones sent to 13244 (Syracuse
University's "personal" ZIP code), and the ads in the 13078 edition (the
Boulder Heights development in Suburban Syracuse) will be different from the
ones in the 13202 edition (the "projects"). Granted, "Model Railroader"
magazine doesn't do this type of ZIP code-based advertising (they're a small
enough segment of the population to begin with), but many of the much larger
circulation magazines do.

Humorous note here. I'm always amused to see targeted ads for beermaking
supplies come up whenever I'm reading email that's come up as a reply to
something I've written, and that includes my original post in the body. I
fully understand that this is because my initials are "keg." However, I must
admit that I was totally shocked when the targeted ad was "Guess who has a
crush on you" and I was reading a message either about or from a friend that
I did happen to "admire from afar." To this day I don't know what made
Google associate that particular message with that particular ad. Perhaps
they've hired Kreskin to help with their targeting.

Oh, and, as Lt Columbo might have said, "Just one more thing..." There've
been quite a few times when one of those targeted ads was exactly on the
money for something I was interested in, and glad to find out about.

keg

========================================
Keith E Gatling
mailto:keith@gatling.us
http://www.gatling.us/keith
The fact that I'm open-minded doesn't mean that I have to agree with you.
========================================

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Re: Social Networking Policy

There is much of what you said that I agree with, especially the sections about the futility of banning, and the need to educate students and faculty on how to use these tools effectively.

However, re:

--- On Fri, 5/30/08, Keith E Gatling <keith@gatling.us> wrote:

> Now I know that there are some out there who will cry
> "Advertising!
> Advertising!" and complain that these services are
> suspect because they're
> profit-driven, and merely want to access our students'
> "eyes." Better, they
> would say, that we develop tools in-house that aren't
> tainted by the goal of
> trying to advertise to our students.

Profit-driven is fine. Advertising-driven and profit driven are two entirely different beasts.

>
> To this I bring up the examples of Newsweek, Time, Sports
> Illustrated, The
> New York Times, and many other periodicals we have our
> libraries subscribe
> to for our students. All of these feature advertising, and
> want just as much
> to get access to the eyes of our students and faculty
> members. What makes
> these old media examples any less evil than the new media
> ones? How much
> more would Newsweek cost if it were entirely subscriber
> supported?

One specific example (and there are others): Facebook's Beacon debacle. The continued existence of Facebook, MySpace, WebKinz are *predicated* on the need to gather specific user data to allow them to create more targeted ads. The old-school media examples you cite can all be read anonymously, ie, without an individual login (as most of the examples I have seen require a school-wide login). The FB/MySpace types sites all require individual logins, and the profile page/friendships/group affiliations/shared items (aka, the features) all provide valuable information to marketers.

So let's not kid ourselves. You can save money by using a free social networking service. But, to compare the ads on the NY Times to the advertising infrastructure that is Facebook is both technically inaccurate, and functionally inaccurate -- and our students and faculty need to know the difference.

Cheers,

Bill

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Re: Social Networking Policy

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Richter, Lavina A. <vrichter@exeter.edu>
wrote:

> This is my personal policy as well - I don't send friend requests to
> kids...if they ask I accept. Most don't ask until they graduate and go
> to college, at which point they feel it is "safe" to friend me.

It's worth noting that the reason this particular colleague uses Facebook to
communicate with her students, and probably the reason why so many others do
too, is that in many ways it offers better and easier to use tools than we
can provide in-house.

If she wants to post a sound clip or photos from a recent concert, she can
do it much more easily, and without having to learn HTML, than she would
through the tools that we provide her in-house. If she wants to let a
particular ensemble know that a rehearsal time has changed, not only is that
relatively easy to do using Facebook, but she knows that they're more likely
to check their Facebook messages than their school email accounts. And quite
frankly, if a tool exists out there that *we* don't have to support
in-house, I think we should embrace it, rather than circling the wagons
against change.

Now I know that there are some out there who will cry "Advertising!
Advertising!" and complain that these services are suspect because they're
profit-driven, and merely want to access our students' "eyes." Better, they
would say, that we develop tools in-house that aren't tainted by the goal of
trying to advertise to our students.

To this I bring up the examples of Newsweek, Time, Sports Illustrated, The
New York Times, and many other periodicals we have our libraries subscribe
to for our students. All of these feature advertising, and want just as much
to get access to the eyes of our students and faculty members. What makes
these old media examples any less evil than the new media ones? How much
more would Newsweek cost if it were entirely subscriber supported?

There is also the issue of being careful what you wish for. About ten years
ago, a parent member of our Technology Committee said that we needed to find
a way to get girls more interested in using computers. Not necessarily for
what they considered to be all the "geeky," socially isolated stuff. But,
instead, the way that they naturally interacted with people. When a killer
app of that nature came about, girls would finally embrace using computers.

