K-12 usage guidelines

Internet Usage Guidelines

Acceptable Use Polices

Acceptable Use Polices
Links to many examples of Acceptable Use Policies for K-12 schools. This information is provided by the Northwest Educational Technology Consortium.

The National Education Association: Technology Briefs
Suggestion for the development of school Acceptable Use Policies.

Copyright Law

Copyright for Education
This takes you to the Internet School Library media Center copyright page for K-12 educators. Many links here to keep you current on copyright issues.

Stanford University Copyright and Fair Use
This page provides primary materials, current legislation, cases, and links to other resources on the Internet.

The Copyright Website
This site provides practical and relevant copyright information of interest to infonaunts, netsurfers, webspinners, content providers, musicians, appropriationists, activists, infringers, outlaws, and law abiding citizens.

Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials
"Rules of Thumb" for the Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials by Georgia Harper at the University of Texas.

Web Builders' and Multimedia Resources
Karla Tonella, University of Iowa, presents links to copyright and multimedia law for web builders and multimedia authors. This is a great resource on copyright issues.

10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained
Find out about copyright issues and the net!

Internet Filtering

Cyber Patrol
Cyber Patrol is the most widely used Internet filtering software used today. Available for Windows and Macintosh platforms.

CYBERsitter
CYBERsitter includes databases in numerous categories of web sites you might want to restrict access to. Available for Windows platform.

Net Nanny Software
Net Nanny limits access to inappropriate material, prevents the threat of Cyber Strangers, and denies the misuse of personal information. Available for Windows platform.

SurfWatch
SurfWatch Software invented the Internet content filtering market in May 1995. Since then, more than eight million copies of SurfWatch have been shipped or downloaded, making it the most popular, trusted product for harnessing the positive potential of the Internet. Available for Windows and Macintosh platforms.