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First, the Director of Technology must be contacted to discuss the need for this student to have their own computer at school. Their computer must be checked by the Technology Department to make sure students have:• an up-to-date antivirus program with current definitions installed on their computer. • their operating system patched with the latest critical updates. • their machine clean of spyware, viruses, trojans, worms, and malware.Students are not allowed to bring their computer and connect to the school network if they do not have any of the three items listed above on their computer. This is very important because a computer with a virus on the school network can cause everyone else on the network security issues and possibly cause the network to be down.
While our network is filtered and activity monitored there is always the chance for inappropriate content to be accessed. Social networking can be useful, there are many educational networks, however social networking can be a distraction. Many of these sites are blocked. The Technology Department is aware that blocked networks e.g. Facebook, can still be accessed through proxy sites or a change to the url. For every one that is blocked, more show up to give access to these. Keeping up with these changes is time exhaustive. In conjunction with the filter, teacher’s need to monitor what sites their students are on while in their classroom whether they are using a USD379 computer or their own.
Review the employee acceptable use policy(AUP), Hardware(routers, computers, printers), and/or Software(programs downloaded or CD) installation online. Students also sign an acceptable use policy at enrollment into our district. More...