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part of the experienceTechnology - Efficient Methods to be in the Know

Presented to you by:Mr. Marquardt & Mr. Bloemker

TechnologyEfficient Methods to be in the Know

Sandwich School District websiteSandwich parent lunch portal & Web StoreEdline parent access and demonstrationHome Internet Security & Content FilteringParental Educational Resources

Topics of Discussion

Sandwich School District website eBulletin, Newsletters, Activity & Sports

Calendars Sandwich Parent Portals

Lunch Debit Card, Web Store & Edline Home Internet Security & Content Filtering

Suggested resources & software Educational Resources available to parents

Sandwich CUSD 430 District Website

eBulletin

Sandwich CUSD 430 District Website

School Calendars

Building Calendars

Lunch Debit Card website

What is it? Where is it? How to use it?

Lunch Debit Card website

Help?? How-To Document.

Lunch Debit Card website

Signing UP Logging In

User ID – Email Password

Lunch Debit Card website

New Account? Needed Info

Email Address Parent Name Child’s Student

ID# Your default

password your email

address

Lunch Debit Card website

Initial Welcome Screen

Click on “General Maintenance” to proceed further

Lunch Debit Card website

To change your password, click on ‘Change Password’

To proceed to your child’s account, click on ‘Internet Participants’

Click ‘Select’ next to your child’s name

Lunch Debit Card website

For a purchase history report, input your date range here and click on ‘Submit’.

DO NOT use the ‘Internet Deposit’ There is the Web Store for that purpose.

Web Store

Web Store Where

& How

Web Store Click on

your child’s school Elementa

ry is for grades PreK – 5th grade.

Web Store Click on

Food Service for adding Lunch Monies.

You can pay registration fees as well.

Web Store Click on

the Food Tray.

Web Store Fill in the

boxes: Amount, Child’s last name & Child’s School ID number.

Click on Check Balance for balance info.

Click on Buy Now to add to your cart.

You can either: Add monies

for other children,

Start Over Go to

checkout Verify your

Totals.

Edline Parent Portal

Edline Parent Portal

Internet Security at Home

Home internet security Home internet content filtering

Home Internet Security?

How strong is your computer security at home? Is your Antivirus current? Are your Microsoft updates being installed on

a regular basis? Check the settings on your computer. What about your internet security at your home?

How often do you change your online passwords? Should be quarterly or monthly.

Is your wireless router secured? Are you using the default router password rather than the one of your own? You want to use your own password.

Is your password something to do with you or something totally random? Most folks use something about themselves. Should use random.

Do you click on website links in an email from unknown email senders? Or even from known folks? Doing this can cause fraud and infections.

Home Content Filtering? Do you know where your children have been on

the internet? Which websites? Does your child have social networking accounts

such as Facebook , MySpace and now GooglePlus?

How much information have you put out on Facebook or Myspace or any other online account?

Do your children have access to inappropriate material for their age group?

You can and do have access for limiting exposure to inappropriate internet material and websites.

Home Content Filtering Solutions

Parents may consider installing a content filter on their home computers. These services can filter and/or monitor the Internet sites your children are visiting. While filters do not replace parental supervision, they may help parents keep their children safer on-line.

The following resources may be helpful for parents to explore: OpenDNS - www.opendns.com (free) – content filtering for home computers/networks K9 Web Protection - www.k9webprotection.com (free) – content filtering for home computers and

mobile devices (recommended by The National Parenting Center and iParenting Media) E-Blaster - http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/eBlaster_Windows/index.asp ($100) - monitoring

solution for parents, also version for Blackberry and Android mobile devices (recommended by iParenting Media, Parry Aftab – WiredSafety.org, Dr. Justin Patchin – Cyber Bully expert)

Net Nanny - http://www.netnanny.com ($40) – content filtering for home computers (recommended by iParenting Media, Scholastic Administrator, PC Magazine)

bSecure – http://www.bsecure.com ($50) – content filtering for home computers and any other device on the home network such as video games, smartphones, etc.  Also has iPhone/iPad version available.  (recommended by iParenting Media, Focus on the Family, American Family Association)

PureSight – http://www.puresight.com ($60/yr) – pornography, cyberbullying and other offensive content protection (no recommendations)

For more information, we suggest reading a great article titled “5 Steps to a Family-Safe Internet” from Wired Magazine available at http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/09/one-geekdads-internet-filtering/.

This list has been provided for your convenience, but we do not officially endorse any of these products, nor do we offer tech support on home machines.

AlertNow Automated Calling & Emailing Very important that phone numbers

& email addresses are kept up-to-date

Has been in use for over 2 years now Uses have been mainly for

emergency closings or situations. This year we have been widening its

use to include building & district related events such as this one tonight.

School Surveys - Online

Have been using online instead of paper for 2-3 years for some surveys.

Beginning to migrate all surveys to electronic where the links are posted on the District website.

Will be used in the upcoming Parent/Teacher conferences instead of the paper surveys.

This is a great communication and feedback tool as all responses are anonymous.

Results are tabulated instantly as soon as the ‘submit’ button has been pressed.

Parental Educational Resources

Sandwich District Website Your child’s school website Edline, your child’s Edline class

website for homework, grades, other resource links.

Google, Yahoo, etc .. An excellent search tool for most any subject.

Curriculum Information

School Performance Information

School Performance Information

Your School’s Edline Page

Your School’s Edline Page

Internet Searches .. Google, etc

Any Questions?

Thank Youfor attending!