Well guess what? That killer app is Facebook/MySpace. It did exactly what we
thought we wanted it to, and now that it's here, we want to push the genie
back into the bottle. It ain't gonna happen. *We* have to adapt to the fact
that they're using it in just the ways that that parent predicted. *We* have
to get out there and *use it too*. *We* have to STOP TRYING TO DEFINE ALL
NEW PROBLEMS AS TECHNOLOGICAL ONES, WHEN THEY'RE THE SAME OLD PROBLEMS, JUST
WITH A TECHNOLOGICAL SPIN TO THEM.

Case in point: cell phones. Let's face it folks, they're not going away. You
can try to ban them on campus between the hours of 8.00a and 3.00p, but what
about students with laptops? Surely they have ways of making phone calls
from those? What about PDAs? A few years we were thinking those would be the
next big thing, and trying to get students to buy into using them. What do
you do when little Suzy whips out her Palm Treo in class to do some
calculations? Do you let her use it because it's a PDA, or do you confiscate
it because it's a cell phone? You're worried that with cell phones kids can
call their parents first to give them *their* side of the story before the
Division Head's Office gets through? Couldn't they do that just as easily
with 50c and the pay phone outside the dining hall, or by emailing mom at
work? And what about the big one I always hear about: cheating by texting
answers to each other or taking a picutre of the quiz with the built-in
(albeit crappy) camera? Hey, cheating is cheating, and you don't need a cell
phone to do it. One of these days the orthodontist will give kids the option
to have the cell phone installed right in with their braces, and then
there'll be nothing we can do about it.

In all these cases we cannot afford to be 21st century Luddites. We have to
adapt to the new technologies, learn to use them ourselves, and teach our
students how to use them wisely, rather than banning them. And as much as it
will pain some people to hear this, making mistakes, sometimes even making
dreadful mistakes, is part of the process of learning how to do this.

You can't write a rule for everything.

keg

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Re: Social Networking Policy

This is my personal policy as well - I don't send friend requests to
kids...if they ask I accept. Most don't ask until they graduate and go
to college, at which point they feel it is "safe" to friend me. =20

____________________________________
Vi Richter
Academic Technology Coordinator
Information Technology Services
Phillips Exeter Academy

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith E Gatling
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:53 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Social Networking Policy

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Alex Ragone
<aragone@collegiateschool.org>
wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> NOTE: I know that we've had this conversation before, but I couldn't=20
> find the threads in the ISED-L Archives.
>
> At Collegiate School, we're looking at what our school policy on=20
> social networking between students and faculty should be.
>
> Our initial inclination was to create a restriction between students=20
> and faculty 'friending' each other on social networks. But then the=20
> exceptions happen...

Ah, and the exceptions are many. For example, what do you do about the
faculty member who is also a parent, and who interacts with his kid's
friends socially IRL anyway? Does it make sense to say that you can't do
online what you can otherwise? I have to say that since one of my
students showed me how to create a Facebook page, and we checked to see
if my daughter would accept me as one of her friends, I've been getting
friend requests from my daughter's friends.

A colleague of mine has a personal policy that I think is a very wise
one.
She will not invite students to "friend" her. That's just too creepy.
But, if *they* make the first move, she'll accept. She feels that this
also helps them to realize that they're not the only ones out there in
the "social networks," and it gives her a chance to do a little "privacy
education." And she's not even a computer teacher.

keg

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Re: Final Grades

Final GradesHi Lisa,

In our Middle School, final averages are calculated as:

Quarter Grades = 40% and Exam = 20% for the semester average, then the two
semesters are weighted 50/50 for the final year grade.

In the Upper School, final averages are calculated as:

Quarter Grades = 33.33% and Exam = 33.34% for the semester average, then the
two semesters are weighted 50/50 for the final year grade.

Semester classes are weighted as with the semester percentages.

Anne

Anne F. Skipper
Escuela Americana
San Salvador, El Salvador

www.amschool.edu.sv

----- Original Message -----
From: Lisa Sjogren
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:38 PM
Subject: Final Grades

Thanks!
Lisa

---
Lisa Sjogren
Director of Technology
St. Raphael's Catholic School

763-504-9450, ext. 311
763-504-9460, fax

lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org
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Re: Final Grades

For our middle school, we give exams at the end of each semester,
December and May, each 5 percent of the final grade.

The four end-of-quarter grades comprise the remaining 90 percent of
the final grade.

Ezra

_____________________________
Ezra Adams
MS Teacher/Director of Student Life
Episcopal Day School
2248 Walton Way
Augusta, GA 30904
706-733-1192
eadams@edsaugusta.com
www.schoolrack.com/eadams

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Re: Social Networking Policy

Thanks to all for these interesting perspectives. We all have lots to reflect on here.

I wrote a similar post on my blog and received this from Richard Kassissieh:

>Check out the following guideline from Scotland, by way of Ewan McIntosh.
>
>[ http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2008/05/what-the-update.html ]http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2008/05/what-the-update.html

Our challenge now is to figure out how to balance the positive powers of these networks while guiding our students and faculty to use them appropriately without crossing any lines that could cause someone to question our motivations.

Not such an easy thing to write, but it'll come.

