We modified our Employee AUP to include the statement below.=20
"You must be aware of ethical and professional standards when
communicating with students outside school hours. This includes but is
not limited to the use of social networking sites and personal cell
phone use. On social networking sites, profiles must be set to private
and viewable by friends only. Teachers must not accept current students
as friends. Limit cell phone use to students as a last resort and only
for school related purposes."
We have had to continually modify our policies as the technology or
issues change. Our teachers helped with our revisions after considering
the recommendations of teachers unions, current news stories, and in
order to protect themselves, our students and our school. I imagine when
we begin using phones as instructional tools, it will be time to modify
it again.=20
A few other note-worthy considerations may include: documentation or log
of incident reports, content on personal devices brought to school or
school sponsored events and that the computing resources should not be
used for commercial purposes, product advertising, political lobbying,
or political campaigning.
Good luck,
Connie
Connie White
Director of Technology & Media
Lakeview Academy
Gainesville, Ga 30501
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Maria Ribera
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 12:01 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Policy for Faculty/Student Interaction on Virtual Gaming Sites?
There was a recent thread on faculty use of social networking sites and
written policies or guidelines that school's are using regarding such
usage.
The responses and commentary were very interesting and useful as well.
I came across a question yesterday with a bit of a different spin. How
does
faculty/student interaction through use of social networking sites such
as
MySpace, Facebook, etc. compare to interaction through virtual gaming
sites
such as fantasy football, etc.? There is potential for communication
between "players" on these sites as well....
Any thoughts from the list?
Maria Ribera
Vice President for Assessment, Academic and Technology Services
Catholic School Management
mribera@catholicschoolmgmt.com, mribera@att.net
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