Computer Use

Our children have access to the GSuite for Education through the school district. This access opens up a very large cloud-based computing platform for them to use. With that comes access to E-mail, Chat, Hangouts, and all of the other GSuite applications. The district doesn't have the ability to pick and choose the ones they wish to use (e.g.,Classroom), while limiting access to the others (e.g., Chat).

This is where good Digital Citizenship comes in. We spend time discussing what is and isn't appropriate on a computer, and we teach how to access appropriate content. We use Classroom every single day in class, along with other software applications that have been uploaded into our Classroom.

At this point, Nelda Mundy is putting in place a policy regarding Chat and Hangout. Students should NOT be using this on their school district accounts, even at home. I won't respond to Chat or Hangout requests, as they shouldn't be using them at all.

Mr, Kubiak let the children know that this is the new policy in our classrooms, and we had an extensive conversation in class as well. Violations of the policy will have appropriate consequences. THANKS!