Student Email

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Student Email

• The Dos and Donts of E-mail in Liberty Public
  Schools

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Reasons For Student Email

• Technology Curriculum Objective 11
• Interview experts and others using on-line
  collaborative tools to investigate content area
  topics and issues and to develop solutions or
  products for audiences inside and outside the
  classroom.
• Discuss
• 1. How is the use of school / professional email
  different from personal email use?
• 2. Why are both important?

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Reasons For Student Email

• Comm. Arts classes will be using the
  anti-plagiarism program Turn It In
• Students must have an email address to turn in
  assignments
• This program helps teachers determine if the
  students work is original or borrowed from
  someone else either intentionally or
  unintentionally.

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Reasons For Student Email

• Teachers should model safe and appropriate ways
  to use email therefore teachers may email
  students
• Grade reports
• Classroom newsletters
• Makeup work
• Test reminders
• Paper edits
• Other

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Protection For Students using Liberty Public
Schools Email

• Teachers and district administrators reserve the
  right to monitor all use of student e-mail
  accounts. What you send and receive is not
  private.
• Content of all e-mail must abide by all school
  guidelines and policies.
• Consequences of inappropriate use of student
  email may include, but are not limited to loss
  of computer privileges, alternative assignments,
  detention, ISS, and OSS.

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Protection For Students using Liberty Public
Schools Email

• Non-district email will be blocked for students
  during the school day beginning in 06-07
• Educational Web mail will be allowed (taking
  online classes)
• Hotmail, Yahoo, etc. will be blocked during the
  school day.

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Students Using District Email

• Students in grades 5 12 will be using Liberty
  Public Schools email as part of the Instructional
  Technology Curriculum.
• A letter to the parents will be sent home
  explaining how and why student email will be
  used.
• Parents will receive an explanation of discipline
  procedures for misuse of student email.

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LPS Email is Not

• A timely way for parents to contact students
  during the day. Parents should still make
  contact through the main office.
• A way to forward e-junk including chain
  letters, urban myths, free offers, jokes, etc.
• A way for students to register on unauthorized
  web sites. Doing so could result in Spam
  e-mail coming into the network.
• Discuss What are appropriate uses of email?

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Student Email Address

• Students email address will be the following
• username_at_student.liberty.k12.mo.us
• Example tsmith_at_student.liberty.k12.mo.us
• Students will be able to access their email from
  home.
• Junior high and senior high students will be able
  to use their email 24/7.  This is designed to
  extend the school day and allow work on school
  projects when convenient.
• Middle school and elementary school students will
  be able to access email from 700 a.m. 430 p.m.

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Activating Student Email

• Student email addresses will be activated on
  September 5, 2006.
• Beginning on this date, teachers may begin
  requiring email use as part of the required
  curriculum.
• Student misuse will not only result in
  disciplinary action but also alternative
  assignments.

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Netiquette of Email

• Communication on district email should
• Use standard English instead of the short cuts
  and abbreviations used in I.M and text messaging.
• 2. Use standard spelling.
• 3. Follow rules of grammar for punctuation,
  capitalization and sentence structure.

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Questions

• How has email changed communications in todays
  world?
• What are some of the dangers of email?
• How can a people keep themselves safe from
  potential email dangers?
• How can email be helpful in a school setting?