Miami-Dade Owned Devices
The Miami-Dade County school district provides students technological resources for the purpose of enhancing and supporting the educational environment. Students are encouraged to use these technological resources to enhance their learning experience and to ultimatley benefit their education. When using these technological resources, students are expected to use these resources in a safe, legal and responsible manner. The following guidelines describe what the District considers to be responsible use and what constitutes appropriate conduct on social media (Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat, etc.)
Digital storage and electronic devices used for school purposes are considered extensions of the physical school space and a part of the school's educational environment.
Personally Owned Devices
Students may bring their personally owned computing device for instructional use at Arvida Middle School. Students will be permitted to use their personally owned device, subject to the conditions below.
Arvida Middle is not responsible for any device or data loss, theft, infection, damage, or other associated costs of replacement or repair incurred during the school day or at home as a result of participation in this program. I understand that M-DCPS Staff will be unable to store, support, or troubleshoot student owned devices. The student will take full responsibility for the device and will appropriately secure all deviecs when not in use.
M-DCPS uses technological measures such as filtering to promote internet safety. Filtering limits students' ability to access harmful internet sites from any device connected to the M-DCPS network, but only when this equipment is used in school on the M-DCPS network. (not private cellular service) for internet access while on M-DCPS property.
Responsible Use for ALL devices
- Only select appropriate names for use on social media. Students must avoid using names thay may be obscene or offensive to others
- When using soical media, remember that everyone is entitled to respect. Never attempt to bully, harass, embarrass, or humilate other users, other students, or any other person.
- Be safe and seek to others out of danger. Protect yourself and others by immediatley reporting abuse, threats of violence or of harm to others
- Be responsible to your communications with others. Do not transmit, post, or forward any text, email, picture of yourself or others or any photographic image, that is inappropriate, obscene, defamatory, or which is illegal to possess or maintain on one's computer or other device. Remember to only post content that is not illegal, obscene, defamatory, threatening, infringing of intellectual property rights, invasive of privacy or otherwise injurious or objectionable.
- Please keep in mind that anything posted on social media may never disappear, no matter how many times it is deleted, and may have a negative impact on the student posting the information or material for many years after the fact.
District Actions and Expectations
- Responsible use of devices is expected to be ethical, respectful, academically honest, and supportive of Arvida's and the Districts's mission. Each student has the responsibilty to respect every other person in our school community and on the Internet.
- School or District administrators or their designees, may review filed and communications (including school electronic mail) to insure that users are using the system in accordance with District's Acceptable Use Policy. Student should not expect that files stored on school or District servers or hard drives are private.
- Students are expected to abide by the generally accepted rules of network etiquette, and should conduct themselves in a respectful manner while on social media or on the internet as they would at all times in their daily lives. The following guidelines are intended to clarify expectations for student conduct, but should not be deemed as all-inclusive or exhaustive.
- use of electronic devices should be consistent with the District's educational objectives, mission and curriculum.
- Transmission of any material in violation of any local, federal and state laws is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: Copyrighted material, licensed material, defamatory information, and threatening or obscene material
- Intentional or unintentional use of computing resources to access or process proxy sites, pornorgraphic material, explicit text or files, or files dangerous to the integrity of the network is strictly prohibited.
School Board Policy Violations
District administrators and your school principal reserve the right to refuse access to the Internet to anyone found to have violated any portion of the School Board's Network Acceptable Use policy (7540.03). Students who violate this policy may be subject to disciplinary action, including temporary or permanent ban on compputer or Internet use, suspension, or explusion, possible criminal prosecution and/or legal action.