I'll be summarizing this conversation for a small committee of faculty at my school and will post it on the School Computer Wiki when it's ready.

Thanks,

- Alex

Say I adopt Jenni's proper behavior list. I (a faculty member) have a face book profile and friend a student who is organizing a event for our environmental club. Then, I see and update to their profile

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>At Sidwell we are also re-writing our policy to focus it on our honor
>code. We are considering (being Quaker) opening with "Let your life
>speak, in person and online." We have woven the "do not" elements into a
>list of proper behaviors- Here is an example from the beginning (still
>in draft form- the formatting doesn't transfer, so I hope you get the
>gist).
>
>Your behavior in the electronic world should reflect the same standards
>of honesty, respect, and consideration that you use face-to-face.
> Words can hurt or heal, whether in person or online.
> Technological communication is persistent and
>replicable; it can be forwarded, copied, and traced. Therefore you
>should be cautious and respectful in all online communication.
> Lying, cheating, and stealing are the same in person or
>online.
> Do not engage in plagiarism or other forms of
>cheating.
> Do not engage in illegal activities which
>include, but are not limited to: viewing, downloading or transmission of
>pornography, materials containing obscenities or threats, harassment,
>fraud, theft, vandalism, copyright or trademark violations (including
>improper copying of licensed software) and allowing or assisting in
>unauthorized access to the network.
>
>I loved George's paragraph about social networking. Do you mind if we
>use some of it?
>
>Jenni Swanson Voorhees
>Sidwell Friends School
>
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>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Hart
>Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:36 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Social Networking Policy
>
>Hi Alex,
>
>Still a hot topic, thanks for bringing it up again.
>
>We are considering adding a policy that restricts Friending on social
>networks that are not educational. One idea is to include an acceptable
>social network list and any new networks must be approved before
>connections can be made.
>
>Once again educating the students and the faculty on the proper behavior
>and the correct technical privacy settings are on the top of our goals
>list.
>
>Tom
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators
>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of George Orio
>Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:02 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Social Networking Policy
>
>A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>writes:
>>Therefore, will the same social codes suffice?
>I hope so and I face this challenge with my adolescent children, daily
>and some days, hourly. But we do need to continue to tell students that
>there are constants in life, like treating people well, and as adults
>hold them to these constants. Through
>thousands of years of technological change, the Golden Rule still seems
>to be essential to our existence as a species.
>
>George Orio
>Friends Seminary
>222 East 16th Street
>New York, New York 10003
>212.979.5030 x164/fax 212.979.5034
>www.friendsseminary.org
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+++++++++++++++++++++
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Director of Technology
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Re: Social Networking Policy

This is a compelling and useful conversation. Thanks to all who have
contributed. For me the greatest struggle in arriving at useful policy
positions on the matter of social networking stems from my need to better
understand the philosophical motives driving questions about acceptable uses
of technology and all associated matters.

It seems that two primary concerns are evident: 1) Young people naively or
recklessly share too much of their personal lives in potentially (although
virtual) public spaces; 2) This exhibitionistic behavior has the potential
to complicate their personal lives today and lead to unwanted scrutiny in
future college or job searches.

However, there may be a larger question worth considering. Namely, how do
our policies regarding technology usage (especially social networking) shape
the habits of mind guiding a young person's future decisions within our
global economy?

Social networking abuses have demonstrated that it is easy for some
adolescents behind the anonymity of technological mediation to post vile
comments about others on a MySpace blog, to effectively wreck havoc on their
lives. In a loosely connected scenario, it seems equally easy for
unscrupulous, greed-driven predatory mortgage brokers to extend credit to
those who will never be able to repay the loan. Technology seems to make
exploitation easier. Driven by the financial incentive for selling
impossibly complex adjustable rate mortgages, mortgage brokers are insulated
from risk as investment banks buy the mortgages and sell them off in slices
to investors. Gone are the days of your grandparents' loan when a handshake
at the local bank sealed the deal. Faceless exploitation, driven by greed,
and pushed into overdrive by technology, has a deeply corruptive effect
rendering people incapable of seeing their obligation to each other.
Ignoring the opportunity to teach adolescents about the real lives affected
by misuses of communication technology may contribute to repeated
occurrences of people disregarding others in the name of their own personal
freedom or gain.

Many educational theorists and practitioners have commented on the changing
role of education in our flat world. Shockingly, the dizzying
consequences of fast communication technology create nostalgia for the good
old days of industrialization where by today's standards those old factories
seem to be a model of solidarity. While conditions of the old steel towns
were harsh, people were also united. They walked the same streets, shared
the same water, entered the same factory gates, and stood shoulder to
shoulder against shared injustices. Moreover, cultural institutions,
notably schools, could plainly see their obligations to help the children
they were established to serve. The need for social reform is self evident
when a child physically broken by industrial machinery enters your
classroom. Yet, what are the signs that the infrastructure of multinational
capitalism has deleterious effects on our students today? Unlike children
from the turn of the last century, young people today are not forced to
operate the machinery driving this phase of capitalism. Yet, that machinery
drives their social lives just as it drives global commerce. The effects
are not always self evident. Their fingers are not cut. Their bodies are
not battered. Their clothes and faces are not stained with coal dust. Be
certain, however, our attention is needed all the same. What form that
attention will take will be determined, in large part, by people
contributing to and following this discussion. These are important times.

