Laptop/Tablet Usage

ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

ESA is a community of students, teachers and staff committed to the school’s core values of scholarship and honor. It is out of honorable respect for these values that we share the privileges and responsibilities of becoming and being literate computer users within the school environment and at home. The following statement is an articulation of our responsibility as individuals and as a community to be honorable and ethical users of technology:

The use of the ESA network and equipment is a privilege – not a right.

Computers and Internet access are available to students and faculty through the school network as an educational tool to support the curriculum. It is expected that student and faculty use of computers and the Internet will be consistent with the goals, objectives and rules of conduct of ESA as described in the Student Handbook and Codes of Conduct.

Individual users of the computer network are responsible for their behavior and communications over those networks. It is presumed that users will comply with ESA’s established standards.

These rules also apply to personal laptop computers/tablets.

Because the ESA computer network has limits, students must understand that the campus computer network should be used for academic or school-related purposes only. With this in mind, students and faculty are expected to abide by the following responsibilities and rules:

1. Take care of the computers and the network a. Do not intentionally harm them in any way. b. Do not use the network in such a way that would disrupt the use of the network by other users. c. Do not knowingly or negligently transmit computer viruses. d. Do not “hack”, download “hacking” programs from the Internet, or try to run “hacking” software programs in either individual computers or the network. e. Do not download any programs or files that may change the ESA network or which violate copyright laws. f. Do not attempt to subvert or avoid any access control software or firewalls that may be operating or installed at a future date including downloading any proxies. Assisting others in violating these rules by sharing information or access is also considered unacceptable. 2. Be polite a. Proper behavior on the computers and the Internet should be used at all times. Normal school behavior policies apply equally to the use of the Internet. As email is a form of speech, it is your responsibility to ensure that your language is truthful, appropriate, and respectful. b. Email is not always a secure, private form of communication. After you have sent an email, you have no control over what the recipient(s) may do with it. If you would be upset to have your parents hear or read about it or have it read out loud in the chapel, you should not send it. c. All online communications with the intent to harass or demean anyone or anything is prohibited at ESA.