UEAUP

= UE Acceptable Use Policy   = At Mountaintop Montessori, Upper Elementary is the first level at which students are given key lessons on technology skills and have computers and other digital equipment available as work choices. Before your child may participate in tech lessons, he or she must review this policy with you and return a signed Acceptable Use Agreement.

The very first technology lessons the UE students receive will cover online safety. It will be some time before your child will be ready to search the internet independently. In the meantime, appropriate websites are provided on the Upper Elementary Wiki @ mountaintop-ue.wikispaces.com. We encourage parents to take the time to sit with their child as they explore these resources.

//Just as reading to your child has provided a foundation for literacy, spending collaborative computer time with your child provides a foundation for basic technology skills as well as responsibility and accountability. //

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 * While at Mountaintop Montessori, I will use technology for educational purposes only: **
 * I will only go to websites that are provided on the UE Wiki or by a guide. I understand that I am not allowed to search the internet without first asking a guide's permission.
 * I am responsible for saving my work in the appropriate network folder or flash drive.
 * I will respect the work of my classmates. I will not disrupt, change, or delete others’ work.
 * I will be responsible for my own work and my own ideas. I will give correct credit to the work and ideas of others. I will not pretend that someone else’s work is my own.
 * I will protect my privacy and my identity. I will not share personal information such as my name, address, phone number or school online.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I will not use technology to tease, bully, or hurt other people.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I will respect the time limits placed on the computers and other electronic equipment available as a work choice. I will record how I used my time in my work journal.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I will take good care of the computers and any other electronic equipment that I use at school.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I will not download and/or install software, change the computer's settings or change the background image of any computer at school.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I will not check my personal e-mail or any other personal account at school.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I will tell an adult if my computer displays inappropriate material that is obscene, threatening, or makes me feel uncomfortable.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I will not bring or use personal electronic devices (MP3 players, cell phones, digital cameras, laptops, etc) on campus, during afterschool or on field trips without first getting a guide's permission.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I understand that if I misuse technology, I may lose the privilege of using computers and other electronic equipment at school.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Notes:__ > >
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">During this time of gaining experience with technology, we encourage you NOT to send your own electronic equipment (laptops, cell phones, digital cameras, etc) to school with your child. If there is a critical, one-time need for this equipment to be on campus, please contact a guide prior to sending it with your child.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We encourage you to also have an acceptable use policy at home for computer use. You can find a good example @ SafeKids.com.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Acceptable Use Agreement
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have reviewed the Upper Elementary Acceptable Use Policy and agree to be a safe and responsible user of technology at Mountaintop Montessori.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Name: ___________________________________________________________

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Signature: ________________________________________________________

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Date: __________________

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Parents & Guardians

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have reviewed the Upper Elementary Acceptable Use Policy with my child and expect her/him to be a safe and responsible user of technology as defined by this document and the Mountaintop Montessori Parent Handbook. I also understand that changes to this policy will be reflected online at aupmountaintop.wikispaces.com and that I will be informed of any changes via e-mail.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Name: ___________________________________________________________

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Signature: ________________________________________________________

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Date: __________________