Students are provided with Digital Citizenship instruction and the safe use of electronic resources. At school, students work in a filtered environment where access to internet content is monitored.
Students are accountable for their behaviour and communication conducted electronically. Instant Messaging, email and Social Networking sites (Facebook), when used inappropriately can negatively impact the learning environment at school regardless of where the communication originated.
Students bringing their own devices to school are reminded to adhere to the expectations that games, music and other forms of media representation should be appropriate for an elementary setting from K to Grade 6. Media that is violent or has actions we would not strive to emulate are not appropriate in this setting.
Teachers and staff ensure that students understand their roles and responsibilities when using digitally networked resources and share in the supervision of all students while online (e.g. – students who are working within their classroom learning environment on networked computers).
Our Digital Citizenship Plan
Access
Electronic networkable devices and network access require teacher permission and supervision. Printing student work is permitted with staff permission. All students are eligible to receive a CBE email account. By using the school’s computers and / or the network, the following agreement is accepted.
Acceptable Use of Electronic Information Resources
The privilege to use devices and networks is dependent on the level of responsibility shown by individual student. It is our intent to have all students access these tools for learning on an ongoing basis. The following acts and prohibited sites constitute inappropriate use and may endanger students, and/or possibly damage the network, hardware and/or software (While the list is not an exhaustive one it does represent a clear picture of inappropriate uses of technology at All-Boys).
Prohibited acts include:
- Sending or displaying offensive messages or pictures
- Using obscene language, harassing, insulting, or attacking others, intentionally damaging computer equipment or the network
- Violating copyright laws
- Using other people’s folders, work, or files
- Allowing others to use your account
- Trespassing into other people’s folders, work, or files
- Intentionally destroying other people’s work
- Employing the CBE network for commercial purposes
- Using electronic media for plagiarizing
- Intentionally wasting system technology on non-teacher-approved activities such as:
- Playing games
- Participating in non-teacher-directed “chat”, participating in online gambling or other gaming activities
- Downloading software or restricted files (e.g. Exe, Zip, mp3)
- Installing software on any school computer
- Excessive or inappropriate printing
- Students must respect intellectual property and adhere to copyright, software piracy and fair dealing laws associated with learning technologies.
Prohibited Sites include those, which contain:
- Vulgar or lewd depiction of the human body
- Content publicly labelled for adults
- Violent acts
- Online gambling
- Sites that encourage the use of illicit or illegal drugs, tobacco, or alcohol
- Sites that advocating violence or hatred against an identifiable group.i.e. race, religion, gender, disabilities, age, colour, sexual orientation, etc.
- Sites promoting criminal activity
Violation of the CBE Policy
Each situation is dealt with on an individual basis and breach of policy may result in:
- Restriction or loss of technology privileges.
- School based disciplinary consequences.
- Police intervention and/or legal action.
Conduct will also be handled in coordination with the following Administrative Regulations:
- AR1061: Responsible Care and Security of Information
- AR1062: Responsible Use of Electronic Information Resources
- AR1063: Calgary Board of Education Internet Web Presence
- AR1064: Recording and Publishing Student Images and Work
- AR1067: Use of Social Media
- AR6005: Student Code of Conduct
- AR6006: Progressive Discipline
