[Year 12 Its] RE: [Year 12 IPM] Digital storage devices -Acceptable usage policy

[Charmaine Taylor]

Hi Stephen,
We've had earphones on our IT course booklists for several years and 
I've added USB drives to the yr11 and 12 booklists for 2007. And our 
rules of use are similar to what you're planning.

Charmaine Taylor
Sunbury Downs College

Stephen Digby wrote:

>Due to the huge increase in multimedia material on our net (1000 streamed videos as well audio built into CD ROMS), I am asking our
>admin to encourage students to bring earphones to classes, and to put mps/ USB drives on the booklist !!
>I want us to go move toward teacher control of the use of the device rather than the possession of the device.
>E.g. if a student plugs into their ear phones in class I want teachers to decide whether it is appropriate or not and instruct the
>student accordingly.  If the student disobeys, THEN they get the device confiscated....
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>From: is-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:is-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Joel Walton
>Sent: Friday, 2 June 2006 12:45 PM
>To: IPM; IS; IT 7-10
>Subject: [Year 12 Its] RE: [Year 12 IPM] Digital storage devices -Acceptable usage policy
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>Hello Damien,
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>Yes. welcome to a class example of technology moving ahead of rules and school policies.  I don't have the answers to all of you
>questions but I can tell you how we deal with it at our school.
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>1.	Theft of devices.
>a.	We spell out the possibilities of lost equipment
>and we deal with it like any other lost item.
>b.	Students are not to rely on the USB as the sole
>back-up device in case it is lost/stolen/broken.  If that occurs their work is still due the same as always, they need to realise
>that technology and circumstances are not always just or fair.  They can always backup and store on the network drive.
>2.	Software piracy 
>a.	Still working on
>b.	Just keeping an eye on. if they breach then we take
>action. but this is a reactive instead of a proactive approach (which I don't like)
>3.	Using devices to listen to music
>a.	I work on the premise that you can have the storage
>device in class. but as soon as you put in headphones it's mine.  The device is for data/work storage and transfer not a portable
>jukebox for class. This is what I have proposed to the staff as a whole and the feedback is positive
>4.	Educational value
>a.	The educational value is purely transportation
>nothing more.  It only aids in students getting information to and from school to work at home.
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>I hope this helps.
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>Cheers,
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>Joel Walton
>Technology KLA
>Shepparton.
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>From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au
>[mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Damien A-B
>Sent: Tuesday, 30 May 2006 10:12 AM
>To: 'Year 12 Information Technology Processing and ManagementTeachers'Mailing List'
>Cc: David Smillie
>Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Digital storage devices - Acceptable usage policy
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>Hi all,
>    We are trying to come up with an acceptable usage policy for digital devices and am wondering if other schools have already come
>up with something.
>We are trying to look at issues such as 
>1.	Theft of such devices
>2.	Software piracy, either from the school or is the
>school going to be liable for not policing copyrighted material travelling across the network
>3.	Using these devices to listen to music in class....
>if IT teachers allow these devices for storage, in an IT class, does that lesson the authority other teachers have to ban them from
>their classes? 
>4.	What are the educational values of these devices?
>Any help on these and are any other issues that I havent mentioned would be greatly appreciated Cheers Damien Atkinson-Buck IT
>Department Keilor Downs College
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