SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
Students have a RIGHT to:
use online resources to increase their access to information and resources
for educational purposes.
Students have a RESPONSIBILITY to:
recognize that the use of online telecommunications and networks "is a
privilege that can be withdrawn if they engage in unacceptable or illegal
use of this resource.
Sarasota County School Board Policy 8.60
Use of computers, networks, and online telecommunications systems must be
related to students' educational systems. This includes the prohibition of
plagiarism, reproduction of teacher made-tests, textbooks, teaching
materials, non-authored text, cheating, and theft of ideas.
Students must not access or distribute offensive, obscene, inflammatory, or
pornographic material. Students must not use network access to destroy
information that belongs to others. Copying personal communication to others
without the original author's permission is prohibited. Copying software or
other copyright-protected materials is a violation of copyright laws.
Using the network for any illegal activity, private business purposes, or
accessing inappropriate internet sites is a violation of School Board Policy.
Students shall not intentionally spread computer viruses, vandalize data,
infiltrate systems, or grade/disrupt computer and/or network performance.
No illegal activity may be conducted using the district's computers,
networks, or online telecommunications systems. All users of computers,
networks, and online telecommunications- systems shall adhere to laws
regarding copyright.
"Hacking" into the school's computer system will be considered vandalism and
will be treated as such.
Technology shall not be utilized to threaten or harass other students. The
use of a computer or program in any manner other than which it was intended
is unacceptable.
Stay on the sites your teacher has given you. Do not "surf the web."
