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Internet & Internet Safety
Internet & Internet Safety
Connecting Families in Need of Reliable Internet
Connecting Families in Need of Reliable Internet
The ability to access reliable internet is increasingly important in today’s interconnected world and essential for students trying to connect virtually to their teachers’ new digital classrooms. Internet for GoodTM is an innovative partnership between TELUS, the British Columbia Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, and the Ministry of Community and Social Services in Alberta that provides eligible families with the tools and connectivity they need to succeed.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Internet plans starting at just $9.95 per month (plus applicable taxes) for two years
Speeds of up to 25 megabits per second (where available) and up to 300 gigabits of data per month
Access to a low cost, refurbished computer
Digital literacy support available via the TELUS Learning Centre
Access to free TELUS Wise® training and tools to participate safely in our digital world
ELIGIBILITY – Internet for Good
The TELUS Internet for Good program is well established and has been supporting thousands of low-income Canadian families with children under the age of majority that are currently receiving income assistance for some time.
Due to recent developments with COVID-19 isolation and schooling from home initiatives, the minimum levels for qualification have been eliminated.
HOW TO APPLY
Contact the RVS Technical Support Hotline:
phone: 403-945-4083
Provide your Full Name, the name of your child(ren) and the name of the school they attend.
Provide your contact information (phone # and/or email address).
We will provide a IFG code to allow you to bypass the normal requirements.
Simplified process:
Families will call into a special Internet for Good Queue at 1-866-835-8744, tell them their unique Rocky View provided code, and arrangements will be made for the install.
$9.95 per month with no minimum term will be billed to the account creator. If families want to keep the plan for more than 2 years’ they will have to re-apply through the Internet for Good team. If families do not re-apply the price will automatically increase to the regular rates.
Billing is direct to the household and the responsibility of the family applying.
Interland is a free, web-based game that makes learning the ways of the web a fun, engaging and hands-on experience. Kids are invited to play their way to Internet Awesome and become fearless explorers of the online world in a quest to deny hackers, sink phishers, one-up cyberbullies and outsmart oversharers.
This website has digital and media literacy programs and resources for Canadian homes, schools and communities. Through our work we support adults with information and tools so they can help children and teens develop the critical thinking skills they need for interacting with the media they love.
Web Conferencing
Web Conferencing
Google Meet
Google Meet
Google Hangouts Meet tutorials
Login to https://meet.google.com using your @rvschools.ab.ca Google account
Microsoft TEAMS
Microsoft TEAMS
Students will login to https://teams.microsoft.com using their @rockyview.ab.ca email account
How to start a video call documentation
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Learning Suites
Learning Suites
G-Suite
G-Suite
G-Suite for Parents: Google Suite for Education (GSfE or G:Suite) is a suite of tools that allows students and teachers to collaborate in real-time to create documents, presentations, surveys, spreadsheets and even websites. All tools are free, ad-free, reliable and secure. You can find more details about the tools we use on the G:Suite Tools page.
Microsoft Office/O365 Suite
Microsoft Office/O365 Suite
Students have access to the full suite of Microsoft Office tools when they login to the portal with their district username & password.
Distance Learning with Microsoft 365: Guidance for Parents and Guardians
Accessibility
Accessibility
Read & Write for Parents (Google Chrome add-on)
Read & Write for Parents (Google Chrome add-on)
Read&Write for Google Chrome provides personalized support to make Google Drive files more accessible. There is a range of powerful support tools including text-to-speech, text and picture dictionaries, speech -to-text, word prediction, high-lighting, voice notes, and more! Follow this guide to get set up to use these powerful features. The Read & Write Chrome extension in most cases appears once students are logged into Chrome. Occasionally it must be added from the Chrome Web Store when logged in with a student's account.
Portfolios
Portfolios
MyBlueprint (Portfolio Platform)
MyBlueprint (Portfolio Platform)
myBlueprint is a platform that supports student portfolios and career cruising. It gives students the ability to upload and reflect on their work, and lets students explore careers using age-appropriate materials, . Use this document to help you get your child logged into the platform.
myBlueprint has also created Family Remote Learning Guides to help families create an engaging and supportive learning environment for students in the comfort of their home
myBlueprint All About Me: Student Video features how to login, add content, and add multiple reflections.
Here is a video of an example of a student's week at a glance.
e-Books
e-Books
Everyone Can Create eBooks
Everyone Can Create eBooks
These downloadable books are available directly from the Apple website HERE using your personal Apple ID
Koha is the RVS online library system. There are a number of audiobooks and ebooks available. Have your child(ren) use their RVS login to search.
Video
Video
Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-based digital content for K-12, transforming teaching and learning with award-winning multimedia content, professional development, and the largest professional learning community of its kind. Students login with their RVS Google credentials.
A user-friendly platform for accessing relevant films with 1500+ English titles, 100+ French titles and over 135 Foreign language films with English subtitles. Click here. (https://www.criterionondemand.com/)
To access movies from home, students need to contact their teacher for the username and password.
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