Chad Barnett
Director of Admissions
The Linsly School
Wheeling, WV 26003

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Re: Final Grades

4 marking periods, each equals 20%
2 exams, each equals 10%

Anthony Celentano
Director of Academic Computing Services=20
And School Counselor
Pope John XXIII High School
28 Andover Road
Sparta, New Jersey 07871
973-729-6125 ext. 253
AnthonyCelentano@PopeJohn.org
www.popejohn.org
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Re: Social Networking Policy

These weblog entries may be of interest regarding social network policy:

<http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?q=%22Social%
20Networking%20Policy%22&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=pb>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/3uvk97>

A couple of sample entries:

Whats Your Social Networking Policy?7 May 2008 by Irwin Lazar
One of the areas were asking enterprise IT executives about for our
upcoming benchmark on unified communications and collaboration is
organizational policies around the use of social networking sites such as
Facebook, LinkedIn, ...
Enterprise 2.0 Blog - http://www.enterprise2blog.com

University of Iowa to Its Student-Athletes: Stop, You're ...15 May 2008
The University of Iowa instituted a social networking policy this week,
and as law professor (and policy architect) Bill Hines explains, the sole
target is PR: "What we're concerned about is creating inappropriate
material on a site ...
NCAA College Football News - Sport Snipe... - http://www.sportsnipe.com -
References

Employee Comments Online Are Proving a Worry28 Apr 2008 by admin
Blogging and social networking policy violations are leading to
dismissals. Read the original story here If the above link is broken, view
our cached copy instead.
Business Communication - http://businesscommunicationblog.com/blog

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Re: Social Networking Policy

A great discussion. We are also talking to all faculty about social
networking (and we use nings and diigo in school, so it becomes a practical
matter for us). I am also using Facebook to connect with our alums,
encouraging them to return to our alumni portal on our school's website. I
sometimes "see" much more than I want to, but it also gives me topics for
discussion with our faculty.
After reading Clay Shirky's book, Here Comes Everybody, I feel the need to
talk about this even more. We are not setting policy; we are, however,
talking to both students and faculty about maintaining a positive online
presence.

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Keith E Gatling <keith@gatling.us> wrote:

> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Alex Ragone <aragone@collegiateschool.org
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Good morning,
> >
> > NOTE: I know that we've had this conversation before, but I couldn't find
> > the threads in the ISED-L Archives.
> >
> > At Collegiate School, we're looking at what our school policy on social
> > networking between students and faculty should be.
> >
> > Our initial inclination was to create a restriction between students and
> > faculty 'friending' each other on social networks. But then the
> exceptions
> > happen...
>
>
> Ah, and the exceptions are many. For example, what do you do about the
> faculty member who is also a parent, and who interacts with his kid's
> friends socially IRL anyway? Does it make sense to say that you can't do
> online what you can otherwise? I have to say that since one of my students
> showed me how to create a Facebook page, and we checked to see if my
> daughter would accept me as one of her friends, I've been getting friend
> requests from my daughter's friends.
>
> A colleague of mine has a personal policy that I think is a very wise one.
> She will not invite students to "friend" her. That's just too creepy. But,
> if *they* make the first move, she'll accept. She feels that this also
> helps
> them to realize that they're not the only ones out there in the "social
> networks," and it gives her a chance to do a little "privacy education."
> And
> she's not even a computer teacher.
>
> --
>
> keg
>
> ========================================
> Keith E Gatling
> mailto:keith@gatling.us
> http://www.gatling.us/keith
> The fact that I'm open-minded doesn't mean that I have to agree with you.
> ========================================
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--
Susan Carter Morgan
Instructional Technology Coordinator
Fredericksburg Academy
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Re: Final Grades

Our grades/points are cumulative for each semester and each semester =
average is averaged together to give a final grade for year-long =
courses.=20

It works like this:=20

Sem1 Achievement * 80% + Sem1 Final Exam* 20% =3D Sem1 Final Grade

Sem 2 Achievement * 80% + Sem 2 Final Exam * 20% =3D Sem 2 Final Grade

Sem1 Final Grade is averaged with the Sem 2 Final Grade to give the Year =
Average for year-long courses.

Final Exam counts 20 % (grades 8-12), 15% (grade 7) and 10% (grade 6)

Teachers choose to use a point system to calculate the achievement grade =
or they may use categories to calculate the achievement grade.=20

Good luck,

Connie

=20
Connie White
Director of Technology & Media
Lakeview Academy
Gainesville, Georgia 30501
770-531-2605

________________________________

From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Lisa Sjogren
Sent: Thu 5/29/2008 5:38 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Final Grades

Can I just get some input on how final grades are calculated at your=20
school. Do you weight each quarter/trimester equally? Or do you take=20
all of the points earned divided by the points possible from the=20
entire school year?

