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= Hello and welcome to a collaborative (and free!) = =﻿ Acceptable Use Policy for K12 School Districts wiki! =

Answer #1: A place where contributors can:

 * **Share best practices** in building good acceptable Acceptable Use Policies for K-12 school districts.
 * **Discuss issues** related to acceptable Acceptable Use Policies for K-12 school districts.
 * **Jointly build** great acceptable Acceptable Use Policies for K-12 school districts.

Answer #2: A place to get a **high quality and free** acceptable use policy!

What's the latest frontier for Acceptable Use Policies?

 * Student Owned Devices (SODs) are coming to school... this new BYO (bring your own) concept is happening at an exciting pace and many school districts across the U.S. are considering how to move to a model that allows students and teachers to use their own computing devices in school. It's a paradigm shift for sure and there are many area's impacted by such a move including most importantly classroom instruction, wireless infrastructure, and network security just to name a few. Good Acceptable Use Policies can serve as a helpful tool for setting expectations and establishing appropriate use guidelines. Hopefully this wiki helps with that agenda.

Who started this wiki?
My name is berj akian and i'm the founder and ceo of classlink (www.classlink.com) and from time to time I meet district leaders who struggle with their AUP's (acceptable use policies). I usually offer to help by saying '... ok, let me see if i can get some sample AUP's from other clients so you have something to work from in creating/updating your own...'. Fast forward... Today I'm sitting in a technology conference here in Boston and the subject of good AUP's came up yet again because schools are now considering letting kids bring in their own laptops/mobile devices to use in school. This new BYO (bring your own) technology concept will require updating AUP's for sure.

After listening to the speakers at this conference for a few minutes it occurred to me a wiki might help. Through a wiki, contributors can share thoughts, ideas, samples and together we might be able to build a super AUP! (ok, maybe that last part is a little hokey). So here it is, welcome and cheers to the future of instructional technology! -Berj