Notre Dame de Sion has established a computer network and is please to offer Internet access. Students can use a variety of Internet resources to enhance their learning. The faculty and administration of the school also recognize the need for personal responsibility when using such resources. Students are given a disk during the book sale at the beginning of the year and may purchase additional ones throughout the year from the bookstore.
Failure to abide by the Computer Use Policy, or failure to use computer facilities responsibly, may result in loss of computer and internet privileges.
Provisions:
- Students may access the Internet for school-related purposes including research projects, topic reviews and tutorials, drill and practice, class presentations, etc.
- All personal work should be saved on disk unless otherwise directed by a teacher. A disk case is highly recommended to prevent damage. Files saved on the hard drive of classroom computers (desktop, my documents, etc.) are automatically removed. Files saved in the library or on student areas are subject to removal.
- Computer, disk, and/or printer problems are not acceptable excuses for late work. The Technology Coordinator and computer instructor can assist students having problems. However, they will not provide excuses for late work due to such problems.
- Failure to follow these provisions will result in disciplinary action. Repeated failure may result in losing computer use privilege at school.
Restrictions:
- A student may work in the computer lab or on a classroom computer ONLY if a faculty member is present.
- Students may not click on any web page advertisement or popup window. They should close/cancel/dismiss any popup window that appears while online.
- Students may not check personal email accounts with school computers. They may not read, compose or send personal email of any kind. The school does not provide email accounts for students.
- Students may not participate in chat rooms or messaging programs such as AOL MSN Instant Messenger, etc. while using school computers.
- Students may not download programs or files of any kind while using school computers.
- Students may not use file-sharing programs such as Kazaa, etc. on school computers.
- Students may not use a credit card or do any shopping while using school computers.
- Students are expected to avoid Internet sites with vulgar, derogatory, illegal, obscene or excessively commercial content. Internet access is limited to those sites that are appropriate for school-related uses.
- Students may not give out personal information such as name, address, and phone number except when requesting college information.
- Students may not use the school name, school logo, or school photos on personal websites.
- Students may not visit, participate in, or post to online diaries, ‘blogs’ or similar websites while using school computers.