Thanks!
Lisa

---
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Director of Technology
St. Raphael's Catholic School

763-504-9450, ext. 311
763-504-9460, fax

lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org
My Blog: http://lisasjogren.srsmn.org <http://lisasjogren.srsmn.org/>=20

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Re: Final Grades

Hi.

At the end of each semester we have a final exam for each class. Then the
semester grade is 37.5% of 1st Quarter, 37.5% of 2nd Quarter, then 25% for
the final exam. Credit is only awarded at the semester (0.5), so both
semesters total a full credit.

On top of that, we don't do "yearly grades," each semester stands alone. If
a student fails a class for the semester grade, that student must attend
summer school.

+++Jeff

On 5/29/08 4:38 PM, "Lisa Sjogren" <lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org> wrote:

> Can I just get some input on how final grades are calculated at your
> school. Do you weight each quarter/trimester equally? Or do you take
> all of the points earned divided by the points possible from the
> entire school year?
>
> Thanks!
> Lisa
>
> ---
> Lisa Sjogren
> Director of Technology
> St. Raphael's Catholic School
>
> 763-504-9450, ext. 311
> 763-504-9460, fax
>
> lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org
> My Blog: http://lisasjogren.srsmn.org
>
>
>
>
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Jeffrey Mesch
Director of Technology
Father Ryan High School
Nashville, TN
Office: 615-383-4200 x226
Mobile: 615-207-8068
E-mail: meschj@fatherryan.org
AIM: jeffmesch

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Re: Final Grades

We count each trimester equally (30%) and then factor in the final exam as
10% of the end-of-year grade.

Mark

Mark A. Segal
Head of Middle School,
St. Andrew's Episcopal School
8804 Postoak Road
Potomac, MD 20854
(301)983-5200 ext.234
msegal@saes.org
www.saes.org

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Can I just get some input on how final grades are calculated at your
>school. Do you weight each quarter/trimester equally? Or do you take
>all of the points earned divided by the points possible from the
>entire school year?
>
>Thanks!
>Lisa

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Re: Social Networking Policy

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Alex Ragone <aragone@collegiateschool.org>
wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> NOTE: I know that we've had this conversation before, but I couldn't find
> the threads in the ISED-L Archives.
>
> At Collegiate School, we're looking at what our school policy on social
> networking between students and faculty should be.
>
> Our initial inclination was to create a restriction between students and
> faculty 'friending' each other on social networks. But then the exceptions
> happen...

Ah, and the exceptions are many. For example, what do you do about the
faculty member who is also a parent, and who interacts with his kid's
friends socially IRL anyway? Does it make sense to say that you can't do
online what you can otherwise? I have to say that since one of my students
showed me how to create a Facebook page, and we checked to see if my
daughter would accept me as one of her friends, I've been getting friend
requests from my daughter's friends.

A colleague of mine has a personal policy that I think is a very wise one.
She will not invite students to "friend" her. That's just too creepy. But,
if *they* make the first move, she'll accept. She feels that this also helps
them to realize that they're not the only ones out there in the "social
networks," and it gives her a chance to do a little "privacy education." And
she's not even a computer teacher.

keg

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Re: Final Grades

All the points because some quarters have less weight than others due to
class trips and other school activities

Larry Kligman ('85), Middle School Director
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School
17701 Devonshire Street
Northridge, CA 91325
www.heschel.com
main: 818.368.5781 x505
fax: 818.360.6162
Larry_Kligman@ajhds.com

Tradition ~ Character ~ Community

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Final Grades

Thanks!
Lisa

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Director of Technology
St. Raphael's Catholic School

763-504-9450, ext. 311
763-504-9460, fax

lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org
My Blog: http://lisasjogren.srsmn.org

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Re: Social Networking Policy

I agree, I believe they all do have potential educational value. I
remember the days when schools banned e-mail. So I do agree schools in
general are notoriously slow to change. Schools are fighting against the
marketing and against the cultural changes trying to establish firm
foundation on a shifting slope. The challenge here is to find the middle
ground, don't be first and don't be left behind.

I believe the option is to hedge here as best you can. There is no
denying the risk, which becomes greater with no policy and no education.

=20
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From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Montagne, Matt
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:44 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Social Networking Policy

"We are considering adding a policy that restricts Friending on social
networks that are not educational. One idea is to include an acceptable
social network list and any new networks must be approved before
connections can be made."

I'm not sure what social networks would be defined as "educational." To
me they all have wonderful potential educational value. Facebook is an
incredibly powerful network that has many very strong educational
components. I find that keeping in touch with school parents and
students via Facebook helps build better relationships...I think it
makes our f2f conversations stronger.

Also, by the time schools find out about a network that they would
"approve before connections can be made," it would be three years too
late!

Anyway, this is a wonderful thread...I'm not so certain there are any
real hard and fast answers to Alex's original questions. This thread
will undoubtedly produce more questions/uncertainty than answers, which
is a good thing!

