Common use of Personal Devices Clause in Contracts

Personal Devices. Students are permitted to use personal devices at School. All student use of personal devices must abide by Ministerial Order #014/2024. Highlights include: ● A per the Ministerial Order, “‘personal mobile device’ means any personal electronic device that can be used to communicate with or access the internet, such as a cellphone, tablet, laptop, or smartwatch.” ● “Children and students may not use personal mobile devices during instructional time. If children and students have personal mobile devices with them during instructional time, they are required to keep these devices on silent or powered off, and stored out of view” (at NHS “out of view” means in student lockers). ● “Children and students may not access social media on school networks or on school devices.” ● “Limited use of personal mobile devices must be permitted, as determined by a principal or equivalent, for health or medical reasons or to support special learning needs.” ● “Limited use of personal mobile devices may be permitted for educational or other purposes, as determined by a principal or equivalent.” ● “Limited access to social media may be permitted, as determined by a principal or equivalent.” Students at New Horizons School are provided access to the Internet using the School’s Wide Area Network. The internet, a network of computer networks, allows our students to interact with hundreds of thousands of networks and computers. Within our School, the internet and e-mail are increasingly being used by our students for educational purposes and have become an integral part of our program. There is no intent that students use internet access from School computers for personal use. The internet is similar to other student learning resources such as books, magazines, videos, and text books. The expectation is that students will use technology in accordance with Ministerial Order #014/2024, New Horizons School’s standards for the Acceptable Use Agreement for Technology Use (2024-2025), Board Policy #201 (Information Technology Use) as well as the School’s Code of Conduct.