Spring ISD teachers and administrators believe that providing network access for personal electronic devices will enhance the educational experience for Spring ISD high school teachers and students by expanding access to the resources provided by the Internet. For this reason, Spring ISD will allow personal devices with these considerations:

1. Acceptable Devices. Teachers and students may access the Spring ISD network with a mobile personal device.
2. Content. Filtered access to the Internet will be provided for personal devices as well as access to any district provided web-based applications that would normally be accessible to teachers and students from home.
3. Personal Responsibility. The district assumes no responsibility for the loss of, theft of or damage to any personal device that a teacher or student connects to the wireless network or any information on that device.
   1. Personal electronic devices are brought to school at your own risk. Police reports will NOT be filed by the Spring ISD Police for LOST personal electronic devices. Police reports may be filed for the theft of a personal electronic device with a value greater than $500.00 when there is a suspect, witness or other evidence substantiating that a crime occurred.
4. Security. Personal devices shall not impair the security of the Spring ISD network. This expectation includes but is not limited to:
   1. Teachers and students are expected to maintain up-to-do date antivirus and antispyware protection on all devices that are connected to the Spring ISD wireless network. Devices without up-to-date security programs may be denied access to the network.
   2. Teachers and students are expected to safeguard all network passwords. Teachers and students should not share network passwords with others and should change passwords frequently. Students are expected to notify an administrator immediately if they believe their student account has been compromised.
   3. Teachers and students are expected to log onto the network using their personal account only. They should not allow others to use their account or to use the accounts of others, with or without the account owner’s authorization.
5. No Technology Department (TD) Support. Teachers and students are responsible for setting up and maintaining the devices that they connect to the network. The district will not provide TD support for personal devices.
6. Authorized Use. Students may use the network when they are not in class. Students may not use the network in class unless authorized by the teacher of that class.
7. Inappropriate Use. The Spring ISD network is a shared and limited resource and all users have an obligation to use that resource responsibly. Teachers and students are provided access to the Spring ISD network primarily for educational purposes. Incidental personal use of the network is acceptable, but teachers and students should not use the network for personal activities that consume significant network bandwidth or for activities that violate school policy or local law. These include but are not limited to:
   1. Online gaming (e.g., Halo) unless approved by a teacher.
   2. Peer-to-peer networking. A peer-to-peer network is created when two or more PCs are connected and share resources without going through a server. They can expose computers to worms and viruses.
   3. Downloading software, music, movies or other content in violation of licensing requirements, copyright or other intellectual property rights; or if the software, music, or movies are not being used for educational purposes.
   4. Downloading, viewing or sharing inappropriate content, including pornographic, defamatory or otherwise offensive material.
   5. Conducting any activity that is in violation of school policy or local, state or federal law, including using the system to bully others.
   6. Participating in political activities.
   7. Conducting for-profit business.
   8. Using hacking tools on the network or intentionally introducing malicious code into the district’s network.
   9. Using any software or proxy service to obscure either the teacher or student’s IP address or the sites that the student visits.
   10. Disabling, bypassing, or attempting to disable or bypass any system monitoring, filtering or other security measures.
   11. Accessing or attempting to access material or systems on the network that the teacher or student is not authorized to access.
8. No Expectation of Privacy. The district can and does monitor internet access and activity on the district’s network, including but not limited to sites visited, content viewed and e-mail sent and received. The district may examine a teacher or student’s personal device and search its contents if there is a reason to believe that school policies, regulations, or guidelines regarding access to the network or use of the device have been violated.
9. Disruptive Activity. Teachers and students should not intentionally interfere with the performance of the wireless network and/or the district’s overall network.
10. Unauthorized Networks. Teachers and students may not create unauthorized wireless networks to access Spring ISD’s wireless network. This includes establishing wireless access points, wireless routers and open networks on personal devices.
11. Consequences of Inappropriate Use. Students who misuse Spring ISD’s network will be subject to discipline which may include loss of access to the network or all internet access and/or other appropriate disciplinary or legal action in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct and applicable laws. District staff who misuse the network are subject to disciplinary or legal action including termination.
12. Student Expectations for Personal Devices.
    1. Connecting a personal device to the Spring ISD network provides filtered internet and access to the student portal which allows access to web-based SISD resources. Access to the Internet will be filtered according to district policy.
    2. Internet access will continue to be filtered on personal devices by SISD in the same manner as school owned devices.
    3. The preferred personal device is a netbook or laptop as they provide the best viewing of instructional content.
    4. Students can connect to the Spring ISD network using laptops, netbooks, tablets, smart phones, or PDA’s.
    5. Students are not allowed to bring a personal desktop computer to school.
    6. Each student is responsible for his/her own device: set-up, maintenance, charging and security. Teachers will not store student devices at any time, nor will any Spring ISD staff member repair or work on a personal device.
    7. No gaming, chatting, MySpace, Facebook, etc., are allowed. Use of device is for educational purposes only and must be approved by the teacher.
    8. The teacher establishes the device use policy for their classroom and the teacher will monitor the students’ access if used in the classroom.
    9. Students are expected to abide by guidelines set forth in the Acceptable Use Policy and the Personal Device Agreement. If a student uses a personal device in an inappropriate manner, consequences may be imposed based on the Acceptable Use Policy, the Student Conduct Code and the Personal Device Agreement.
    10. Students should not connect a district provided computer to the Spring ISD Springnet wireless network. The Springnet wireless network is only for personal devices, and will not provide print services or district instructional software that is not web-based.
13. Teacher Expectations
    1. Request that the students close the screen while the teacher is talking or keep at 45 degrees (anytime a teacher deems necessary).
    2. If the teacher allows device use in the class – the teacher must monitor the student access.
    3. It is still the teacher’s classroom – if device use is not required, students do not have to use them.
    4. Devices can be searched by administrators. Report any inappropriate use (office referral).
    5. Teachers are expected to circulate around the room and monitor often! The teacher is responsible for monitoring students if the teacher allows them to use devices in the classroom.
    6. Teachers are expected to do research before planning an online activity. All handheld devices are not created equal.
    7. Personal devices used at ECAS will fall under the same policies as school owned devices.
    8. Teachers should not store devices. Devices are the owner’s responsibility at all times.

Do not provide chargers or power sources belonging to a staff member or any SISD owned device for use with personal student devices.

To submit the form online please click this link, Personal Device Agreement. To download this form and submit offline click this link, Offline Personal Device Agreement.