Parents

Classroom blogs and other social media are powerful tools that open up communication between students, parents, and teachers. This kind of communication and collaboration can have a huge impact on learning. X School District encourages parents to view and participate by adding comments to classroom projects when appropriate.
 * Parents are required to adhere to the following guidelines **
 * 1) Parents should expect communication from teachers prior to their child’s involvement in any project using online social media applications, i.e., blogs, wikis, podcast, etc.
 * 2) Parents will need to sign a release form for students when teachers set up social media activities for classroom use.
 * 3) Parents will not attempt to destroy or harm any information online.
 * 4) Parents will not use classroom social media sites for any illegal activity, including violation of data privacy laws.
 * 5) Parents are highly encouraged to read and/or participate in social media projects.
 * 6) Parents should not distribute any information that might be deemed personal about other students participating in the social media project.
 * 7) Parents should not upload or include any information that does not also meet the student guidelines.