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Acceptable Use of the Internet Teaching Information

 

Steps to Apply in Your Classroom

 

1.  Never leave student unattended while they are logged-on to the Internet.

2.  Arrange computers in the classroom where the teacher has full view of all monitors.

3.  Make sure the Task Bar is On-Top and Auto-Hide has been turned-off.  

4.  Learn and understand the use of Alt-Tab.  (Alt-Tab to move through active programs)

5.  Be careful when allowing students to use headsets in your classroom. 

6.  Search your computers for MP3, ASF, RAR, JAR, ARJ, ZIP, MPG, AVI, and WMA files.

7.  Review the history of your browser on each computer.  (Internet Explorer)
     There are several ways to find Web sites and pages you've viewed in the last few days, hours, or minutes.
     To find a page you've seen in the last few days...  Click on Help if you need more information.

  1. On the toolbar, click the History button.
    The History bar appears, containing links for Web sites and pages visited in previous days and weeks.
  2. In the History bar, click a week or day, click a Web site folder to display individual pages, and then click the page icon to display the Web page.

8.   Follow the Anderson County Code of Conduct when students are in violation of the policy.

9.   Print the Acceptable Use Policy for Students and post it in your classroom.

10.  Report any sites which need to be blocked to the OOT.  463-7435

Copyright Quiz
Quiz by thomsore@k12.tn.net

FALSE 1.  Our school newspaper is doing an article on the events in Kosovo and have scanned a photo from
      the cover to Time Magazine to be included in the article.  This is fair use since it is a school
      newspaper
TRUE 2.  Students using an electronic database for research may print a copy of an article on disk or an a
     paper copy.
FALSE 3.  A periodical reference guide available on CD-ROM can be networked to multiple computer
     stations in order to maximize its use.
TRUE 4.  A copy of the search strategy used to search a database may be retained.
TRUE 5.  The law allows one archival copy to be made of computer programs.  If the archival or original
      copy is damaged another may not be made.
TRUE 6.  A teacher may create a multimedia presentation of copyrighted materials to introduce a Civil War
     unit for her class by digitizing pictures from the library's Civil War collection.
TRUE & FALSE 7.  A teacher uploads a students project work to a school server to be accessed by other students and
     this is covered by "fair use."  (By permission)
FALSE 8.  It is permissible to take information from a web site, such as images and designs as long as you
     make changes in order to claim it as a new work.
FALSE 9.  A teacher may avoid liability for the unsupervised actions of their users by posting appropriate
     copyright notices on equipment which could be used to make a copy.  (No, but it would help.)
FALSE 10. You must register a work to gain copyright.
TRUE 11. Violating copyright is civil law.
TRUE 12. Students can use photographs from the Smithsonian for reports.
FALSE 13. Anything on the Internet is public domain.
FALSE 14. A work on the Internet that does not have the copyright notice is in the public domain.
TRUE 15. If I use a photo on my web page I must have permission from the photographer and everyone
      recognizable in the photograph.
TRUE 16. Writing for permission to use information is a good rule to follow.

 

 
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Last Update: 13 Feb 2007