{"id":182,"date":"2020-03-10T18:50:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T01:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/?page_id=182"},"modified":"2020-03-16T13:47:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T20:47:13","slug":"personal-electronic-device-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/technology-at-thompson\/personal-electronic-device-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Electronic Devices Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-220\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/files\/2020\/03\/no-phone-2533390_1920-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/files\/2020\/03\/PED-Policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Thompson Elementary School Level Policy on Personal Electronic Devices (PED\u2019s)<\/a> outlines the expectations for students, staff, and visitors using technology at the school.<\/p>\n<p>Although technology benefits education in numerous ways, it also brings new challenges regarding responsible use.\u00a0 The Richmond School District has a policy that reviews the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sd38.bc.ca\/board\/Policies\/Documents\/Policy%20104-G%20Acceptable%20Use%20of%20Information%20and%20Communications%20Services.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acceptable Use of Information and Communication Services (Policy 104-G)<\/a>.\u00a0 This policy provides guidelines for the use of technology throughout the District; however, Thompson teachers felt that it was necessary to implement their own policy<\/p>\n<p>PED&#8217;s are defined as devices that are used for communication as well as for recording images, audio, and video.\u00a0 This includes cell phones, cameras, iPads, computers, and emerging technologies.\u00a0 Anyone with a PED on Thompson school grounds is required to comply with the requirements of the policy.\u00a0 This refers not only to students, but to teachers, administrators, staff, and visitors as well.<\/p>\n<p>For students, cell phones are not permitted to be used during school hours unless they have the permission of a teacher.\u00a0 Phones are confiscated for the day if they are used and repeat offenders require their parents\/guardians to retrieve the phone from the Principal.\u00a0 The policy also outlines the use of PED&#8217;s during lockdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">The James Thompson Elementary School Level Policy on Personal Electronic Devices (PED\u2019s) outlines the expectations for students, staff, and visitors&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67116,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-182","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182\/revisions\/378"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}