Acceptable Uses The following are acceptable uses of the district's computers, networks and the Internet for educational purposes in Putnam City Schools: *Administrative tasks *Academic research *Activities resulting from specific tasks and assignments which support learning and teaching *Activities which promote the District's mission and goals Prohibited uses The following activites using the district computers, networks and the Internet are prohibited by Putnam City Schools: *Allowing another person to use their user name and /or password *Activities which violate an individual's right to privacy *Access to materials, information , or files of another individual or organization with or without permission *Any illegal activity *Violation of copyright laws and licensing agreements *Spread of computer viruses *Deliberate attempts to vandalize, damage, disable, or disrupt the property of the District, or another infividual, organization, or network *Attempting to bypass district filtering programs as by use of proxy servers, etc. *Efforts to locate, receive, transmit, store, or print files or messages that are profane *Use of language that is offensive, obscene, lewd, vulgar, rude, inflammatory, threatening, disrepectful, or degrading to others *Use to distribute religious materials *Use for commercial activities, product advertisement or political lobbying *Unauthorized access to the Putnam City School District Wide Area Network *Use of personal storage devices on district networks without approval of the teacher in charge *Posting of information that could cause damage or a danger of disruption *Personal attacks, including prejudicial or discriminatory remarks *Harassment of another person *Posting of private, false, or defamatory imformation about a person or organization *Sharing of personal addresses and phone numbers with strangers on the Internet *Re-posting of private information without permission of the person who sent the message *Use of "non-educational" chat rooms, social networking websites, blogs, and instant messaging programs at school on district harware *Disclosure, use of dissemination of personally identifiable information *Use of moblie communications devices or other technologies to engage in cyberbullying at school *Use of moblie communications devices that disrupt the instructional process