Student Reference Portal

Below, you will find a "Student Reference Portal".  This was designed to be a starting point for student references on the Internet. 

In the first column are references that may prove helpful from our district web site.  The second column has two sets of search engines.  In the top are some of the places that you may send your students, safe in the knowledge that the contents of the site have been approved for use by kids.   The bottom area are links to some of the most popular all-inclusive search engines on the Internet.  The third column deals with some generic sites that we find are used over and over.  Finally, the fourth column is a great spot for Canadian news references.  

The concept here is that this portal will be placed on the district server and you may have your student work stations load this portal as its default home page.  Of particular use is the section of the district's Acceptable Use Policy as it applies to appropriate use of the Internet.

The content can be changed at any time.   If you know of a website that really needs to be here, let me know!  The portal, without all of my comments, is available at:  http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/portal/portal.htm.

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Greater Essex County District School Board Student Reference Portal

Students must realize that no messages are to be considered completely private. They are stored on a computer somewhere and subject to the level of security at that site and the network en route to the recipient of the message.

Students must acknowledge respect for other network resources. In general, the fact that a student can perform a particular action does not imply that he/she should take that action.

Students must realize that not all information on the Internet is accurate, factual or without bias and use information accessed judiciously.

The use of student accounts must be in support of education and research and must be consistent with the educational objectives of the Greater Essex County District Board. Transmission of or accessing information in violation of Canadian laws is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to:

• copyrighted material
• threatening or obscene material
• information that is protected by trade secret
• commercial advertising
• trying to access protected services on the Internet

For its part, the Greater Essex County District Board will endeavour to provide a supportive environment in which students may best benefit from Computer Networking and Internet activities.

Students will receive instruction dealing with appropriate uses and handling techniques of computers. appropriate uses of the Internet, Internet searching techniques, Electronic Mail, and the proper protocols to be used when accessing electronic computer resources.

VIOLATIONS

Violators of this Acceptable Computer Use Policy will be dealt with by the principal of the school. Students found in violation of this policy will face disciplinary action in an escalating manner and may be subject to:

• suspension from the school computer network
• revoking access to the school computer network
• suspension from school
• paying the cost of any damages/losses resulting from the student’s inappropriate use of the resources
• referral to police