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Getting Started with your 1:1 Device and Google: Guidelines For Students
Using your 1:1 Device and Google Docs is a great opportunity for collaboration and using 21st century skills in the classroom. You will be able to share documents with other students and with your teachers, work on projects together, have others edit your work online, and access your documents from any computer with Internet access. But these tools also come with much responsibility.
When working online for school or work, you need to be professional. This is a tool for getting work done, not for personal conversations. If you are sending email about personal activities, use your personal email account, not your Schools account. For example:
Hey Corey! Did you see that game last night? Wow!
Types of email topics appropriate for school include discussion with peers about homework, and questions about school or a project. Limit your emails to important questions that cannot wait until you see them in person. Do not use email as a way to chat.
When sending email about work or school, use formal syntax. Do not use offensive language, abbreviations like ttyl or lol, or type in ALL CAPS (this is considered yelling in the online world). Your online words should be polite and on-topic.
Remember that tone of voice is difficult to detect online, and your sarcasm or jokes may be taken as hurtful or angry comments. Reread what you write before you click send, to make sure the email gives the message you intended.
You will need a greeting, signature, and subject line. For example:
Hello Mrs. Smith,
Thank you for agreeing to read through my social studies essay. I have attached it.
Sincerely,
Anna Jones
Example subject lines:
Assignment 11-19-11
A question about class today
Your online communications at school are archived (recorded) and are not private. This includes your email. All information shared online should be educationally purposeful and appropriate. Once something is online it is available for the world to see. The things you do and say represent you and your family. Remember, if you put it out there, your grandma might see it. Don’t write anything you don’t want Grandma (or your pastor, teacher, mom, etc.) to see.
Who can see your online activity, including Google Docs and Google Mail? Your teachers, the technology department, your principal, and your parents all have access to your account.
Show to a teacher, counselor, or principal anything that contains offensive material, bullying or threats, inappropriate language, or anything else that makes you feel uncomfortable.
Do not give out your personal information to anyone on the Internet (name, address, age, birth date, photo) without your teacher’s permission. This could put you in danger.
Inappropriate online activity will be flagged and sent to your principal for review of educational content. Abuse of the device, including the camera, My Big Campus, and Google email system, may result in deletion of your account and loss of device privileges.
Don’t use the laptop to take videos, audio or still pictures of anyone without their permission.
Don’t use the laptop to bully or say hurtful things about any person, at school or at home, at any time.
Don’t post audio, video, or information about others online, unless given permission by and under the direct supervision of a teacher.
Respect copyright laws and licensing agreements. This means don’t take information or ideas from someone else and pretend that they’re your own.
Resources
Watch this video on Digital Etiquette to learn more about these topics: bit.ly/vCIYDY
Check out these tips for being safe in the digital world: bit.ly/zNz56W
Remember that people have landed in court or lost jobs as a result of inappropriate online communication. View the video Digital Dossier bit.ly/zM58UX to see how digital records accumulate over a person’s lifetime, and the video Megan’s Story bit.ly/yY4kx2 to help students become aware of the permanence of online interactions.
Go to woogiworld.com/educators at home to play games that teach cybersafety and cyberethics
Visit this BrainPop Digital Etiquette Q&A site for more information: bit.ly/rW8pCN
Different Technologies that we will be learning within the classroom are:
Google Classroom- Google Classroom's purpose is to facilitate paperless communication between teachers and students and streamline educational workflow. Classroom allows teachers to create classes, post assignments, organize folders, and view work in real-time.
Seesaw- Student driven digital portfolios and simple parent communication. For iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, Chromebooks and Computers with Chrome or Firefox.
Reflex Math- This app is adaptive and individualized, Reflex is the most effective system for mastering basic facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division for grades 2+. Full of games that students love, Reflex takes students at every level and helps them quickly gain math fact fluency and confidence. And educators and parents love the powerful reporting that allows them to monitor progress and celebrate success
iXL- A learning website kids love! Master 2000+ K-12 skills online. Proven success. Standards-based Learning. K-12 Math & English. Adaptive & Individualized. Immediate Feedback. Courses: Math, English, Science, Social Studies.
Nearpod- Explore Nearpod's award-winning K-12 interactive lessons, videos, and formative assessments. Built for distance learning, hybrid, and school-based settings.
Study Island- Study Island combines rigorous content that is highly customized to specific state standards in math, reading, writing, science, and social studies with interactive features and games that engage students and reinforce and reward learning achievement. The online suite of products uses technology to transform education in the classroom.
Prodigy- Prodigy has content from all major topics and will seamlessly cover Grades 1 - 8 to help ensure your students are ready for standardized testing. With a diagnostic test to place students in the correct grade, embedded assessments, and automatic differentiation, Prodigy ensures that each one of your students succeed at their own pace. Students have their own log-in to access their accounts.
Gizmos- Explore Learning Gizmos: Math & Science Simulations Powering ... https://www.explorelearning.com/ Hundreds of online simulations with lesson materials, supporting research-based strategies to build deep conceptual understanding in math and science.
SOL Pass- Solpass activities are intended to supplement, not replace, solid classroom instruction by providing review of the specific concepts and information that the students are likely to encounter in the classroom and on the SOL end-of-year tests. By making test preparation easy and convenient, and to encourage excellent classroom instruction, which need not be sacrificed for narrowly focused "teaching to the test". SOLPass can be accessed through the schools web-site.
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