GoGuardian Teacher has been implemented
district-wide in Wadsworth City Schools as of 11/16/2020.
1. What is the program? It’s a teacher tool that lets teachers see the screens of all students' Chromebooks in their class. For more information about GoGuardian Teacher, please visit their website: https://www.goguardian.com/
2. Why did we decide to implement this tool? We have a Technology Committee composed of teachers, principals, administrators, and board members that meets regularly throughout the year. Last year, the committee decided to move ahead with finding a program that would give teachers more tools to control the technology. The product that best meets our district's needs is GoGuardian Teacher. At its core, this product helps to ensure that students stay on track with their studies and pay attention to lessons.
3. Improved communication: GoGuardian Teacher enables the students and teachers to communicate directly when they have questions. Students can ask the teacher a question privately during a lesson, and the teacher can respond directly in a pop-up on their Chromebook. This may reduce a child's anxiety about speaking up in class when they don’t understand what is being discussed. To see a demo of how the program works, click here: https://www.goguardian.com/demo/teacher/
4. Student Privacy: Teachers have no visibility into any student’s activity outside of the hours of 7:30 am and 3:30 pm, M-F, a normal school day. We put this restriction in place to protect students' privacy. Also, teachers have zero access to view the Chromebook camera on a student device, ever.
5. Data Protection: GoGuardian is 100% compliant with Student Data Privacy laws, CIPA, FERPA, etc. Please read more about this on their site: https://www.goguardian.com/privacy-information/
6. Video: Please click here to watch Phil Luthman, Director of Technology for Wadsworth City Schools, discuss this new teacher tool: GoGuardian Teacher. (Note: the video states the hours of 7 am - 4 pm, when it is actually 7:30 am - 3:30 pm on the hours of restriction M-F)
