Computers, Network and Other Technologies

 

The New School provides an atmosphere where students take responsibility for creating a community in which all members can do their best work. This responsibility transcends into the use of technology in the school. Since our computer network, computers, printers, telecommunication eequipment, VCRs, DVD players, digital cameras, and other technologies are community property, all students are reminded that with access comes responsibility.

Students in violation of the Acceptable Use Policy will be referred to the Disciplinary Protocol. Consequences may include losing access to school equipment and resources. Adherence to the following guidelines constitutes acceptable use of The New School technology:

• Students will use only the equipment and resources that they are specifically authorized to use, and only for the purpose designated.
• Respecting privacy and intellectual property of others means never:
  • Using another user's login name or password
  • Entering any personal folders or reading anyone's private files
  • Moving, renaming, changing, deleting, or copying any document or file that does not belong to you
  • Copying or transferring any copyrighted materials to computers, documents, or presentations without proper citation
• Students may not tamper with configurations of equipment. This includes, but is not limited to, interfering with:
  • Software such as computer settings, application configurations, network protocols and e-mail accounts
  • Hardware such as cables, wires, computers, servers, printers, projectors, DVD and VCR players
• Students will not use The New School's Internet access inappropriately. This includes, but is not limited to:
  • Accessing or processing pornographic material, innapropriate written material, or files that could be dangerous to our local area network
  • Accessing sites for any purpose without educational value, such as game sites, chat rooms, or instant messaging
  • Downloading any games of software
• Students will remember that when using a school computer to communicate with the outside world that they are representative of the school, and will speak and act accordingly. This includes using] appropriate language that is not obscene, abusive, insulting or threatening.
• Students will not eat, drink or be physically disrespectful around any of the computers, cameras, DVD, VCR players, etc
• Students understand that teachers and faculty might create and enforce additional guidelines for technology use within their classrooms, and agree to respect those guidelines.

  1. There will be no food or drink in any of the computer labs or while working on a computer in the classroom.

  2. Students are to check in with their scheduled classroom teacher before they enter the computer lab.

  3. Students must sign in and out of the computer lab whenever they enter and leave the lab.

  4. The computer lab is meant for education. There will be no games, checking e-mail, chat rooms or recreational web surfing during class.

  5. During lunch students may check e-mail and surf the web for recreational purposes. Students are not to abuse this policy by going to web sites with games, inappropriate language, violent content or sexual content.

  6. Students may not download ANYTHING on to ANY of the computers without checking with the Technology Director.

  7. Students are not to open, move or delete ANY files or folders that do not belong to them.

  8. Students are reminded to be respectful of others working in the Resource Room and not to hinder their learning environment.

  The Technology Director will complete all hardware changes.