Students and Email

The St Oliver's Staff Acceptable Use Policy 2008 addresses electronic communication with students. It states that staff will:

• Only communicate electronically with students via CEnet email.
• Only communicate electronically with students on educational issues.

Staff receive CEnet email through Groupwise email.

CeNet and email

One aspect of Information and Communication Learning Technologies (ICTL) is email. Over the Swimming period I have given some Year 5 and 6 children their CeNet passwords and shown them how to access and use the email. (Only some of then had used email before - interesting.) Of course they love it and messages are flying.
Now we need to address a number of areas including educational use, legal issues and bullying. As well we must address Staff issues. We have all signed the st Oliver's AUP which says that we will not communicate with children via email. Is this still relevant? Should we develop some guidelines/strategies so we do not inadvertantly put ourselves in danger? What do others think?

CeNet

Year 1 are using CeNet in the Library as part of their Literacy groups. They are enjoying the Wombat Divine Book Rap. We have read emails posted by other schools.

We will soon be ready to post our work.