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For Teachers/Staff
For Teachers/Staff
21st Century Learners and 21st Century Teaching require access to high quality digital resources. At the same time, in an age where privacy is a fleeting on the web, the district must balance access to online content with student, staff and network safety. To help us protect the district and to be compliant with federal laws, City Schools uses an Internet content filter to block sites that could be considered unsafe, might allow network intrusions or distract from the learning process.
Knowing that these systems aren't perfect and that sites that are valuable instructional resources (such as YouTube) sometimes get blocked, teachers can gain rights to over-ride the content filter. To do this, teachers must first complete and pass the Digital Awareness course that is located on Blackboard.
Once you have your network credentials, you'll be able to log into Blackboard and complete the courses. Keep in mind that you must score 100% on the assessment. Once you do, access to the over-ride may take 48 hours to be applied to your network rights.
You will also need to be logged into a City Schools computer, on the Great Schools network, and accessing the Internet on the Chrome browser.
Things to be aware of:
For Students
For Students
Students should also be practicing safe and ethical uses of technology, and those lessons should be a part of all technology use in the building, whether it is the classroom teacher, the tech lab teacher, librarian or any other adult using technology with kids. Students should have both an Acceptable Use Policy and Photo Release on file and teachers should be modeling and talking about appropriate use of technology regularly.
To learn more about student online safety, check out these resources:
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