Acceptable use policies help us set standards for how we interact with each other and material online. They are necessary social standards and rules that are gaining importance as technology takes an increasingly important role in our lives. In the educational setting, it is important for schools and teachers to establish acceptable use policies to help students learn how to be good "digital citizens."
Roblyer divides acceptable use policies for schools into 2 main categories:
Some examples of Acceptable Use Policies:
Roblyer divides acceptable use policies for schools into 2 main categories:
- Online Safety and Security - which deals with students accessing inappropriate information, falling victim to hackers, online predators, cyberbullying, or phishing schemes and dealing with online identity and reputation issues (174-176).
- Online Ethical and Legal Issues - which include everything from plagiarism of online material or piracy of online media (176-177).
- Internet safety, privacy, and security
- Relationships, communications, and cyberbullying
- Digital footprint and reputation and self-image and identity
- Information literacy
- Creative credit and copyright (177)
Some examples of Acceptable Use Policies:
Works Cited
Roblyer, MD. Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching Enhanced Pearson Etext Access Card. 7th ed. Nova Southeastern University: Pearson College Div, 2015. Web.
Roblyer, MD. Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching Enhanced Pearson Etext Access Card. 7th ed. Nova Southeastern University: Pearson College Div, 2015. Web.