Wappingers Central School District Blogging Safety Policy for Students A student will only participate in classroom associated

ociated blogging with parental consent. A student will not post his/her full name or any other identifying information such as address, e-mail address, or telephone number. A student may not use the blog to violate the WCSD school district honor code policy by plagiarizing, cheating, forging, or using copyrighted material without permission. A student may not publish links to inappropriate websites. A student will use appropriate language. Offensive language will not be accepted. A student will not use a blog to attack or bully others in any way. He/she must respect the privacy of peers at all times. A student must understand that there will be consequences for misuse of the blog.

I have read and understand the Wappingers Central School District Blogging Policy for Students.

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I have read and understand the Wappingers Central School District Blogging Policy for Students. I give my child permission to participate in classroom blogging. ______________________________ Parent Name (Print) ______________________________ Parent Signature

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Wappingers Central School District Blogging Safety Policy for Teachers

A teacher will register his/her blog with the WCSD Office of Technology, Testing, and Assessment by contacting the building technology integration teacher. A teacher will provide students with the WCSD Blogging Safety Policy for Students and actively review the policy several times during the school year. Students and parents must read and sign the WCSD Blogging Safety Policy before participating in any blogging activity. A teacher will teach students safe and appropriate behavior as blog authors and readers. A teacher will recognize the blog as a closed conversation for members of the class and will not open the blog to any person who is not enrolled in the class. A teacher will actively monitor the blog for offensive language or subject material. The blog must also be monitored for cyber bullying. A teacher will protect student privacy at all times by not publishing a students full name or any other identifying information such as address, e-mail address, or telephone number. All blogs must have a direct correlation to subject material taught in class and will not be used for social networking. Teachers must set consequences for blog misuse.