Privacy and Security
Summary: When looking at privacy and security in the school setting we can examine how it relates to students, teachers and staff, and families. There are laws pertaining to privacy and security, but often these laws are not addressed to the necessary extent to show just how important they are! Students and teachers need to be informed of how privacy and security relates to their personal situations. For example, teachers must be capable of understanding privacy and security because of HIPPA and AUP, but also so teachers can demonstrate privacy and security related to student files, and to simply teach privacy and security to students. We must teach and protect our students from inappropriate material, learn how to respect themselves and others by learning how to be safe online.
Overview: According to http://staysafeonline.org/content/in-the-classroom students need to understand three key areas regarding internet safety. Students must be taught cyber safety, cyber ethics, and cyber security. For example, within our organization we strive to teach using technology and to set a high standard for the districts where we work. We can easily teach students how to keep their computers safe from viruses by making them aware which emails are safe and unsafe to check. We can also teach students the difference between the real world and cyber world, so they understand not to give personal information online the same as we do not give strangers in the real world personal information. Lastly, we can easily teach our students that after they type something online and send it or save it that it is not easily erased. It may be online forever and the words can be damaging to themselves and to others; help them to see what is cyber bullying.
Option 1: Provide an article or webpage that provides issues related to privacy and security as it relates to the school setting and accompany the material with an online quiz that assesses understanding. Require teachers to read and view the material and then complete the online quiz. Teachers could be required to complete this during their new teacher induction or they could be required to complete it each year since the material would need updated to stay current.
- pros: teachers would practice privacy and security concerning student files, teachers would possess a solid background so they can teach students regarding privacy and security, by having the material and quiz online teachers could complete it when convenient for them, teachers could promote privacy and security when working with families, the material and quiz could easily be updated as needed, the material could be bookmarked for easy reference throughout the year
- cons: teachers may be frustrated to have yet another issue to consider, teachers may not prefer having the material and quiz online, teachers may not like having to complete the material on a yearly basis
Option 2: Create a section in the Student Handbook that addresses privacy and security in the school and home settings as it relates to student activity. Review this section during Back to School Night to ensure that students and families understand the material.
- pros: all students and families who attend would hear the same information regarding privacy and security, the session would be low cost, the material would be easy to reference in the handbook, material could be easily updated each year prior to handbook being printed
- cons: not all families attend Back to School Night, not all families read the Student Handbook, families and students still may not see the value in the material, a committee would need to be organized to create the material for the handbook and it may be difficult to find volunteers to form the committee, families may still not regulate students use of internet at home
References:
http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/privacy.html
http://staysafeonline.org/
http://www.state.nj.us/education/schools/security/links/isb.htm
http://www.guardiandigital.com/company/casestudies/itasca.html
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