Acceptable Uses
The following are acceptable uses of the district's computers, networks and
the Internet for educational purposes in Putnam City Schools:
*Administrative tasks
*Academic research
*Activities resulting from specific tasks and assignments which support
learning and teaching
*Activities which promote the District's mission and goals
Prohibited uses
The following activites using the district computers, networks and the
Internet are prohibited by Putnam City Schools:
*Allowing another person to use their user name and /or password
*Activities which violate an individual's right to privacy
*Access to materials, information , or files of another individual or
organization with or without permission
*Any illegal activity
*Violation of copyright laws and licensing agreements
*Spread of computer viruses
*Deliberate attempts to vandalize, damage, disable, or disrupt the property
of the District, or another infividual, organization, or network
*Attempting to bypass district filtering programs as by use of proxy
servers, etc.
*Efforts to locate, receive, transmit, store, or print files or messages
that are profane
*Use of language that is offensive, obscene, lewd, vulgar, rude,
inflammatory, threatening, disrepectful, or degrading to others
*Use to distribute religious materials
*Use for commercial activities, product advertisement or political lobbying
*Unauthorized access to the Putnam City School District Wide Area Network
*Use of personal storage devices on district networks without approval of
the teacher in charge
*Posting of information that could cause damage or a danger of disruption
*Personal attacks, including prejudicial or discriminatory remarks
*Harassment of another person
*Posting of private, false, or defamatory imformation about a person or
organization
*Sharing of personal addresses and phone numbers with strangers on the
Internet
*Re-posting of private information without permission of the person who sent
the message
*Use of "non-educational" chat rooms, social networking websites, blogs, and
instant messaging programs at school on district harware
*Disclosure, use of dissemination of personally identifiable information
*Use of moblie communications devices or other technologies to engage in
cyberbullying at school
*Use of moblie communications devices that disrupt the instructional process
