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Dear Parents and Guardians,
During your child’s formative years at the elementary level, an understanding of technology tools will be used that will assist in learning over the course of the school experience. New tools arise every day. Some common tools that your child may encounter and use are, but are not limited to:
- Live Streaming – Multiple live streaming products/applications exist in today’s education space to facilitate real-time collaboration.
- Skype, Google Hangouts and Face Time-Students, under the direct supervision of the teacher, have the opportunity to “meet” in a virtual space to talk and share content and learning.
- Blogs - A blog is a website where student work can be published online. It is also a tool often used for collaboration and communication among students and teachers.
- Google Apps: A online suite of productivity and digital tools. Google Apps for Education (GAFE) is a highly recognized, respectable and safe collection of online resources for productivity and collaboration.
- Podcasts - A podcast is a digital audio file that is distributed over the Internet for playback on portable media players (such as .mp3 players) and personal computers.
- Videos – a video is a recording displaying moving images and audios. Digital video files can incorporate photos, voiceovers and music.
Your child’s safety and security are our number one priority. All websites and tools have been and will continue to be thoroughly examined by experienced educators and are used commonly in education today. The Acceptable Use Policy for Technology is posted on our Archdiocesan website.
Please review the permission form on the reverse, initial and sign it so that we are aware of your expectations as a parent of a student in our school.
Thank you.
Parental Permission Form
General Technology Use for Grades 4-8
- I grant permission for my child to use a school/teacher created class account for classroom projects and assignments, such as but not limited to:Brain Pop, Edmodo, Khan Academy Mathletics, and Socrative.
- I grant permission for my child’s workto be published on student classroom sites as prescribed by the teacher and/or school administration
- I grant permission for my child to use a school/teacher created account for Google Apps for Education for educational purposes.
- MMR will provide an account within the @MMRSchool.org domain.
- My student will be able to log on and access GAFE (Google Docs, Drive & Calendar) from any computer or web device both on and off school property.
- My student will be able to share files and documents with Google Drive with teachers and other students within the @MMRSchool.org domain.
- Google apps will not be used for purposes for which they were not intended or authorized.
- My student account will NOT have access to email.
- My student will not use these services for bullying or other inappropriate activity.
- I authorize staff members of Mary, Mother of the Redeemer School to communicate with my student digitally regarding academics, athletics or club activities at MMR. This may be at the initiation of the adult or in response to an inquiry from your student(for example an email about ahomework question.) Mary, Mother of the Redeemer School seeks your consentto communicate with your child within theguidelines of the on-line Technology Addendum of our Safe Environment/Protecting God’s Children program. Accordingly, e-mail from a staff member to a student must be copied to another adultat MMR. Further, e-mails must originate from the employee’s MMRSchool.org domain. Ideally, student initiated communication will be sent from or copied to a parent’s email as well.
- MMR employees are not authorized to communicate with students by text message.
- MMR employees are prohibited from communicating with students though social media sites such as Facebook.
I understand that this form will be used during the entire time that my child attends Mary, Mother of the Redeemer School for Grades 4-8. If I would like to change it, I will submit another form. The form is available on the MMRwebsite.
I have read, understand, and agree to the items I have checked above. I hereby warrant that I am free to give this permission.
Student’s Name: ______
Parent’s Name: ______
Parent’s Signature: ______
Date: ______
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