Student Email and Blogging
We are excited to be offering e-mail accounts to students in grades 5-8. E-mail is the preferred method of communication for most adults, for both personal and business applications. Proficiency with e-mail is a vital component for students’ success with 21st century learning skills.
In order to meet curriculum objectives and provide students with practical email experience, we have obtained safe e-mail accounts for students in Grades 5-8 through Google Apps for Education. The school controls the level of access, who they can communicate with and restrictions can be modified by the school as necessary. As we begin this process, students will only be able to e-mail other students and their teachers.
We are excited about providing e-mail to our students and confident that by using Google Apps for Education as our provider, we are putting safety first. The first features the teachers are excited about using are the Google sites and blogging tools. Teachers can create class websites and blogs for ongoing discussions or homework help and control which students have access. These are filtered in the same manner as e-mails, and postings to blogs are reviewed by the teachers before they are entered in the blog.
The document below is the Student E-mail/Blogging Contract. Not until we have collected the signed agreement and contract, will we be able to give each student their e-mail address and password in conjunction with a class discussion on proper e-mail and Internet etiquette.
For most, your child has a personal e-mail account, but for others, this will be their first encounter with e-mail. We hope to offer them a safe place to learn how to properly communicate with their peers and teachers.