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Sender: American Memory Fellows <AMFELLOWS@RS8.LOC.GOV>
Poster: Frances Jacobson <francey@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Best practices
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I love the image of the contract popping up every time a student fires up
browser software (or e-mail or any telecommunication software). I think
too many of us are forced by circumstance to pass out forms to parents and
students, who sign and then promptly forget what they've signed. Or, as
Judy describes, The Letter comes from a bureaucratic higher echelon and is
written in legalese. The solution Peter describes is an excellent,
in-your-face-at-the-appropriate-moment solution. Judy's student didn't
have the benefit of that solution and his parents were too naive to
instruct him themselves. What a potential nightmare parent-teacher
conference! I get chills thinking about it. Congratulations, Judy, on
what sounds like a diplomatic and educational (for all) recovery.
We have a fairly aggressive education program with our younger students
(grades 8 and 9), which keeps these ethical issues out in front and
breathes life into them beyond the dry AUP language. Unfortunately,
there's always a new incident that gives us fresh fodder for the
"hypothetical" scenarios we use in class. If you don't mind, Judy, I'll
steal your story!
Frances
Peter wrote:
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>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
>
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>Peter Milbury pmilbury@cusd.chico.k12.ca.us
>
>
>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.
>>
>
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