Email & CCSD21 Students
29.September.2010 20:20 Filed in: Instruction
Recently, a few questions have emerged regarding
email and our students.
“Can students use outside email at school, such Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo! mail?”
Prior to the approval of our current Technology & Internet Acceptable Use Policies, students were not allowed to use outside email in school. While that provision has been removed, its use should not be encouraged. Rather, in the future, School District 21 may provide email addresses for students to use with their peers and staff when working on schoolwork. In the meantime, it is not a violation of the policy for students to email documents to themselves, though their use of email at school and with school resources should be limited to that which supports their schoolwork.
“Can teachers send emails to students, such as work that the may have missed while absent?”
There is nothing in our Student or Staff Acceptable Use Policies that prohibits teachers from emailing students directly, but we would only encourage its use under the following conditions in order to protect students and staff members:
“Can students use outside email at school, such Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo! mail?”
Prior to the approval of our current Technology & Internet Acceptable Use Policies, students were not allowed to use outside email in school. While that provision has been removed, its use should not be encouraged. Rather, in the future, School District 21 may provide email addresses for students to use with their peers and staff when working on schoolwork. In the meantime, it is not a violation of the policy for students to email documents to themselves, though their use of email at school and with school resources should be limited to that which supports their schoolwork.
“Can teachers send emails to students, such as work that the may have missed while absent?”
There is nothing in our Student or Staff Acceptable Use Policies that prohibits teachers from emailing students directly, but we would only encourage its use under the following conditions in order to protect students and staff members:
- School-Related: Emails sent to students by teachers should be clearly related to school.
- Parent Permission: Prior to emailing a student directly, teachers should obtain permission from parents.
- Include Parents: When emailing a student, copy the parent(s) using the CC line in the email.
- District Email--Always: As with anything school-related, always use your District 21 email address.
