Back to the Section 3 Index Maintaining Acceptable Use Scare tactics in the media have some people afraid of using the Internet, especially around children. The truth is that maintaining appropriate student behavior is no harder with the Internet than it is at any other time during the school day. It just requires the use of new, computer-specific techniques. There are several components to safe Internet access for kids. The key is to include all seven of these components.
Most school districts have an acceptable use policy that has been developed with legal counsel.
Make sure that yours spells out in as much detail as possible what is deemed unacceptable and what the consequences of violation will be. Have students and their parents sign it. It's best to do this on a schoolwide level instead of class by class. Make it easy to find out who has access and who doesn't. Separately or in Combination with the Acceptable Use Policy, Have a General Computer Use Policy.