6800 - Online and Digital Access and Education
Adoption Date: 01/08/2018
The Omaha Public Schools will minimize barriers and maximize opportunities for communicating and sharing information with students, teachers, families, and the community. It shall be the policy of this school district to:
A. Educate students, staff and family about appropriate online behavior and being responsible and ethical digital citizens. A component of these lessons will also include cyberbullying awareness and response.
B. Connect class work with experiences beyond the classroom using digital and online resources. This education may include components on interacting appropriately with other individuals through social networking Websites, blogging, and corresponding with others through electronic mail (email) or audio and video conferencing.
When a teacher uses a digital resource, it shall be the policy of the District, that the staff member shall utilize their school-assigned email address for account creation instead of a personal account.
The school district shall monitor online activities of students and staff when using district or online applications while using District network resources and/or devices. The school district shall maintain and enforce technology protection measures designed to block or filter any computer using the school district’s network from Internet access to the following:
• Visual depictions that are obscene as defined by federal law
• Child pornography as defined by federal law
• Materials on the Internet that are harmful to minors as defined by federal
law or inappropriate for minors, and
• Electronic mail, social networking, direct electronic communication, except electronic mail or other electronic communication provided by or approved by the school district.
Such technology measures shall be designed to:
• Permit monitoring of student and staff online activities
• Inhibit unauthorized access and other unlawful activities by student and staff online
• Prevent unauthorized disclosure, use and dissemination of personal information regarding students and staff