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For Teachers: Top Ten Signs You're in Violation of the AUP
"Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future." //William Arthur Ward: Author, Educator, Motivational Speaker//

**10.** You’re wearing an orange jumpsuit and explaining to a judge that you and the student were “just friends” on FaceBook and that you were trying to communicate with him about school work.

**9.** A young private investigator working for the superintendent is enrolled in your class after rumors spread that you are using school email to sell your product.

**8.** People in authority keep asking for the name of your attorney because you disclosed on the Internet personally identifiable information about three students in your class.

**7.** Your favorite parent volunteer denies ever knowing you after viewing your personal Web site and social networking page.

**6.** Students keep asking for your autograph on a copy of your sexy FaceBook pin-up pic.

**5.** At the request of the Superintendent, your email account has been suspended due to a series of chain letters promising free products, better health, and salvation.

**4.** At "Back to School Night" ten parents asked to see your diploma and teaching license after word spread about the online video of you breaking your University's beer chugging record.

**3.** Five of your students feel certain that they saw you profiled on "America's Most Wanted" because of your distribution of illegally-downloaded songs using the school-issued laptop.

**2.** From down the hall you hear one of your students in the computer lab asking, "Hey, does the dealer have a hit on seventeen?"

**1.** You are personally escorted to the front door of the building by the Superintendent after allowing students to enter NCWISE data.

**For Students: Top Ten Signs You're in Violation of the AUP**

 * 10. The fight you recorded on the bus yesterday and posted on YouTube from home somehow ended up on CNN. How were you to know that the girl on the floor of the bus was the daughter of a dignitary?** 4318 Use of Wireless Communication Devices/B(3): You may not “photograph, videotape, or record any individual without his or her knowledge and consent.”’ 3225/4312 Technology Acceptable Use (D): “Though school personnel generally do not monitor students’ Internet activity conducted on non-school system computers during non-school hours, when the student’s on-line behavior has a direct and immediate effect on school safety or maintaining order and discipline in the schools, the student may be disciplined in accordance with board policy (see the student behavior policies in the 4300 series).”


 * 9. You’re wearing an orange jumpsuit, holding numbers, and trying to explain why you took those inappropriate photographs of a classmate with your cell phone.** 3225/4312 Technology Acceptable Use #4: “No user of technological resources, including a person sending or receiving electronic communications, may engage in creating, intentionally accessing, downloading, storing, printing or transmitting images, graphics [still or moving], sound files, text files, documents, messages or other material that is obscene, defamatory, profane, pornographic, harassing or considered to be harmful to minors.”


 * 8. You can't hear the teacher's lesson because everybody's ultrasonic "under-the-radar" ringtones keep going off -- the ringtone that old people can't hear.** 4318/Use of Wireless Communication Devices: “Students are permitted to possess cellular phones and other wireless communication devices on school property as long as such devices are ...”


 * 7. You realize that the virus you created and brought in on your flash drive missed its mark and you think, "Hey, the voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!"** 3225/4312 Technology Acceptable Use #7: “Users may not intentionally or negligently damage computers, computer systems, electronic devices, software or computer networks. Users may not knowingly or negligently transmit computer viruses or self-replicating messages or deliberately try to degrade or disrupt system performance.”


 * 6. You miss third period because it takes longer than anticipated to write the Domin-O Virus, which simultaneously accesses information from the NCWISE database and orders pizza for your fourth period class.** 3225/4312 Technology Acceptable Use #9: “Users are prohibited from engaging in unauthorized or unlawful activities, such as “hacking” or using the computer network to gain or attempt to gain unauthorized or unlawful access to other computers, computer systems or accounts.”


 * 5. You have a cramp in your arm trying to go unnoticed while taking a picture of the test with your cell phone and you have a backache from straining to hold the phone under the desk while texting an answer to a friend.** 4318/Use of Wireless Communication Devices: “Students are permitted to possess cellular phones and other wireless communication devices on school property as long as such devices are not activated, used, displayed or visible during the instructional day or as otherwise directed by local school rules or school personnel.”


 * 4. The only sheet of paper in your binder is the plan for how to use the school network to earn cash in your spare time and blackmail your friends.** 3225/4312 Technology Acceptable Use/C. Privacy: “No right of privacy exists in the use of technological resources. School system administrators or individuals designated by the superintendent may review files, monitor all communication, and intercept e-mail messages to maintain system integrity and to ensure compliance with board policy and applicable laws and regulations. School system personnel shall monitor on-line activities of individuals who access the Internet via a school-owned computer.”


 * 3. When you go to pick up textbooks from homeroom, the teacher just smiles and puts your class schedule in the trash can by her desk. Yesterday, the newspapers received an anonymous tip that you had pretended to be the principal and used his email account to send a letter of resignation to the entire student body.** 3225/4312 Technology Acceptable Use #5: “Users of technological resources may not send electronic communications fraudulently (i.e., by misrepresenting the identity of the sender).”


 * 2. You hear your principal's voice echo from down the hall and he's using your middle name.** (Isn't that the sole purpose of your middle name -- to let you know when you're in violation of Policy Code 3225/4312?)


 * 1. Every time you stroll down the hall, someone yells, "Dead man walking!" Authorities discovered that you posted online party invitations to the home addresses and phone numbers of the entire Senior class.** 3225/4312 Technology Acceptable Use #6: “Users must respect the privacy of others. When using e-mail, chat rooms, blogs or other forms of electronic communication, students must not reveal personally identifiable, private or confidential information, such as the home address or telephone number, of themselves or fellow students.”

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//Objective//: "Teachers demonstrate high ethical standards, including honesty, integrity, fair treatment, and respect for others. Teachers uphold the **[|Code of Ethics for North Carolina Educators]** and the **[|Standards for Professional Conduct]**." (**[|www.ncptsc.org])**
 * North Carolina Professional Teaching Standard #1:** //Teachers demonstrate leadership.//