Yes! All Tk-2 classrooms have a minimum of 8-10 chromebooks per classroom. All 3-5 classrooms have a minimum of 12-14 chromebooks per classroom.
In addition, ASL owns two Chromebook carts of 25 Chromebooks each. One cart is for Tk-2 grade students and the other is for 3-5 grade students. Advisors can use these carts during assessment and high-use times such as publishing or Celebration of Learning.
Questions regarding Chromebooks can be directed to our IT department at helpdesk@aveson.org
The use of technology, including resources found on the World Wide Web, are an integral part of the teaching and learning at Aveson. In order to keep all students safe, all persons on campus who use computers to access the Internet must abide by the following regulations:
Any use of school technology, including Internet access, must be school appropriate and must be in support of education and research, or school business.
It is prohibited by law to download any copyrighted material, including, but not limited to: games, music, graphics, videos, or text materials.
It is prohibited to access any newsgroups, links, list serves, social networking sites, blogs, or other areas of cyberspace that would be offensive to any individual or group of individuals because of pornographic content, racial, ethnic, or minority disparagement, advocation of violence, or illicit/illegal content.
Plagiarism is unacceptable and is prohibited.
Students and families are required to sign a student computer use contract abiding by these policies.
Advisors should make certain that students are complying with the tech use agreement and hold them accountable to it.
Advisors should familiarize themselves with the ASL Tech Use Agreement. 3-5 Advisors, should teach digital etiquette lessons and review the Tech Use Agreement with their advisory classes. Brainpop.com has many lessons that are easy to use. Brainpop access: Login: ASL2022; Password: ASL2022
Student Cell Phone Use
Students are not allowed to use personal cell phones while on campus. Cell phones may be confiscated by any school personnel member and the parent or guardian required to come to school to retrieve it if a student is using the device when they are not supposed to.
If a parent or guardian needs to get in touch with their student, they should call the school and ask to speak with their student.
Students should not bring any personal items from home to school that are not directly related to what they need for learning. Such items include, but are not limited to: toys, electronic devices, games, fidget tools or money, etc. Aveson believes that in order to maintain the integrity of the classroom instructional program, such objects from home need to stay at home so as not to become distractions. Any plan that needs to be modified from this policy should be communicated directly between advisors and their families.
Screen Time
Screen time should be used very sparingly and intentionally. The following expectations should be followed:
Students may use an Aveson device only. No electronics are allowed from home.
When students are on a computer, advisors and staff must be able to monitor the screens at all times.
Students may only use computers if they are doing curricularly aligned work: iReady My Path lessons, drafting/publishing a written piece, computer center time, projects research. Video games are not allowed at ASL.
All students should sign the student tech use agreement (see ASL Tech Use Agreement above).
Computers must stay inside the classrooms at all times.