Matt Montagne
University School of Milwaukee

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Hart
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:36 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Social Networking Policy

Hi Alex,

Still a hot topic, thanks for bringing it up again.

We are considering adding a policy that restricts Friending on social
networks that are not educational. One idea is to include an acceptable
social network list and any new networks must be approved before
connections can be made.

Once again educating the students and the faculty on the proper behavior
and the correct technical privacy settings are on the top of our goals
list.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of George Orio
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:02 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Social Networking Policy

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
writes:
>Therefore, will the same social codes suffice?
I hope so and I face this challenge with my adolescent children, daily
and some days, hourly. But we do need to continue to tell students that
there are constants in life, like treating people well, and as adults
hold them to these constants. Through
thousands of years of technological change, the Golden Rule still seems
to be essential to our existence as a species.

George Orio
Friends Seminary
222 East 16th Street
New York, New York 10003
212.979.5030 x164/fax 212.979.5034
www.friendsseminary.org

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Webcast on Diversity Available

Microsoft held a webcast today (5/29/08), dicussing diversity.
It is available on-demand at:

http://www.microsoft.com/about/diversity/default.mspx

Click on "View the free online webcast" link in right column.

In a country with roughly 50% of the population female, only
19% of the graduates of the Information Technology (IT)-related
fields of study are female. Just as bad, 11% are African-
American and 7% are Hispanic.

Microsoft has assembled an excellent panel including outsiders:

Ali Curi, President, Hispanic Professionals Networking Group,

http://www.hpng.net/

Carl Mack, Executive Director, National Society of Black
Engineers, http://national.nsbe.org/

Michelle Tortolani, President, Society of Women Engineers,

http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/

If you are interested in diversity in the IT industry, I
recommend that you watch the hour of discussion, at least the
first half which is general in nature. In the last half,
Microsoft presents its efforts to attact diversity. They kick-
off a new website dedicated to the effort:

http://youatmicrosoft.com/

One point that is especially important is remarks about need
to embrace under-represented students in the pK-6 timeframe,
before they have written it off. Carl Mack is big on this.

guy

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Re: Social Networking Policy

Also, by the time schools find out about a network that they would
"approve before connections can be made," it would be three years too
late!

Matt Montagne
University School of Milwaukee

Hi Alex,

Still a hot topic, thanks for bringing it up again.

Once again educating the students and the faculty on the proper behavior
and the correct technical privacy settings are on the top of our goals
list.

Tom

George Orio
Friends Seminary
222 East 16th Street
New York, New York 10003
212.979.5030 x164/fax 212.979.5034
www.friendsseminary.org

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"Presence of Past in Age of Technology " Conference

"Feeling the Presence of the Past in the Age of Technology "
The National Heritage Museum (Lexington, MA)
9 am - 3pm, July 22, 2008

The National Heritage Museum is pleased to present "Feeling the Presence
of the Past in the Age of Technology," a one-day conference to be held
July 22, 2008. The conference presents experts in digital media and
academic technology who will examine and discuss best practices in
presenting, researching, and teaching the past. The program features
presentations and hands-on workshops highlighting effective academic uses
of technology and new media.

Main speakers:
Daniel Cohen is Associate Professor of History and the Director of the
Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. He is the
co-author of Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and
Presenting the Past on the Web (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005).

Tom Daccord is creator of Best of History Web Sites and co-director of the
Center for Teaching History with Technology. He is co-author of the
forthcoming Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology (M.E. Sharpe, 2008)
and author of The Best of History Web Sites (Neal Schuman, 2007).

Cost is $40. Lunch is included.

More details and registration:
http://www.nationalheritagemuseum.org/Default.aspx?tabid=476

Questions?
Joanne Myers
jmyers@monh.org
(781) 457-4156

Tom Daccord
Co-Director of the Center for Teaching History with Technology
edtechteacher@gmail.com

Academic Technology Advocate/History Teacher
Noble & Greenough School (Dedham, MA)
thomas_daccord@nobles.edu

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Re: Social Networking Policy

At Sidwell we are also re-writing our policy to focus it on our honor
code. We are considering (being Quaker) opening with "Let your life
speak, in person and online." We have woven the "do not" elements into a
list of proper behaviors- Here is an example from the beginning (still
in draft form- the formatting doesn't transfer, so I hope you get the
gist).

Your behavior in the electronic world should reflect the same standards
of honesty, respect, and consideration that you use face-to-face.
Words can hurt or heal, whether in person or online.
Technological communication is persistent and
replicable; it can be forwarded, copied, and traced. Therefore you
should be cautious and respectful in all online communication.=20
Lying, cheating, and stealing are the same in person or
online.=20
Do not engage in plagiarism or other forms of
cheating.
Do not engage in illegal activities which
include, but are not limited to: viewing, downloading or transmission of
pornography, materials containing obscenities or threats, harassment,
fraud, theft, vandalism, copyright or trademark violations (including
improper copying of licensed software) and allowing or assisting in
unauthorized access to the network.

I loved George's paragraph about social networking. Do you mind if we
use some of it?

