Computer Policy's 101

Courtesy Of TMJH Journalism Class

All students at Park City School District sixth grade through twelfth grade get their own Macbook Air for the school year. These computers are a great help to students and teachers for lessons, tests, grades, homework and much more. Although, the computers are watched very closely when it comes to what they do on they that is not school related. If you look up something inappropriate you may get in all kinds of trouble depending on what you did. Millions of firewalls are up all around the web and breaking them also leads you to trouble. Most students know what not to do but here is a breakdown of it in a simpler fashion. These are some rules that students need to follow.

   1.  Searching inappropriate content
   2.  Playing games or watching movies during class
   3.  Listening to music with inappropriate content such as swear words
   4.  Cyber bullying
   5.  Watching movies with inappropriate content (stay around P-G to stay safe)
   6.  Trying to go around firewalls

         According to teachers and faculty these are some problems we have with computers. “A problem with streaming movies is that kids have no battery at the end of the day for important things like Sage tests and online activities,” says Julie Hooker, 8th grade teacher. “School laptops should be used for school related activities at all times and not used for entertainment. When students are not using it for school related things it becomes a distraction,” states Ali Gallagher TMJH Computer and Technology Specialist. Problems that students face, have to do with the battery life, and other technology related issues. “My computer is very slow and has problems with the wi-fi,” says a Treasure Mountain Junior High student, Hannah Varechok.


By: Corrine Sullivan and Kate Young