Policies+and+Procedures

**Policies and Procedures Kayser Hall 224 Facilitators: Neal Topp UNO Notetaker: Deron Jakub (CENG) Description: Join the discussion on district policies dealing with topics such as student use of cell phones, student use of district wi-fi using personal laptops, and district filtering of Web2.0 applications. Be ready to discuss your district’s policies, the rationale for these policies, and the discussions for future changes in these policies. Talking Points: Personal Laptops on network, Cell phones w/ students, wifi,** Policies and Procedure ** WIFI Policies ** OPS – Whole building is covered. Used CISCO based authentication at first. Balancing the access points with the large number of laptop connection is constantly being worked on. There are many types of different hardware that complicate the situation, whether it be wireless radio types, such as a,g,b,n. There are also many handheld devices such as ipods or smartphones that also connect to the network and these devices change on a daily basis as technology advances rapidly. Open environment because the pasword is so easy to spread around in our environment. Basically, the network in the school can be connected to as you walk in the door. All the services we use are web based applications so we run into few problems using this kind of system. Bringing in Macintoshes and pc’s can run into some problems. There are some compatibility issues when using the two different systems in tandem. ** Personal Laptops in the Network ** At first there were insurance issues when personal laptops were brought in, not just laptops, even just personal devices. If devices were broken by students, OPS may have to reimburse. Now, OPS resources are what are used. Gretna – The personal computers are a burden to the technical staff because any problems on those laptops are then put upon this staff. Kids are not to bring their own devices in. We can’t put this software on their personal computers. There are too many problems with personal devices. UNO – personal laptops are everywhere. Students purchase their own laptops. We provide the availability of the network. Students push the technological standards of the university as more students use advancing technologies even though, not always required by the college. PLV - personal laptops are allowed on a public wireless. They cannot access district server accounts or printers. ** Web 2.0 Apps Filtering ** Westside – facebook, twitter, youtube, etc. are blocked. Teacher request are taken into account and evaluated before any access is unblocked. We start with a block on web 2.0 apps and work to customize that access in our school network. Anonymity is a problem with these apps. There is no way to track everybody when they create things online. Usually an explanation for different apps is necessary to allow it through a filter. Advanced planning is needed. Education based sites such as teachertube, schooltube, or united streaming (paid service) are allowed. We try to open up some different things with the new filter. Teachers have to use different policies. Teacher access to youtube is sometimes needed but, filtering the junk from the educational information has to be done. PLV - websites are blocked based on user log in (i.e., teachers have different filter than students). Most web 2.0 apps, including YouTube, are open to students; most social networking sites are open to teachers. Teachers have been taught ways to download or embed online videos if they are concerned about the "Related Videos" section of sites such as YouTube. Cell Phone Policy ** Westside – Students are not to have them out when they are at school. If it happens once, they get it back from the dean at the end of the day. The parents will have to come get it if it happens again. There are possibilities of using some cell phone technology in the learning environment. Things like email, pictures, video, text editing are possible on just one device. Implementation of this technology will happen down the road.