GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I was in high school in the mid-1990’s we had electronic word processors. I don’t remember what they were called but all they did was let us write. It had a small screen and a full size keyboard. I checked them out from the school library and I could write my essay over night and in the morning the librarian would connect it to a computer and I would have my essay. Why doesn’t something like that exist? A device that only has the tools necessary. Then GoGiardian would be unnecessary.

Because the internet is considered necessary.

When I was in school, we could purchase blank parchment and quills from the school quartermaster. They should go back to this.

I don't think they used the terms, "parchment," or "quill," since we won independence from the British!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was in high school in the mid-1990’s we had electronic word processors. I don’t remember what they were called but all they did was let us write. It had a small screen and a full size keyboard. I checked them out from the school library and I could write my essay over night and in the morning the librarian would connect it to a computer and I would have my essay. Why doesn’t something like that exist? A device that only has the tools necessary. Then GoGiardian would be unnecessary.

Because technology has advanced in the 30 years since you were in HS and no one serious about their child’s education would in the U.S. would send them to school where they could only use word processors. I know, why don’t we bring back type-writers and rotary dial phones.

[Anonymous]

Can you get GoGuardian for home use?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you get GoGuardian for home use?

No, it's for schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you get GoGuardian for home use?

Lots of software for parents out there, but I think you'd struggle to install it on an MCPS chromebook.

Better to get a firewall/dns package. But remember it's whack-a-mole, with constant vigilance and adding sites to the block list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you get GoGuardian for home use?

Lots of software for parents out there, but I think you'd struggle to install it on an MCPS chromebook.

Better to get a firewall/dns package. But remember it's whack-a-mole, with constant vigilance and adding sites to the block list.

They can always proxy around you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you get GoGuardian for home use?

Lots of software for parents out there, but I think you'd struggle to install it on an MCPS chromebook.

Better to get a firewall/dns package. But remember it's whack-a-mole, with constant vigilance and adding sites to the block list.

They can always proxy around you.

It's mostly locked down, and my kids would lose a device if they tried that.

[Anonymous]

Kids just connect to their phone hot spots to avoid Gogaurdian. Or they just bring their own device and connect to the public school wifi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids just connect to their phone hot spots to avoid Gogaurdian. Or they just bring their own device and connect to the public school wifi.

You can see if a student isn't in GG when they should be. And we don't let them use their own devices.

[Anonymous]

What are teachers planning with no GG?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are teachers planning with no GG?

District should be doing the work, not teachers but of course it falls on teachers for some reason??

[Anonymous]

The county is switching to Lightspeed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The county is switching to Lightspeed

What is different than GGuardian?

[Anonymous]

We used it very successfully in its infancy. Kids would get mad when they were caught, but it taught them a valuable lesson. I suspect that MCPS (and other systems for that matter) cannot keep up with the growing technology. In English, for example, who knows if a kid is using AI (ChatGPT) outside of the class for assignments? It's almost time to keep the majority of the learning in the classroom. How many kids do homework anyway? Even in AP courses, you have those who won't read or complete written assignments. That means closely monitoring screens whenever devices are in use.

[Anonymous]

Here's the marketing material for Lightspeed

https://www.lightspeedsystems.com/products/lightspeed-mobile-device-management/