Digital Rights and Responsibilities

It may be difficult to understand digital citizenship as the youth in today's digital society, especially when it involves its rights and responsibilities which we have to follow each and every time we us the internet. 

BASIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR STUDENTS 

 

Rights

ü  The right to Internet access

ü  The right to express yourself but be aware of those who you might offend

ü  Each user has the freedom to do whatever they want, except if it's illegal

Responsibilities

ü  Respect everyone that uses the internet.

ü  Keep your personal information private.

ü  Avoid taking part in illegal activities.

 An official AUP for the IIE

General Principle

• Educational Institution-provided Internet/Intranet and email privileges, are considered educational resources and are intended to be used for educational purposes only. Students should be aware that usage is monitored for unusual activity.
• Educational Institution email accounts, Internet Ids and web pages should not be used for anything other than the Educational Institution's sanctioned communications. It should be made clear to recipients that opinions expressed by individuals are not necessarily those of the Educational Institution.
• Use of the Internet/Intranet and email will be subject to monitoring for security and/or network management reasons.
• The distribution of any information through the Internet, computer-based services, email and messaging systems is subject to the scrutiny of the Educational Institution.

Conditions of Use
The following practices include, but not limited to, are considered unacceptable and may be subject to disciplinary action:

• Visiting Internet sites that contain obscene, hateful or otherwise objectionable materials; sending or receiving any material that is obscene, defamatory or racist or which is intended to annoy, harass or intimidate other persons.
• Sending and receiving unusually large emails or attachments; sending or forwarding electronic chain letters.
• Students wasting time on non-educational business.
• Soliciting emails that are related to non-Educational Institution business for personal gain or profit.
• Using the Internet or email for gambling or illegal activities.
• Use which may result in damage to the Educational Institutions equipment.

Within a school, we have a computer network that is available for use by students for curriculum purposes; this network is connected to the Internet to enable students to undertake research for subject study.  To ensure that this computer network is used correctly and remains secure, it's important that we ensure that students use the facilities in an acceptable manner.   To ensure that all students adhere to the guideline they must read the ICT Acceptable Use Policy and think about its implications if or when these guidelines are broken. In addition to keeping your students safe, the AUP should addresses issues of appropriate conduct online. Plagiarism has become way too easy for students to practice in the Internet age.  understanding these terms means that you have agreed to the terms of the AUP and it stands as their “ticket” or “pass” for going online in the library. We put the AUP in writing and print it out in the form of a contract and then have students, parents (or guardians) and the principal commit to these rules by signing the contract. A copy of the AUP will be near each computer and  someone in the school will be appointed to enforce the AUP rules. One of the most important way to keep students safe while using technology is to monitor them at school and stress that parents do the same at home. 

available at: http://aupfortheiie.weebly.com/