Jenni Swanson Voorhees
Sidwell Friends School

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Hi Alex,

Still a hot topic, thanks for bringing it up again.

Once again educating the students and the faculty on the proper behavior
and the correct technical privacy settings are on the top of our goals
list.

Tom

George Orio
Friends Seminary
222 East 16th Street
New York, New York 10003
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Re: Social Networking Policy

We have a statement in our student handbook that says that community
expectations of student behavior extend beyond the campus (i.e., on
vacations, for instance) and that that reach also extends to their
online presences. =20

As for faculty, I have just added a comment about Facebook to our new
faculty training outline, because at the last school I visited to speak
about Facebook/Internet Safety the young faculty pretty much ran out of
the room at the end to get to the computer lab before the students to
"professionalize" their facebook pages. They'd friended kids and not
thought about the content that was already out there. So I'm adding a
reminder for our new teachers who are recent grads that they might want
to take a look at their profiles/page content as they begin their
teaching careers.=20

____________________________________
Vi Richter
Academic Technology Coordinator
Information Technology Services
Phillips Exeter Academy

Hi Alex,

Still a hot topic, thanks for bringing it up again.

Once again educating the students and the faculty on the proper behavior
and the correct technical privacy settings are on the top of our goals
list.

Tom

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
writes:
>Therefore, will the same social codes suffice?
I hope so and I face this challenge with my adolescent children, daily
and some days, hourly. But we do need to continue to tell students that
there are constants in life, like treating people well, and as adults
hold them to these constants. Through thousands of years of
technological change, the Golden Rule still seems to be essential to our
existence as a species.

George Orio
Friends Seminary
222 East 16th Street
New York, New York 10003
212.979.5030 x164/fax 212.979.5034
www.friendsseminary.org

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Re: Social Networking Policy

Hi Alex,

Still a hot topic, thanks for bringing it up again.

Once again educating the students and the faculty on the proper behavior
and the correct technical privacy settings are on the top of our goals
list.

Tom

George Orio
Friends Seminary
222 East 16th Street
New York, New York 10003
212.979.5030 x164/fax 212.979.5034
www.friendsseminary.org

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Re: Social Networking Policy

That's what I have always liked about Quaker education. It set out
correct principles and then lets students, faculty and parents govern
themselves. I was blessed with a Quaker education in my youth it has
served me well for all these years.

Greg

On May 29, 2008, at 7:05 AM, George Orio wrote:

> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> writes:
>> Given the positives that can come out of social networks, does
>> anyone have a policy that rides the appropriateness of use tight
>> rope?
> Alex,
>
> Perhaps I am being simplistic, but simplicity is part of being at a
> Quaker institution.
>
> "in using social networks, students, faculty and parents should
> observe the same social conventions that our community uses at
> school or out of school. In the case questions or concerns arise,
> the appropriate school personnel should be consulted. When
> using new technologies, we enjoy exciting ways to work and
> communicate, nevertheless we must also be extremely careful in
> maintaining a caring community that supports the educational, social
> and emotional growth of all its members."
>
>
>
> George Orio
> Friends Seminary
> 222 East 16th Street
> New York, New York 10003
> 212.979.5030 x164/fax 212.979.5034
> www.friendsseminary.org
>
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Re: Social Networking Policy

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Therefore, will the same social codes suffice?
I hope so and I face this challenge with my adolescent children, daily and some days, hourly. But we do need to continue to tell students that there are constants in life, like treating people well, and as adults hold them to these constants. Through
thousands of years of technological change, the Golden Rule still seems to be essential to our existence as a species.

George Orio
Friends Seminary
222 East 16th Street
New York, New York 10003
212.979.5030 x164/fax 212.979.5034
www.friendsseminary.org

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Re: Social Networking Policy

George, on the surface, the simplicity of your statement is very appealing.
At Choate we have always believed that a code of behavior for face-to-face
contact is certainly good enough for virtual contact. On the other hand, we
also know of the research stating that people behave differently (more
boldly with less inhibition) when engaged in electronic communication.
Therefore, will the same social codes suffice? Alex' question will lead us
down a slippery slope. I'm curious to hear what others have to say.

Joel Backon

On 5/29/08 9:05 AM, "George Orio" <gorio@friendsseminary.org> wrote:

> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>> Given the positives that can come out of social networks, does anyone have a
>> policy that rides the appropriateness of use tight rope?
> Alex,
>
> Perhaps I am being simplistic, but simplicity is part of being at a Quaker
> institution.
>
> "in using social networks, students, faculty and parents should observe the
> same social conventions that our community uses at school or out of school. In
> the case questions or concerns arise, the appropriate school personnel should
> be consulted. When
> using new technologies, we enjoy exciting ways to work and communicate,
> nevertheless we must also be extremely careful in maintaining a caring
> community that supports the educational, social and emotional growth of all
> its members."
>
>
>
> George Orio
> Friends Seminary
> 222 East 16th Street
> New York, New York 10003
> 212.979.5030 x164/fax 212.979.5034
> www.friendsseminary.org
>
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Choate Rosemary Hall
333 Christian St.
Wallingford, CT 06492
203-697-2514

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Re: Social Networking Policy

I am a fan of policies that address behaviors, not technologies. I
think it is more flexible and powerful to discuss the concerns of
privacy, professionalism, and communication. In an effort to make
policies so specific, a lot of schools tie their own hands. Make
copious references to other behavior policies in your technology AUP.

