Digital Citizenship

 Uintah High School

Digital Citizenship

 

Computers and Devices in the School for Student Use

Devices used at Uintah High School include: Chromebooks, desktop computers, iPads.  The main uses of these devices are office applications, research, presentations, graphic design, curricular apps

 

Management

Uintah High School uses LanSchool, Altiris, Deepfreeze, Goverlan, Munki, Group Policy, and MDT as its management tools.

 

Supervision

Uintah High School has a web filter in place as well as LanSchool, which gives all teachers access to computers while students are online.  If students are in a room using district technology, a teacher is present in the room.  Students report inappropriate access to teachers or other adults in the building.  Teachers and parents report inappropriate student computer use to administration.  Administration reports to the district level and the site is blocked.  If students intentionally access inappropriate content, the student discipline matrix is followed.  Consequences can include: suspension of computer privileges at school, unsatisfactory citizenship grade, suspension from school, police contact.   Staff members are referred to the district level and district protocols are put in place.

 

Digital Citizenship Plan

Uintah High School’s media center currently has a PC lab with 42 computers.  There are also Mac 7 computers located in the media center.  Computers in the media center outside of the lab are monitored by media center personnel.  The lab is scheduled through our media specialist for classes and groups to use.  All teachers who will be using computers cover internet safety and policies.  Every student at the high school, as well as the parent, signs an Internet Usage Agreement every year that outlines policies and protocols for computer use at Uintah High School. 

 

The District has provided district-wide training for parents and the community.  Training resources for home online safety have been shared on the high school website and in the school newsletter.  Two resources shared are https://respons-ability.net/school-curriculum/ , https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship ,  and https://www.brainpop.com/technology/digitalcitizenship/.  SafeUT is also available for reporting of unsafe or inappropriate technology use.

 

Policies

Students are permitted to bring personal electronic devices to school.  Use in classrooms is by permission of the instructor and for educational use only.

 

Decision Making

Uintah High School does a blanket sweep of the school with filters on any device connected to our network.  That includes district owned and personal devices.  Filters are the same for every grade level. The network is password protected.

 

Our filtering policy, district wide, defaults to the strictest possible searches. Google calls this SafeSearch. YouTube calls it restricted mode.  If a teacher is logged in, searches are still protected, but content such as YouTube and other services are opened up to an extent.  Student accounts are always in restricted mode.  Our district technology coordinator has the ability to unblock certain websites and resources when needed, but we tend to err on the side of caution and keep our filters blocking as much as we can.

 

Guiding Principles

Technology has helped with instruction, learning, and engagement at Uintah High School.  Students rely heavily on technology for communicating, as do teachers for delivering instruction. 

 

The greatest threat for students is the inappropriate use of technology for illegal or inappropriate purposes.

 

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