Digital Citizen – AUA version 2
Thank you to every one who contributed to this. I really appreciate the comments and suggestions and I have tried to incorperate many of these in to this. Sections 5 & 6 are reworked and I hope are now more positve in there flavour.
I would appreciate any further comments and suggestions. Once this is settled I will post this to the edorigami.wikispaces.com wiki under a creative commons share and share alike licience.
Here is the update: – (See below or PDF acceptable-use-agreement)
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Acceptable Use Agreement
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This Acceptable Use Agreement has six conditions or facets of being a Digital Citizen.
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Respect Yourself. I will show respect for myself through my actions. I will select online names that are appropriate, I will consider the information and images that I post online. I will not post personal information about my life, experiences, experimentation or relationships. I will not be obscene.
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Protect Yourself. I will ensure that the information I post online will not put me at risk. I will not publish my personal details, contact details or a schedule of my activities. I will report any attacks or inappropriate behaviour directed at me. I will protect passwords, accounts and resources.
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Respect Others. I will show respect to others. I will not use electronic mediums to flame, bully, harass or stalk other people. I will show respect for other people in my choice of websites, I will not visit sites that are degrading, pornographic, racist or inappropriate. I will not abuse my rights of access and I will not enter other people’s private spaces or areas.
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Protect Others. I will protect others by reporting abuse, not forwarding inappropriate materials or communications; and not visiting sites that are degrading, pornographic, racist or inappropriate.
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Respect Intellectual property. I will request permission to use resources and suitably cite any and all use of websites, books, media etc. I will use and abide by the fair use rules.
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Protect Intellectual Property. I will request to use the software and media others produce. I will use free and open source alternatives rather than pirating software. I will purchase, license and register all software. I will purchase my music and other media, and refrain from distributing these in a manner that violates their licenses. I will act with integrity.
By signing this agreement, I undertake to always act in a manner that is respectful to myself and others, to act appropriately in a moral and ethical manner.
I, agree to follow the principles of digital citizenship outlined in this agreement and accept that failing to follow these tenets will have consequences.
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May 27th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Hi Andrew,
I like the changes you’ve made.
I’m not clear about #1 and “I will not post personal information about my life, experiences, experimentation or relationships.”
Could you explain your thinking here? It’s a very broad statement and, when taken literally, would exclude so much. What if a class blog project included a gratitude post by one of the students, describing a positive experience from the day? (”Suzy helped me…” “I loved learning about…”) Or if a child wrote a digital story about their pet and wanted to post it?
Isn’t that personal information about my life and experiences?
I can imagine so much classroom working drawing from students’ lives and experiences – and connecting kids’ learning to their personal experiences strengthens that learning by showing relevance. In the past these projects would have been posted on the bulletin boards in the hallways or classrooms.
How will we handle this in the digital age? How much personal information is too much? When it makes a child identifiable and “findable”?
I look forward to your thoughts and thank you for posting such a great resource!
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June 4th, 2009 at 4:00 am
Many thanks for sharing this, Andrew. I’m using it to inform my AUPs for the new Northumberland Church of England Academy where I’m Director of E-Learning. So far, I’ve just tweaked it to talk about ‘inappropriate’ personal information, etc.
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