After skimming the NYCIST forums this morning I saw a blog post by Karen Blumberg, Technology Integrator at The School at Columbia University, discussing the responsible use policy (RUP) that 6th-8th grade students must sign and return at the beginning of the year before they start using school laptops.

“I always reinforce that everything they put online is public, permanent, and traceable. Plus, I remind not to imagine they have privacy online. Rather than public versus private, I say public versus less-public.
I also implore the middle schoolers to locate at least one person, preferably a grown-up and possibly me, who they can approach if they feel unsafe or uncomfortable as a result of someone else’s behavior (be it physical or virtual).”

Read the full post here.

What would you include if you were creating your own responsible use policy for a school?