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Hardware/Software Policy & Acceptable Use PolicyBrooke Ayers
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Hardware/Software Policy
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Reflection
Davidson County Schools does not have a Board Policy called a “Hardware/Software Policy.” On page 9 of the District Technology Plan, the school has a “Use of Technology to Support Achievement” section.
http://www2.davidson.k12.nc.us/mediatech/dcstechnologyplan.pdf
Davidson County Schools needs to create an official Board Policy.
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Create a Policy
• To create a policy I would pull out the “Use of Technology to Support Achievement” section in the Technology Plan and form it into a Hardware/Software Policy. When breaking the section apart, here are some suggestions to add to the section to create a policy:”
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Split up the policy into sections
Break up the policy into sections, making Hardware a section and Software a section. Include specific hardware and software being used at the schools and goals and priority’s to address for the hardware and software for the future.
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Gerald Malitz offers four tips to address before looking at buying software:
• What do you want to do with the technology?
• What is the best approach to meeting your requirements (i.e., filling the identified gap)?
• How much is this solution going to cost?
• What will my organization gain from this solution? Is it worthwhile?
Include a Buying Software Section
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Include an Upgrade SectionMalitz offers the following on whether or not to upgrade:How to decide whether or not to upgrade:• Impact on user productivity. • Ongoing costs/savings. • Addition of useful functions. • Addition of recent content. Risks and costs should be based on:• Costs for potential temporary loss of productivity. • Costs for retraining. • New hardware, operating systems, or networks
required by the upgrades.• Impact on user productivity.
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Acceptable Use Policy(AUP)
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Below is the link to the Davidson County Schools Acceptable Use Policy
http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=14758&fileitem=581&catfilter=15
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Reflection
Our policy seems to me to be very vague. By looking at other policy’s, I found some that were very specific regarding what student’s could and could not do.
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Suggestion 1
• One policy I found I really liked. They broke up the policy between lower and upper grades and the lower schools. This is great because there is a huge difference between what an upper classman student can do on a computer and an elementary age student can do. The restrictions need to be different regarding the age of the students.
http://www.landon.net/page.cfm?p=94
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Suggestion 2
• Another website I found had a couple of sections that I found helpful:• Content and Materials Created and Saved• Student Email• School Harassment• Student Email and Voicemailhttp://www.gds.org/technology/acceptableuse.cfm
Through my research and viewing other policies, I feel our policy needs to be more specific and also break down further details about staff and student use.
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Malitz Suggest
• Malitz text suggests the Acceptable Use policy should address the following:
• Individual rights regarding access to the system and to resources obtained through use of the system.
• Individual responsibilities with regard to the system, its contents, and connections obtained through the system.
• Organizational rights relating to system oversight and monitoring.
• Organizational responsibilities with regard to the system, its contents, and connections obtained through the system.