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Golden Bay High School Internet and
Intranet Policy
The use of the internet for research and communication with experts and
peers on educational matters opens up exciting possibilities for students
and staff,
and presents some serious challenges. The Internet is accessible to many people
around the world and with this comes the availability of material which may not
have an educational value in the school setting. Coupled with Internet access
is the availability of Intranet (network) facilities for the publishing, distribution
and management of data. This policy is to outline the management of Internet
and Intranet access at Golden Bay High School.
Purpose
- Golden Bay High School has a duty to provide a safe emotional environment
so must promote use in such a way to minimise the likelihood of students visiting
sites that violate our community norms (pornography, subversion etc).
- The demand will outstrip the facility so some sort of prioritising of
use will be essential.
- Information available is of varying reliability so students must be taught
ways of verifying and/or judging this reliability.
- The equipment must be protected from damage in order to minimise down
time.
- Net etiquette must be followed with all email and publications on the
World Wide Web.
Guidelines
All students will:
- Undergo training before they are eligible to complete an ‘Intranet
and Internet Agreement Form’. Such training is integrated into Year 9 or
10 IT programmes. Prior to year 9, classroom teachers would provide any training
needed and access to the internet would be closely supervised.
- Be required to sign an ‘Acceptable Use Agreement’ before
accessing the Intranet or Internet, and understand the responsibility of using
the Internet.
Parents will be informed about Intranet and Internet Use, and their signatures
will be required on their student’s ‘Intranet and Internet Agreement
Form’.
The school will respect the rights of parents and families who decide not to
allow their children access to the Internet for personal or religious reasons.
All staff, teaching and non-teaching, and other adults using the Intranet or
Internet at school:
- Are not permitted to access material through the internet which is offensive,
dangerous, inappropriate at school or illegal.
- Are not permitted to send any e-mail messages which are offensive, dangerous
inappropriate at school or illegal.
- Are required to acknowledge the conditions contained within this policy
by signing a copy.
- Teachers may access student folders for marking purposes or where misuse
is suspected
Management:
- A booking system will be used to allocate time on internet capable computers.
- Each person’s folder is private from other users, although an administrator
may open a file with a senior manager present if there is suspicion of inappropriate
use.
Conclusion
Life is a series of choices and consequences. GBHS has chosen to make access
to the Internet available to students for educational purposes.
Refer attached appendices.
Adopted by the Board of Trustees on: Monday 14 June 2004
 Here
is our full Internet and Intranet policy including forms for signing - PDF
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