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 * E-Journalism Team: Code of Conduct**

Being chosen to be part of the e-journalism team is a very valuable educational experience. Students, while taking part in this event and the prior training sessions, are subject to all the rules, policies and expectations of their schools, just as though they were in school. Students, while attending these events, are under the direction of the supervising teachers and other Living Sky School Division staff. In general, each member of the e-journalism team is expected to: Because you are using school property for an activity that reflects on the school division, **you are expected to refrain from using social networking sites such as facebook or games during the duraction of the conference hours.**
 * take responsibility for his or her actions while at events and during the transporting to and from events.
 * show respect for others on the e-journalism team by taking on his/her share of the work willingly and efficiently
 * choose to learn from his or her participation in the event.
 * work diligently during the day and, if necessary, outside of conference hours in order to produce excellent coverage of the iT Summit.
 * Transportation** – Students travelling to e-journalism pre-training days or to the iT Summit on school sponsored transportation are expected to return home on such transportation. Students may ride to an event or home with a parent /guardian. Students may travel with an authorized agent of the parent / guardian only when a written and signed note has been provided to their school principal. Only in extreme circumstances and with a signed note from the parents /guardian of the driver and the passenger may students transport other students to the event or back to school. When students are away from school at events the supervising teachers will have the final decision on the transportation of any student in their care.
 * Dress Code -** Students are expected to be suitably dressed, as representatives of the Living Sky School Division. While students are at TCU Place, engaged in e-journalism activities, they are to dress in a “business casual” fashion, (See [] ). Clothing which is unacceptable at any time on the trip includes alcohol/drug related shirts and hats, and shirts displaying inappropriate language or graphics and short tops which expose a person's midriff. Headwear may not be worn during training sessions or while students are actively engaged in covering the conference. Headwear is defined as anything covering the students head such as hats, toques, hoods, and or sunglasses.
 * Alcohol and Drugs –** Students are restricted from the use of alcohol and illegal drugs, as well as from tobacco during the conference and pre-conference training days. If a student is caught with or using alcohol or illegal drugs, his/her parents will be contacted to take him/her home. Further consequences may be imposed by the student’s school.
 * Use of Technology and Computers –** ** Members of the e-journalism team will be **provided with laptop computers, cameras and other peripherals and will be given the ability to access the Internet through the TCU Places’ network. Each student is responsible for his/her own actions while using the computers. Uses that might be acceptable on a user's personal computer or on another system may not be acceptable on school computer systems. The computers are school division property and any communications or materials used on the system will be monitored.

All students have already signed a technology agreement under the Living Sky School Division. All provisions of this agreement apply to the e-journalism experience:
 * 1) Technology and equipment will only be used in ways for which it was designed. Users may be held responsible for any or all damages that are the result of negligence or inappropriate behaviours.
 * 2) Students will never knowingly circumvent, or try to circumvent, security measures on any school computer
 * 3) Students will never attempt to install any computer program on a school computer without permission from and administrator
 * 4) Copyrighted materials will not be stored on any school computer or server
 * 5) Computer systems, the Internet and Email Accounts may not be used to view any type of inappropriate website (eg. Pornography) or to engage in non-academic or unapproved conversations.
 * Content to be Developed –** E-Journalism products, including videos, blog entries, photojournalism pieces, and advertisements are property of Living Sky School Division. Copyright must be observed with regard to all materials, both print and multimedia.