I know folks are nervous about the Horace Mann article but policies
should be pre-emptive, not reactive. I'm not suggesting that this is
the response at Collegiate but, in general, reactive policies tend to be
too specific and fail to anticipate new behaviors and new technologies.

Not a very specific response. I apologize, Alex. However, I just see
too many schools missing the boat on policies and I've got a bee in my
bonnet about it.

Take care,
Alex

Alex Inman
Director of Technology
Whitfield School
St. Louis, MO
314.434.5141

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Re: Social Networking Policy

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Given the positives that can come out of social networks, does anyone have a policy that rides the appropriateness of use tight rope?
Alex,

Perhaps I am being simplistic, but simplicity is part of being at a Quaker institution.

"in using social networks, students, faculty and parents should observe the same social conventions that our community uses at school or out of school. In the case questions or concerns arise, the appropriate school personnel should be consulted. When
using new technologies, we enjoy exciting ways to work and communicate, nevertheless we must also be extremely careful in maintaining a caring community that supports the educational, social and emotional growth of all its members."

George Orio
Friends Seminary
222 East 16th Street
New York, New York 10003
212.979.5030 x164/fax 212.979.5034
www.friendsseminary.org

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Social Networking Policy

Good morning,

NOTE: I know that we've had this conversation before, but I couldn't find the threads in the ISED-L Archives.

At Collegiate School, we're looking at what our school policy on social networking between students and faculty should be.

Our initial inclination was to create a restriction between students and faculty 'friending' each other on social networks. But then the exceptions happen:

1. I have used Flickr, a photo social network to collaborate with my students in photography.
2. Our student environmental club has used facebook groups and invitations to plan events between students, faculty and parents.

Given the positives that can come out of social networks, does anyone have a policy that rides the appropriateness of use tight rope?

Your thoughts/contributions are appreciated.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Here are some general aup resources I have collected on the subject:

School Computing Wiki: http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Acceptable_Use_Policies

David Warlick has recently jumped into this conversation: http://landmark-project.com/aup20/pmwiki.php

Below is a message from NYSAIS encouraging us to have a policy on social networking, blogging, etc. and some support resources.

May 2008 Bulletin

Director's Report

As schools revise their policies for the coming school year, many of them are including more explicit language about Internet behavior either in their handbooks or in their technology acceptable use statements. NYSAIS encourages schools to take a clear
stance on social networking sites and blogging, understanding that such resources are in constant use by their students and faculty and should therefore become a part of the school's function.

Several of our schools have included some elegant and inclusive language making it clear that all communications, no matter what the venue or the network of origin, are subject to the school's expectations about ethical interpersonal behavior: "Any
communications to or about any other member of the school community will be considered to be subject to the school's published regulations and code of conduct."

Any statement of expectations should be accompanied by developmentally appropriate discussion of those expectations and by instruction on how to best use such sites or functions. Our students will do much of their writing on the web: they need to know
how to do so productively and intelligently. Ironically, their pages and blogs are a significant if utterly unregulated part of the school's marketing to prospective students. Help them to make the best of their opportunities and to avoid common pitfalls.

Resources

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics

[ http://www.nysais.org/cf_enotify/linkforward.cfm?n=178&u=185&m=su&dest=http://cpsr.org/issues/ethics/ce ]http://cpsr.org/issues/ethics/ce

Netsmartz

Information for parents and presentations to be used with students of all ages.

[ http://www.nysais.org/cf_enotify/linkforward.cfm?n=178&u=185&m=su&dest=http://www.netsmartz.org/educators.htm ]http://www.netsmartz.org/ed ucators.htm

Some suggestions for writing a blogging policy for faculty, staff and students

[ http://www.nysais.org/cf_enotify/linkforward.cfm?n=178&u=185&m=su&dest=http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/november-december-2006/blog-rules.html
]http://www.nysais.org/cf_enotify/linkforward.cfm?n=178&u=185&m=su&dest=http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/november-december-2006/blog-rules.html[
http://www.nysais.org/cf_enotify/linkforward.cfm?n=178&u=185&m=su&dest=http://bloggingatschool.blogspot.com/ ]http://bloggingatschool.blogspot.com/

[ http://www.nysais.org/cf_enotify/linkforward.cfm?n=178&u=185&m=su&dest=http://bloggingatschool.blogspot.com/
]http://www.nysais.org/cf_enotify/linkforward.cfm?n=178&u=185&m=su&dest=http://bloggingatschool.blogspot.com/http://budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

+++++++++++++++++++++
Alex Ragone
Director of Technology
Collegiate School
New York, NY
212-812-8695

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