Technology at South Island School supports and enhances the quality of work by students and staff. Each member of the school will have access to ICT tools essential to fulfilling learning objectives, assignments and job responsibilities.
It is essential that our students are provided access to a range of educational technology tools and applications. These resources are evaluated having regard to safeguarding, privacy and data protection requirements. By acknowledging this form, you are permitting your child to access and use such educational tools and applications. This will afford your child full access to their curriculum and enable them to have equitable access to a personalised and inclusive learning environment.
Access to technology at South Island School is a privilege, not a right and its use is governed by this ICT RUP. Violation of this ICT RUP will result in disciplinary action, including the suspension or removal of technology use privileges. All members of the school community are required to observe the terms of this ICT RUP. Authorized access to the school network is granted only to those who have a signed copy of this document on record.
There are technological and legal limitations to the SIS network. Networks are made up of physical machines that have finite storage space and software capabilities. The network functions most efficiently when these limitations are kept in mind. The SIS network is a service for users to obtain, use and produce a variety of work. Consideration of other users and respect for copyright is expected of all users at all times.
Terms & Conditions
User Responsibility
In signing the ICT RUP Agreement, you accept that you are solely responsible for your actions, or the actions of others, undertaken or attempted while using your user profile or laptop. Your responsibility is to use the school network acceptably and appropriately. The network is for the purpose of school-related study and it should be used with due consideration for the rest of the community who share in its use. The school network is monitored and action will be taken against anyone misusing the network.
These rules apply to all electrical devices brought on campus: including but not limited to computers, mobile phones, smart watches, music devices, cameras, or any electronic storage devices.
Responsibility & Respect
A key part of students’ development is understanding of Responsibility and Respect and how their actions impact on others.
Care of devices
Digital devices are expensive items and it is important that students take responsibility for keeping their personal digital devices safe by following these guidelines:
- Digital devices should either be kept in students’ bags or locked in their school locker during the school day.
- It is not recommended that students share their digital devices with others. If a student shares their device with another, they are responsible for that decision.
- If a student misplaces a device, they can ask the Tutor to place a message on the school bulletin to ask if anyone has seen it. Responsibility for digital devices rests with students and the school accepts no financial responsibility for damage, loss or theft.
Develop a sense of responsibility for yourself and others
- Do not touch another person’s laptop unless invited by the owner
- Do not play with, use, or change another person’s user account or computer
- Do not access another person’s files or resources
Be responsible for your Actions / Be respectful of the community in which you live and work
- Do not play games at school, other than during specific times and specifically designated areas allowed
- Do not access inappropriate websites or inappropriate material on your laptop while at school
- Do not chat unless given permission by your teacher
- Do not attack, threaten or intimidate another student
- Do not engage with/share any media that is harmful and disrespectful to others
- Do not use language online which may be inappropriate.
- Do not use language online which may cause identity-based harm (No racist, sexist, or homophobic language)
Be Responsible for Your Usage
- Do not take up bandwidth by downloading movies, music, pictures, or by playing online games not directly connected to your learning
- Do not store music, movies, pictures or files on the school network not directly connected to your learning
- Do not waste e-resources or material resources (e.g. network space by generating unnecessary traffic or paper by generating excessive printing)
Respect Copyright
- Do not download any illegal materials (e.g. cracked software, pirated music or movies, or any copyrighted materials) or bring such materials into school
- Do not plagiarize i.e. present anybody else’s work as your own
Be Responsible for What You Email
- Do not forward or send any content not directly associated with your learning (e.g. advertisements, games, pictures)
Respect Other’s Property and Privacy
- Do not deliberately or negligently spread viruses, malware, or spyware
- Do not attempt to access any areas of the school network which you do not have permission to visit
Be Responsible for Your Actions
- Do not run a business or seek to make a profit using the school network
Respect Other’s Privacy and Be Responsible for Your Actions
- Photography/Video/Audio Recording: The use of technologies for audio and video recording of classes and other classroom activities is allowed only with express permission of the teacher or the subject individual(s)
- Personal Device Usage: Personal devices should remain in bags and should not be used for any purpose, including messaging, social media, or recording, in restricted areas such as school restrooms, changing rooms, or the swimming pool area.
Respect for privacy and security
- Students should remember to protect the security and privacy of themselves and all members of the community.
- Students should:
- Keep their own passwords, security codes and PINs private.
- Notify a password owner if they become aware of a password so that that person can reset their password.
Students should not:
- Record or distribute any photos, images, videos and audio (including online meetings via Zoom) taken in school and/or on a school activity or trip without the permission of all participants.
- Access or attempt to access the following:
- another person’s files or resources
- areas of the network to which you have not been given access
- another person’s account and/or email
- another person’s digital device
- Give out their phone number or another person’s phone number to people they do not know.
- associate with any social media accounts that could potentially reflect negatively on their personal reputation or the overall image of the school community.
At South Island School we place great value on your abilities to take responsibility for and manage your own behaviour, establish priorities and manage time to complete tasks and achieve goals both outside and inside of the classroom. These values and those presented in our Philosophy and Values should be supported by your responsible use of ICT in all situations.
Phone Free School and Personal Device Management”
Please review our device guidelines for more information as part of our personal device initiative. HERE
A Working Laptop – Students
Students are expected to bring a fully functional, recharged laptop to school every day. The ICT Help Desk can provide assistance for applications and network support. Laptops purchased through the School program with a valid Apple Protection Plan(AppleCare) can enjoy hardware maintenance service at the ICT Help Desk. If a laptop breaks, it is the student’s responsibility to bring the laptop to the ICT Help Desk for assistance. Technical Support sometimes might require the “cloning” or the re-installation of the operating system. Students must be at all times responsible for the backing up of their files to an external location for safe keeping.
Non-functioning laptops are not to be used as an excuse for missing assignments.
When a laptop is out for repairs, students need to have a backup plan for completing their work. This includes but is not limited to the use of home computers, computers in the common areas or handwriting assignments. These are all solutions to “real life” problems.
Do not delete or remove the MacAdmin or any accounts set up by ICT. These accounts are used by the Apple Service Centre to provide support for all laptops. Deleting these accounts can result in the irrecoverable loss of all data on the laptop.
Students should not upgrade their laptop’s OS above the version officially supported by the school.
Detailed Summary of User Responsibility – All Users
Users accessing the SIS network must not:
- Gain unauthorized access to any computer system, application or service
- Interfere with or disrupt network users, services or computers
- Distribute unsolicited advertisements, spread viruses, spyware or malware
- Perform acts that deliberately waste IT resources or which unfairly monopolize resources to the exclusion of others.
- Use file-sharing services to distribute or collect copyrighted or un-copyrighted materials.
- Use programs that are designed to bypass firewalls
- Use SIS’ network resources for personal profit
Parents of students are responsible for willful or negligent damage caused by their child to a laptop belonging to another student.
Possible Sanctions:
- Change user account from Admin to Standard to limit control and possibility for abuse.
- Be locked out of the network or unable to use the laptop in school for a fixed period of time.
- Students may have their phones or smartwatches temporarily confiscated or secured in safe storage in line with the Positive Support Framework.
- Suspension or expulsion dependent upon the circumstances and in line with the Positive Support Framework and ESF policy.
