Comments on: Acceptable Use Policy – feedback required!

By: Doug Belshaw

Doug Belshaw — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:59:00 +0000

Thanks Jordan!

By: Jordan Holdsworth

Jordan Holdsworth — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:43:00 +0000

Doug,

Having just come across this post during some research, I find this to be a very progressive, intelligent approach to AUPs in education.
I work for a Web Filtering vendor, and am trying to help establish a culture of freedom to use the web inquisitively within education, rather than restrictively. I hope we get the chance to discuss some of your experiences at some point.

By: Doug Belshaw

Doug Belshaw — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:23:00 +0000

Thanks Cynthia – glad you found it useful! :-)

By: Cynthia Peterson

Cynthia Peterson — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:37:00 +0000

Doug, thank you for this very sensible approach to the AUP. I appreciate the point you make about how important clear policies are for students and teachers. I have linked to your post in my blog entry at http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/2010/02/20/internet-filtering/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:24:00 +0000

Hi Doug. I love this doc and may well use it as the basis for our pupil AUP summary to display as a poster in all public computer areas of our school. [the actual AUP is lengthy and signed as a bit-part of all other school contracts - not most effective way of communicating the message to the actual users and therefore the need for the poster] I was wondering about point 5, specifically the part about fair use rules. Am I missing something? How would pupils know what these are?

By: Mr. Wilson

Mr. Wilson — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:34:00 +0000

Thanks.

By: Doug Belshaw

Doug Belshaw — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:29:00 +0000

Of course! The AUP is Creative-Commons licensed. Use away! (with attribution…)

By: Mr. Wilson

Mr. Wilson — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:07:00 +0000

Nice work on the Acceptable Use Policy. May I adapt this document for my use? I am a secondary school teacher who will incorporate web2.0 applications in my course. On my to-do list is drafting an AUP.

By: Susie Arnott

Susie Arnott — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:40:00 +0000

I think this is a really good way to tackle this issue. Don’t you think the bit about Copyright should come under Respect Others?
Thanks for sharing this with us

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:41:00 +0000

Does this mean that your students will have access to social networking sites and email such as hotmail/gmail? On my schools network, I can’t get on anything remotely ‘social’!