Anonymous
Post 07/31/2024 21:00     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

Anonymous
Post 07/31/2024 06:05     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

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
Post 07/30/2024 22:06     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

Anonymous wrote:The county is switching to Lightspeed


What is different than GGuardian?
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2024 14:09     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

The county is switching to Lightspeed
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2024 13:54     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

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
Post 07/30/2024 13:47     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

What are teachers planning with no GG?
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2024 15:11     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

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
Post 03/19/2024 07:26     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

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
Post 03/19/2024 07:19     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

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
Post 03/18/2024 21:12     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

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
Post 03/18/2024 18:37     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

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
Post 03/18/2024 11:17     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

Anonymous wrote:Can you get GoGuardian for home use?


No, it's for schools
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 11:10     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

Can you get GoGuardian for home use?
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 10:55     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

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
Post 03/18/2024 10:12     Subject: GoGuardian: asking for parent support to advocate to the BOE

Anonymous wrote:
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!