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EdTEch 541 Blog

AUP Insights

2/23/2016

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A school district’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) fulfill several important requirements. An underlying, though sometimes unspoken requirement relates to responsibilities of districts who receive E-Rate funding (funding from the federal government for technology infrastructure):

“Schools and libraries subject to [Children's Internet Protection Act] CIPA may not receive the discounts offered by the E-rate program unless they certify that they have an Internet safety policy that includes technology protection measures. The protection measures must block or filter Internet access to pictures that are: (a) obscene; (b) child pornography; or (c) harmful to minors (for computers that are accessed by minors). Before adopting this Internet safety policy, schools and libraries must provide reasonable notice and hold at least one public hearing or meeting to address the proposal.
Schools subject to CIPA have two additional certification requirements:
1) their Internet safety policies must include monitoring the online activities of minors; and
2) as required by the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, they must provide for educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms, and cyberbullying awareness and response” (Federal).
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The above requirements drive the content and details in a district’s AUP. Further, teachers are required to provide ongoing instruction on digital citizenship addressing these requirements.

According to Education World website, an AUP generally contains the following parts:
  • “a preamble,
  • a definition section,
  • a policy statement,
  • an acceptable uses section,
  • an unacceptable uses section, and
  • a violations/sanctions section.”
When reviewing four separate AUPs from school districts in Orange County, California (Capistrano Unified School District, Fullerton School District, Saddleback Valley Unified School District, and Santa Ana Unified School District) appeared to mirror the above structure. The order, focus, tone, and approach of each AUP varied. Santa Ana and Fullerton’s tone was more informal. Capistrano and Saddleback’s language was more formal and serious. The AUPs generally ended with the unacceptable uses and violations. For most of these, the violations/sanctions sections were directly above where the student and his or her parent signatures were required.

According to "1-to-1" is to "An acceptable use policy (AUP) is a policy that outlines, in writing, how a school or district expects its community members to behave with technology." As such, it is an important document to review with students before beginning any technology assignment. The following Infographic summarizes Capistrano Unified School Districts AUP in an engaging and student friendly way.

acceptable use Infographic - capistrano unified school district
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Table comparing aup language from four districts

References:
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"1-to-1 Essentials - Acceptable Use Policies | Common Sense Media."
1-to-1 Essentials - Acceptable Use Policies | Common Sense Media. Common Sense Education. Web. 21 Feb. 2016.

Federal Communications Committee. "Federal Communications Commission." Children's Internet Protection Act. 3 Feb. 2015. Web. 23 Feb. 2016.
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"Getting Started on the Internet: Acceptable Use Policies." Education World:. Web. 23 Feb. 2016.

3 Comments
Janice K
2/24/2016 07:39:57 am

Judy,

I absolutely love the infographic from CUSD. I saved the link to my resources page. I'm a very visual person and this is how I like to present material to students and parents. It is so much easier to read and digest than words alone. This school obviously put a lot of thought into their presentation of the material.

Thanks for sharing this.

Janice

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Judy Blakeney link
2/24/2016 07:08:58 pm

Thanks, Janice,

If you look at the link of the AUP Infographic, you will see that it can be used with students to understand the AUP. There are a number of suggestions for student activities on the last page of the AUP Infographic.

Best,

Judy

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Jasmine
2/25/2016 12:31:43 am

Judy,
As Janice mentioned that infographic is so clear and a great way to display important information. I love how you mentioned at the beginning of your post that an AUP is an underlying but often unspoken of requirement for districts that receive funding. I think that unfortunately this is often the case (unspoken of) in many districts who are jumping on technology because times are moving quickly yet they are not placing the necessary emphasis on theses AUP's with their staff, students, and parents. This is unfortunate as this is the skeletal system to ensure the implementation is successful.

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    Judy Blakeney

    I am a Middles School Instructional Coach working on a Ed.D. in Educational Technology  at Boise State University, in the 2016 Cohort.

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