Safeguarding+Technology

Risk Assessment: With any computer device there is a risk of damage or theft. At no time should any liguids be kept near the equipment. This may be hard for teachers initially because most of them keep water with them in the classroom. In the beginning they will be reminded that all liquids should remain off the carts and away from the equipment. Since the projectors and laptops will be on carts, we must assess how they will be stored each night. In the past there were incodences where equipment was taken from the building. The laptops and projectors will be locked to the cart and only the bilding technology representative will have those keys. In addition, the laptop carts will have to be locked in the classroom closet out of site from other staff that have access to the building at night and on the weekends. The teachers will have keys to their own closets and a key will be kept to each closet locked in the prinicipal's office.

Security: Currently the district requires that all technology equipment be secured within the building. Each device is logged into a central database with it's own security tag. The location of the device is also stored in this database. For example, the computers in my room all have a number and is logged into the database under my room number. The new equipment will also be assigned a number and logged into the database with its room location. In addition, any device that is house on a cart has to be locked on that cart. They keys to the lock are kept with the district's technology liason within the building.

The acceptable use policy is not apart of this initiative. The school already distributes this document and keep the signed copies on record for each student.

Copyright/Fair Use: The curriculum that is used in the district provides technology resources to be used by teachers in the district. However, teachers like to create their "own" lesson to supplement their instruction. During the implementation phase, each teacher will be provided with a copy of the the copyright and fair use policy. The policy will be reviewed to remind teachers what's acceptable and what's considered risky. A contact person will also be assigned to help with those "gray area" situations when using material from the internet.