Technology

The main focus of our KY K-12 Internet service has always been instructional even though the network is also used for administrative needs.  Our focus going forward is to make sure that our instructional network is used primarily for day-to-day instruction during core instructional hours.  Sports and gaming activities should be done after these core instructional hours.  Anything that is not day-to-day, instructionally related should be done after the core instructional hours of 6 am to 4 pm.  This includes, but is not limited to, things such as:

• Sporting events/broadcast
• Sports game film posting of players and traditional post-game film exchange between team coaches in digital form (e.g., Hudl, Dragonfly, etc.)
• Sanctioned/non-sanctioned eSports gaming
• Grid computing

There will be increased emphasis on extended school day services as many of our educational services are now reaching beyond the traditional school day.

6 am to 4 pm local time is off limits for practicing & playing sanctioned or unsanctioned e-Sports when using the KY K-12 Internet service as their field of play. That means practice & games for any eSport event can start any time after 4 pm local time. So, from a KDE perspective that means eastern time schools playing against eastern time zone schools can begin playing eSports any time after 4 pm local time when using the KY K-12 Internet service. Central time zone teams playing against central time zone teams can begin playing eSports any time after at 4 pm local time over the KY K-12 Internet service. Central time zone teams playing against eastern time zone teams can begin playing eSports any time after 5 pm eastern and 4 pm central time over the KY K-12 Internet service. eSports games that don’t use the KY K-12 Internet service (e.g., Nintendo Switch games) can begin before or after 4 pm.  However, unlike the other type of KHSAA sports, which allow member schools to schedule different start times between themselves, it’s our understanding that the PlayVS platform, which hosts all the KHSAA eSports competitions, doesn’t have that capability. Because of that system design limitation in PlayVS, all KHSAA eSports teams in KY using PlayVS must have the same exact start time, regardless of time zone location of the two competing teams, specific game being played or the Internet field of play (i.e., using or not using the KY K-12 Internet service). Thus, KHSAA and PlayVS have identified a 5 pm start time for all KHSAA eSports competitions for this school year.

The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted by Congress in 2000 to address concerns about children's access to obscene or harmful content over the Internet. CIPA imposes certain requirements on schools or libraries that receive discounts for Internet access or internal connections through the E-rate program – a program that makes certain communications services and products more affordable for eligible schools and libraries. In early 2001, the FCC issued rules implementing CIPA and provided updates to those rules in 2011.

Full details including the federal regulation can be found by clicking here.

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, which prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with the collection, use, and/or disclosure of personal information from and about children on the internet.

Full details including the federal regulation can be found by clicking here.

You will need to fill out an Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP) form in order for the district to provide you an account or allow you access to any technology usage.  You can find the AUP form under Documents on the Technology Department page.  The form is an electronic form, so you can download the form, fill in the fields and electronically sign/date and return to the Director of Technology/CIO

You will need to fill out an Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP) form in order for the district to provide you an account or allow you access to any technology usage.  You can find the AUP form under Documents on the Technology Department page.  The form is an electronic form, so you can download the form, fill in the fields and electronically sign/date and return to the Director of Technology/CIO.

Substitutes are not permitted per district policy to use others account credentials.  You must use your own. An alternative non technical lesson must be left by a teacher for a Sub that does not have their own credentials.

Yes, as long as the device meets minimum requirements set forth by Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Office of Education Technology and the School District.  If wireless, the personal owned device must connect to the ACPS Mobile WiFi SSID.  Personal devices are not permitted on the secure WiFi SSID.  Personal devices could include: Laptops, Chromebooks, iPads and Printers.

Printing is centralized for everyone through our district-wide copiers.  However if you choose to have a personal printer, it must be connected directly to the staff computer and will not be permitted to be connected to our WiFi SSID or connected directly to our Network.

Personal Networking devices such as hubs, switches, extenders, etc are NOT permitted and will be confiscated if found.

**NOTE**

• Personal devices are not supported by our District or School Technology Staff.
• The expectation for any user that chooses to use a personal owned device, you must log in from the device browser with your credentials at https://ls.adair.kyschools.us:8443/login in order to receive the proper staff/student internet access role, otherwise you will receive the default internet access (which is more restrictive).

Adair County Schools provides mobile devices for students to use throughout their day as part of the 1:1 initiative.  An annual $15 Technology Usage Fee is collected from each student in grades Pre-12.  This fee provides for the upkeep/maintenance of the device and covers the first incident of accidental damage.  See the Mobile Device Handbook or Mobile Device Usage Fee document for additional information.

**NOTE**

• The $15 fee does not cover lost or stolen devices.  Stolen devices will require a police report.
• The school must have a procedure in place to allow checkout of the mobile devices (as necessary).

Not receiving emails from someone? Microsoft 365 Exchange Online mailboxes, quarantine holds potentially dangerous or unwanted messages.

The system will send each user a quarantine report where you can release a message that was falsely detected as dangerous or unwanted such as spam messages.  A user may also login directly to https://security.microsoft.com/quarantine with your O365 credentials to review/release messages from quarantine.

A school may show copyrighted movies under the "Educational Exemption" only if all criteria are met:

• A teacher or instructor is present
• The showing takes place in a classroom setting with only the enrolled students attending
• The movie is used as an essential part of the core, curriculum being taught
• The movie being used is a legitimate copy, not taped from a legitimate copy or taped from television or other media sources.

Additional thorough explanation about licensing that a school would be required to have along with other stipulations required by law can be found here.