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Monsieur MSo, here’s my question – what message does your technology AUP send home?
The AUP, short for Acceptable Use Policy, is typically part of the packet that goes home with students every fall. Parents know the drill. You fish through emergency cards in triplicate, imponderable policies that need your signature on every page, the new dress code, the skateboarding rules, offers for SAT prep and parenting classes, PTA dues, and who knows what else. You sign the pages, sign the checks, and hope that you’ve filled it all out right and that you never have to do it again (until next year.)-
- focus on punishment, or opportunity?
- contain only legalese or is easy to read and understand?
- communicate a vision of students as would-be hackers and criminals, or your vision of students as active participants in the 21st century?
- portray students as potential victims of predators and bullies, or show parents how and why students are safely learning how to navigate this brave new world?
- hint that computers are an afterthought and a “reward” that can be taken away as punishment, or explain why computers are essential tools in every classroom?
So does your AUP:
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Tony Baldasaro"Scott McLeod’s recent post at Dangerously Irrelevant, My not-so-friendly library, boring teachers, and other marketing interactions, talks about the negative impact of the draconian, punitive language his public library uses, and points to marketing expe
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Patrick HigginsSylvia Martinez' post about the message that your AUP sends.
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