HIT: supervising student usage of the internet

[Maren Seehusen <maren@HNET.WEST-BEND.WI.US>]

Here is a hit of my responses to the following question about supervision
of student usage on the internet. Sorry it has taken me so long to get a
hit posted.

Maren

Currently I am on a district committee that is looking in the educational
uses of the internet. I am looking for information on how student use of
the internet is monitored. Do you allow students to do searches by
themselves? Do students have to fill out a search request form of some
kind? What kind of supervision do elementary students need while using the
internet?  TIA

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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 12:38:44 -0500
From: Paul Trotta <ptrotta@connix.com>

Right now we are only asking that a student complete an AUP, but we will
probably require some kind of search form.   We have also prohibited the
use of chat rooms--which dramatically reduced the use of the  Net, but I
don't have any second thoughts on the restriction.  We are a small rural
school of 400 and can get away with some informality.

Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 12:38:44 -0500

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     After the AUP is signed by the students and parents they pretty
much have the computer all to themselves.  I check to see that they
are getting along ok and are not stuck and that's about it.  If I see
a graphic coming on the screen I always look.  So far the students
have been great. The difficult part is the training.  Taking them
through the process of searching and how everything works is
difficult.  In the next few years as kids get used to using the
Internet at home I think it will be easier.
Pam DeVoe
Librarian
Arlington Heights High school
Fort Worth, Tx.  76107
devoe@fastlane.net
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Hi, again.  Each student who accesses the Internet has a User Contract
signed by parents on file with us.  They check in with us, we log them
in, and they are on their own.  We may wander over to the station if we
see several students clustered around the station, but so far haven't had
many problems.  Barb

Barb Stover                           Voice:  303-972-0763,x571
Chatfield Senior High School

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From: "Louise P. Jones (813) 773-3181" <JONESL2@MAIL.FIRN.EDU>

I have used a suggestion from another media specialist- connect the
computer to a tv monitor and face it to our office.  We can see what the
students, and they know that we can see it.

Maren Seehusen
Library Media Specialist
West Bend East High School
1305 E. Decorah Road
West Bend, Wisconsin  53095
Phone: 414-335-5553
Fax: 414-335-5605
maren@hnet.west-bend.wi.us