ACCEPTABLE USE AGREEMENT

ACTION REQUIRED: The following agreement should be read by students together with their family. Once you have read and understood the agreement, please fill out the form at the bottom of the page. By clicking on the submit button, you are indicating that you have read, understood and agree to our Acceptable Use Policy Agreement.

PART A: Background

Year 5 students have already workshopped safe and appropriate Chromebook use with Mrs Kardiasmenos and their class teacher. With their peers, they have developed a safe digital footprint poster and a digital pledge.

The following agreement should be read by students together with their family. It should be read, signed and returned to school by filling in this Google form. All PLC Sydney students, teachers and parents agree that digital responsibilities:

* Are jointly negotiated, owned and implemented by all members of the school community;

* Focus on positive and pro-social behaviours;

* Focus on prevention and early intervention;

* Are supported by relevant procedures;

* Are consistent, fair and reasonable; and linked to appropriate actions and consequences.

* Educate students to be safe and responsible users of digital technologies;

* Raise students’ awareness of issues such as online privacy and intellectual property including copyright;

Staff at PLC Sydney will:

* Supervise students when using digital technologies for educational purposes; provide a filtered internet service but acknowledge that full protection from inappropriate content can never be guaranteed;

* Respond to issues or incidents that have the potential to impact on the wellbeing of our students;

* Know that some online activities are illegal and as such we are required to report this to the police;

* Support parents/guardians to understand the importance of safe and responsible use of digital technologies, the potential issues that surround their use and strategies they can implement at home to support their daughter.

PART B: Safe and Responsible Behaviour

When I use digital technologies, I agree to be a safe, responsible and ethical user at all times by: Ensuring that what I write or post online is polite and respectful.

This means:

• Not using actions online to be mean to others. (This can include leaving someone out to make them feel bad)

• Never sending mean or bullying messages or passing them on, as this makes me part of the bullying.

• Always creating original work. (Including the link if I use someone else’s work e.g. videos, pictures, writing)

• Protect personal information by being aware that my full name, photo, birthday, address and phone number are all examples of personal information and are not to be shared online.

This means:

• Protecting my friends’ information in the same way.

• Protecting my password and not sharing it with others.Device Loan Agreement

• Only joining a space online with my parent or teacher’s guidance and permission.

• Never answering questions online that ask for my personal information.

• Looking after myself and others by thinking about what I share online. This means:

• Never sharing my friends’ full names, birthdays, school names, addresses and phone numbers because this is their personal information.

• Speaking to a trusted adult (like my teacher or someone in my family) if I see something that makes me feel upset or if I need help.

• Speaking to a trusted adult if someone is unkind to me.

• Speaking to a trusted adult if I know someone else is upset or scared.

• Using spaces or sites that are right for my age by checking the terms and conditions (e.g. age restrictions, parental consent requirements). If I am unsure, I will speak to a trusted adult.

• Not deliberately searching for something rude or violent.

• Turning off the screen or using the back button if I see something I don’t like and telling a trusted adult.

• Only accepting friend requests from people I know in real life.

• Not bringing to school or downloading unauthorised programs (e.g. games, videos, songs). I must ask permission to download any app, music or video unless directed by my teacher

• Taking care of all digital technology equipment.

This means:

• Being careful with the equipment I use. I will not have any food or liquids near my device when I am using it.

• Using my device for schoolwork only and not leisure activities.

• Not interfering with device settings, network systems and security, the data of another user or attempting to log in with a username of another student.

PART C: Care of my PLC Sydney Device

Students and their parents/caregivers are solely responsible for the care and maintenance of their devices whilst they are at home. The school has sent the power adapters home with the students, hence there will be no way to charge the devices at school.

• I will be responsible for managing the battery life of my device. I will make sure that the device is fully charged before bringing it to school.

• I will keep the protective case, provided by the school, on my device.

• I am responsible for securing and protecting the device at school, and while travelling to and from school. I will use a protective/carry case and exercise common sense when storing the device.

• I will take all care with the device that has been loaned to me and I will report any damage or loss as soon as possible to the staff in the TechPOD or my class teacher.

• I understand this is a school device and I will not place stickers or graffiti on the device.

• Depending on the damage, my family and I realise that we may be responsible for the costs of any repairs or replacements.

PART D: Definitions

This Device Loan and Digital Technologies Acceptable Use Agreement applies to digital technologies, social media tools and learning environments established by our school or accessed using school-owned networks or systems; or used to interact with other members of the school community.

‘Digital technologies’ include but are not limited to:

• School owned Technology devices (e.g. desktops, laptops, printers, chromebooks, scanners, tablets, iPads)

• Internet, PLC Sydney LMS, Google Classroom, Seesaw etc

• Mobile phones

• Email and instant messaging

• Social networking sites

• Blogs, Wikis

• Digital cameras

• Gaming consoles

• Video and audio players/receivers

• Video and photo sharing websites

• Storage devices (such as USB and flash memory devices, CDs, DVDs, iPods, MP3 players)

• Forums, discussion boards and groups

• Video conferences and web conferences.

Please note: Many social networking sites (including Instagram and Tik Tok) require by law that members are over 13 years of age and older.

‘Cyberbullying’ is bullying which uses digital technology as a means of victimising others. It is the use of technology such as email, chat room discussion groups, instant messaging, web pages or SMS (text messaging), with the intention of harming another person.

‘Cybersafety’ refers to the safe use of digital technology, including mobile phones; and covers areas such as privacy, password creation, protecting personal details, virus scanning, secure websites, and scams.

‘Digital footprint’ is your online identity and the record you leave as a digital citizen. ‘E-crime’ occurs when computers or other electronic communication equipment/devices (e.g. Internet, mobile phones) are used to commit an offence, are targeted in an offence, or act as storage devices in an offence.

‘Inappropriate material’ means material that deals with matters that are likely to be injurious to children or incompatible with a school environment.

‘School Technology’ refers to the school’s computer network, Internet access facilities, computers, and other ICT equipment/devices.

PART E: Student and Family Agreement

We have read and understood the Digital Technologies Acceptable Use Agreement and we are aware of the school’s initiatives to maintain a cyber-safe learning environment.

• I will demonstrate safe and responsible behaviours when I use digital technologies.

• I will treat all equipment with respect, including chromebooks, computers and iPads.

• I will not upload any materials or images of my schoolwork or people to any social media.

For the Parent/Guardian, my responsibilities include:

• Ensuring this User Agreement is read and signed by my child and myself and returned to the school.

• Encouraging my child to always demonstrate safe and responsible behaviours.

• Refraining from uploading any materials or images of my child’s school work or people to any social media as these items are the Intellectual copyright of PLC Sydney.

• Taking responsibility to ensure that my child is using the devices sent home in a safe and responsible manner and that the device is to be used for school work only.

• Contacting the school if there is any aspect of the Acceptable Use Agreement I would like to discuss.