TECHNOLOGY
Policy around Liability, Acceptable Use, Copyright and Plagiarism

Is your AUP up to date? Does it incorporate the latest legal rulings and regulatory requirements? Does it integrate properly with your general code of conduct and disciplinary systems? Does it deal not only with students but with staff, parents, and community members?

Are your Web policies sufficiently clear and effective? Who has the authority to post new material? Do you allow pictures (face or just backs?), names (just first or just initials?), student work?

Are you sufficiently protected from liability issues around data security, privacy protection, copyright infringement? Does everyone in your school system knew and follow the rules?

Are you prepared to deal with the crisis and scandal that will someday - and inevitably - occur no matter how well you run your system?

Digital technologies are a powerful tool for learning, professional support, and effective administration. But it is so new and so different from older media that school districts seldom have done a comprehensive review of the policies and procedures they need to ensure safe, productive use. The needed policies fall into three general areas: those required by law, those expressing organizational priorities, and those establishing the context for individual or group usage. And once you've established the needed policies, how do you make sure that everyone knows the new rules and that effective enforcement occurs? MNEP can work with your staff to review your current policies and procedures, to suggest changes, and to help design an inclusive process that gains support.

For more information about this service, contact

Steve Miller, Executive Director
smiller@massnetworks.org
617.783.9988 X122