Lesson 11: Protect School-Related Technology Policies

Digital Rights and Responsibilities

PROTECT

School-Related Technology Policies

Digital Rights and Responsibilities

Essential Questions

The privileges and freedoms

extended to all digital technology
users and the behavioural
expectations that go with them.

What rights and responsibilities do

students have in a digital society?
How do we make students more
aware of their rights and
responsibilities when using
technologies?

Students will understand their classroom, school, and

school division have technology policies and
procedures to follow.
Materials
Duration

Copies of your divisions

BYOT/BYOD policy
Post-its
Devices for student use

1.5 hours

Lesson Outline
1. Give students each a copy of your school divisions BYOT/BYOD policy
agreement.
2. Read through it together and discuss as a class what each component
means.
3. Get students into groups of 3 or 4 and have them summarize the
contents into point form notes on Post-its
4. Then, together as a class categorize the Post-its into themes.
5. Co-construct with the students a suitable rubric/set of guideline for
them to follow throughout the course of the year.
6. Post the rubric/guidelines in the class.

Reflective Component
Students will write a short blog post addressing the following:
Identify the different components/categories that make up their
classroom BYOT guidelines.
Explain why each category is important.
What do you think would happen if school divisions didnt have
BYOT/BYOD policies to follow?