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APPROPRIATE USE POLICIES (APU) FOR THE INTERNET IN THE CLASSROOM

This list is intended to give teachers a background on computers in the classroom. The following questions will be answered: Why should we use them? How do they fit into the curriculum? What guidelines should I be following? What do I need to know when my students start to use the internet? There is a link to Ethics in Cyberspace as well.

A Rationale for using Computers in Education from the B.C. Ministry of Education: Technology is embodied in devices that extend human capabilities. It provides the tools to extend our vision, to send and receive sounds and images from around the world, and to improve health, personal relationships, lifestyle, economies, and ecosystems.
Technology is a dominant force in today's society. Technological literacy is as essential to participation in modern society as is numerary and the ability to read and write. A technologically literate person uses tools, materials, systems, and processes in an informed, ethical, and responsible way. Technology education helps young people prepare to live and work in a technological world.
(For more along these lines click here.)

Technology Education Curriculum and Curriculum Organizers from the B.C. Ministry of Education

B.C. Ministry of Education's Integrated Resource Package on-line. The Curriculum is for Technology Education from K-7. The Curriculum Organizers include Self and Society, Communications, Production, Control, and Energy and Power.

The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette

This is an article by Arlene H. Rinaldi that includes user responsibility for email, telnet, discussion groups, and the world wide web. Also of note is The Ten Commandments from the Computer Ethics Institute and a link to the Netiquette Home Page.

Ten Things You Should Know Before Putting Your Students Online

This list is adapted from the book Internet in the K-8 Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers by Philip Reinhardt. The focus is on planning, organization, supervision, and good communication. The sight includes internet rules (APU), history, blocking software, required skills, communication ideas and many more good ideas.

   An Information Technology Consultant's Acceptable use policy

This sight includes a legal perspective on the educational uses of the internet, various templates for usage templates.

   An example of a U.S. school district's Philosophy and Policy on Internet Use

Philosophy, guidelines and expectations for the district.

   Ethics in Cyberspace

A short essay on Ethics in Cyberspace, including an extensive list of references, by Laverna M. Saunders, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Index of Lists

A Rationale for using Computers in Education from the B.C. Ministry of Education:	Technology is embodied in devices that extend human capabilities. It provides the tools to extend our vision, to send and receive sounds and images from around the world, and to improve health, personal relationships, lifestyle, economies, and ecosystems. Technology is a dominant force in today's society. Technological literacy is as essential to participation in modern society as is numerary and the ability to read and write. A technologically literate person uses tools, materials, systems, and processes in an informed, ethical, and responsible way. Technology education helps young people prepare to live and work in a technological world. (For more along these lines click here.)
Technology Education Curriculum and Curriculum Organizers from the B.C. Ministry of Education	B.C. Ministry of Education's Integrated Resource Package on-line. The Curriculum is for Technology Education from K-7. The Curriculum Organizers include Self and Society, Communications, Production, Control, and Energy and Power.
The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette	This is an article by Arlene H. Rinaldi that includes user responsibility for email, telnet, discussion groups, and the world wide web. Also of note is The Ten Commandments from the Computer Ethics Institute and a link to the Netiquette Home Page.
Ten Things You Should Know Before Putting Your Students Online	This list is adapted from the book Internet in the K-8 Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers by Philip Reinhardt. The focus is on planning, organization, supervision, and good communication. The sight includes internet rules (APU), history, blocking software, required skills, communication ideas and many more good ideas.
An Information Technology Consultant's Acceptable use policy	This sight includes a legal perspective on the educational uses of the internet, various templates for usage templates.
An example of a U.S. school district's Philosophy and Policy on Internet Use	Philosophy, guidelines and expectations for the district.
Ethics in Cyberspace	A short essay on Ethics in Cyberspace, including an extensive list of references, by Laverna M. Saunders, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.