Anaylsis of school district's AUP for GRIT

1. Xaras Collins-Brown

2. Why do schools need an AUP?
A teachers’ blog on an A teacher’s blog on
ancillary service district website

3. What are AUPs designed to do?
 Educate
 Preserve
 Encourage
 Allow
 Protest
 Reduce
 Discourage
 Assure

4. What did I find in my AUP review?
 Cites prohibited activities in accordance with CIPA
 Explains the use of an Internet filter in compliance
with CIPA
 Thoroughly defines inappropriate and malicious
behavior
 Defines personal usage protocols, monitoring, and
storage of data
 Specifically addresses copyright and system
security
 Establishes protocol for district and ancillary
websites
 Recommends consequences for inappropriate use

5. Recommendations for Updates
 Should the policy be reviewed
with teachers and students and
be signed each year,
particularly as technology and
the way the district uses it
changes?
 Needs to include Web 2.0 and
other emerging technologies
 Needs to include the following
topics:
 Freedom of speech issues
 Include definitions
 Netiquette guidelines
 Note of student records and
images (to be included)
 Selection of materials by teachers
(when updated filter is
implemented)