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We commit to providing a high quality education centered around dynamic learning and personal well being in a community where everyone can find belonging.
We commit to providing a high quality education centered around dynamic learning and personal well being in a community where everyone can find belonging.
What does HPS use for digital learning?
What does HPS use for digital learning?
Grades preK-3: Classroom Community iPads
Grade 4: Students have access to classroom iPads (1:1)
5th - 7th: Grade Students are assigned a school-leased iPad
8th - 12th: Grade Students are assigned a school-leased MacBook
Device Filters and Other Safeguards
Device Filters and Other Safeguards
When making decisions about digital resources and safety, the HPS Technology Leaders refer to the following policies in addition to our school vision statement.
When making decisions about digital resources and safety, the HPS Technology Leaders refer to the following policies in addition to our school vision statement.
Our filtering software comes from a company called Family Zone. Family Zone works with our school district to help create safe digital learning environments and educate students and parents about digital wellness. Family Zone is composed of three tiers:
Linewize Monitor - the filtering software our IT department installs on our school-managed devices to protect students both at school and off campus.
Community Digital Wellness
Live Parent Webinars with our Digital Wellness Educator.
HPS Online Safety Hub - a resource for staff and families to learn about apps and games and get age-appropriate advice.
Qustodio - A parental monitoring app integrated with district devices to give parents insight into how students are managing device usage on school devices.
Classwize - A student monitoring tool for educators to use during class time.
iPads
iPads
Apple Classroom - Classroom turns your iPad into a powerful teaching assistant, helping you guide students through a lesson, see their progress and keep them on track. With Classroom, you can easily launch the same app on every student iPad at the same time or launch a different app for each group of students. Classroom helps teachers focus on teaching, so students can focus on learning.
JAMF Parent App - The free Jamf Parent iOS app empowers parents to manage their children's school-issued devices. Through an intuitive interface, restrict which apps children can access on their devices, to allow or restrict certain apps.
Linewize by Family Zone - Content Filtering on School Devices All the Time
Family Zone lives on student's devices to keep them safe and responsible no matter where they go, or what network they connect to.
The Linewize ecosystem is a unique response to the challenge of today’s connected learning environments. The ecosystem aligns a series of products to help districts stay in regulatory compliance, get the most out of their purchased technology, keep kids cyber-safe at school, and impact the parent community by assisting them in raising good digital citizens. For more information, please visit www.linewize.com.
MacBooks
MacBooks
Linewize by Family Zone - Content Filtering on School Devices All the Time
Family Zone lives on student's devices to keep them safe and responsible no matter where they go, or what network they connect to.
The Linewize ecosystem is a unique response to the challenge of today’s connected learning environments. The ecosystem aligns a series of products to help districts stay in regulatory compliance, get the most out of their purchased technology, keep kids cyber-safe at school, and impact the parent community by assisting them in raising good digital citizens. For more information, please visit www.linewize.com.
Google
Google
Harvard Public Schools has Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals subscription through which students have school-managed Google accounts. Student accounts are managed by the school's Google Administrators. Google Admins have created a grade-level Google Group and each group is set up. with age-appropriate permissions and restrictions.
Seesaw
Seesaw
Students have different ways to sign in depending on grade level. Clever Sign-In is designed for young learners (PreK-2) and shared devices. No usernames/passwords are required. Google Sign-In is designed for students who can remember email addresses and passwords.
Teachers can decide if students can see other students’ journals in your class.
Teachers can decide if students and parents can like or comment on posts. Many teachers decide to turn this ON after they have been using Seesaw for a few weeks and have had a direct lesson about appropriate comments.
Clever
Clever
Clever is a digital learning platform for K12 schools--one friendly place for single sign-on, messaging, analytics, and more.
Education is Key
Education is Key
Starting in Kindergarten, we have a comprehensive Digital Literacy curriculum. In addition to direct lessons that are taught in library and technology classes, teachers reinforce skills as they come up organically in a lesson. We do our best to follow the recommended Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science Standards
Starting in Kindergarten, we have a comprehensive Digital Literacy curriculum. In addition to direct lessons that are taught in library and technology classes, teachers reinforce skills as they come up organically in a lesson. We do our best to follow the recommended Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science Standards
We want to provide students with the tools and knowledge needed to manage their own digital resources, both content and quantity. To dig deeper into our curriculum, click here!
We want to provide students with the tools and knowledge needed to manage their own digital resources, both content and quantity. To dig deeper into our curriculum, click here!
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