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Sender: American Memory Fellows <AMFELLOWS@RS8.LOC.GOV>
Poster: Ron Stoloff <rstoloff@MAIL.PHILA.K12.PA.US>
Subject: Re: Best practices
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At 07:57 AM 3/14/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>Dear AMFELLOWS,
>
>Thanks to Judy for sharing her experiences with this problem. This is
>quite an important area to be aware of and prepared for. Our library,
>school and district handle it in several ways.
>
>District: The parent handbook which all parents receive once a year
>includes our district policy in which we lay out our use policies. These
>include a strong emphasis on student responsibility for appropriate
>behavior online, and states that Internet use is integrated into our
>curriculum.
>
>School: All students at our school may apply for e-mail accounts, and also
>server space for Web pages. In order to obtain these, a form outlining
>appropriate behavior for these services must be signed by the parents. We
>are now in the process of training all teachers to effectively use the
>Internet in their classes, and part of that trainiing is what to look for
>on the screens when their students are using the Web.
>
>Library: In the 54 library computers which are connected to the Internet
>and which are freely accessible to all students. We have little stickers
>on each monitor which stresses key points of the AUP (no chatting, porn,
>gaming, etc.) When they activate the Web browser a contract appears on the
>first screen again outlining briefly our AUP. See:
> http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/agree.html
>
>When we first began using the Internet in the high schools, (starting out
>mainly in the libraries) nine or so years ago, we started developing our
>policies and procedures. At my prior school library (Pleasant Valley H.S.)
>across town the only problem we had was when a parent came in and tried to
>"prove a point" by accessing nudes, but the principal directed him to
>leave the campus for inappropriate Internet use!
>
>In the four years that we have had this sort of access at CHS, we have
>never had a parent complaint. However, when we have found studenmts
>engaged in inappropriate use, and have applied discipline, some parents
>have been in denial that their children could do such a thing.
>
>Guess it cuts both ways....
>
>I hope that this is helpful to you.
>
>Peter Milbury pmilbury@cusd.chico.k12.ca.us
>
>Librarian-Mentor Teacher http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~pmilbury
>American Memory Fellow: Library Of Congress - National Digital Library
>Chico High School, Chico, CA 95926 http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us
>A National Blue Ribbon and California Distinguished School 530-891-3036
>.......................................................................
>
>
>On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Judy Drummond wrote:
>
>> I would like to add my two cents here. Cathy Johnson and I started talking
>> about American Memory when school began in August, but were unable to get
>> hook-ups until February, but I asked students who had computers at home to
>> begin learning how to access American Memory and browsing the collections.
>> I also spoke about our projects at Open House and many parents were very
>> excited and have browsed through the collections themselves.
>>
>> Well, I just had a parent conference with one family who said their son
>> told them he had homework on the Web every night and spent hours "chatting"
>> with friends. The conference was,of course, held because Jeremy was not
>> completing his home assignments. Duh... When questioned, Jeremy confessed
>> he was chatting with new friends he made on the web, and yes, a lot of the
>> discussions revolved around sex and violence. The parents were very
>> shocked and, of course, wanted to blame me. We had a lovely discussion
>> about their role in knowing what their child was doing on the computer, and
>> about how there were no such assignments written on the homework logs they
>> are supposed to sign every night. It could have turned out very
>> differently.
>>
>> San Francisco Unified recently sent a letter to all students and parents
>> about the need for parents to monitor their children on the web. The
>> problem was it was too wordy, too much legal lingo, and I'm sure no one
>> read it. I'm trying to redo it to make it more understandable to our
>> population. This is a major problem.
>>
>
What a great idea! [duh!]
I'm going to attach our AUP to our web page SAP!
Thanks for the idea [again: duh!]
Ron Stoloff
If the gods had intended Man to fly, they wouldn't have given us railroads!
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