| The Department of Education and
Training's Students Online policy [March 2008] assists teachers to put in place school-based processes and procedures
that will both protect and inform students and parents in their use of
Departmental online services.
It is each Principal's responsibility to ensure that procedures
are developed to manage student use of online services
such as email, the Internet and other web-based services
at their school.
Each school should establish its own policy, guidelines
and support strategies to minimize exposure of students
to inappropriate material and communication.
Decisions about student access to information
on the Web need to be talked through with the whole school
community - teachers, parents and students - before a
policy is established.
- Consult widely with the
school community.
- Compromises may be needed
to take into account the fact that parents do
not all have the same ideas about what their
children should read or view online and there
is no one right answer as to how this should
be managed.
- Consider the age of the
student and the outcomes teachers and parents
negotiate for their students.
- EG 1: A primary school
may decide to use a filter at school level as
well as an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), which
students and their parents sign.
- EG 2: A secondary school,
especially those with older adolescents may
chose to not filter at school level and simply
use an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), which students
and their parents sign.
- Netsafe Kit NZ
This interactive site provides a step-by-step guide to help schoosl develop and implement a Cybersafety policy.
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- Schools should have clear policies
and procedures that take in both the educational
needs of the students and safety on the Net.
- Careful thought should be given
to choice of keywords used in searching and
teachers would be wise to carry out some test
searches with selected keywords before introducing
them to the class.
- An atmosphere of openness should
be developed within the classroom so that issues
surrounding inappropriate sites may be discussed
and students feel free to let their teacher
know should they inadvertently open an unsuitable
site.
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