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GoGuardian is a tool that we use for our secondary students to filter internet but also provide teachers with more control over devices in the classroom. This tool is a wonderful addition to the classroom as it provides teachers with an at-a-glance view of what the students are working on. Although, like any technology service, it is not foolproof.  In this document, the GoGuardian Refresher , it covers setting up classes, excluding absent students from any scenes, and some additional general tips and strategies for managing a 1-1 classroom. In addition, I wanted to provide a few common solutions to some of the most common problems experienced with GoGuardian.  Students say awaiting activity but are clearly active on their device.  In a situation like this, a quick power-refresh of the device will go a long way in helping re-sync that student to the classroom. As classroom teachers, you can easily ask the students to reset their device using the power-refresh shortcut and they should m

  GoGuardian has been hard at work to help teachers in the past year. As the company has seen exponential growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, the engineers have been hard at work to give teachers more permissions and abilities!  One such feature is the ability to check a website as a teacher to see if it is blocked. This tool will only check to ensure that a site is blocked by the “Thou Shall Not Pass” block screen, but it can be helpful for teachers to do a self-check to ensure a site that they are planning to use is open to their students.  To begin, on the Classroom dashboard, locate the “Check if a website is blocked” link.  Next, you will enter a website to check to see if it is blocked. For this example, I used Poker.net, an online gambling website. Once I check, I get a report that show whether or not the page is blocked and for what classrooms. It will also check to see if it in a scene.  There are two fantastic uses for this feature in GoGuardian. First, you can check to see

This week, we welcomed 8 new certified staff to our district and they spent some time becoming acclimated with the technology we have in district and some of the best practices associated with technology. While this is specifically geared towards our newest staff members, we wanted to make sure to share it with you as well! There are some helpful tips, refreshers, and ideas in this document to help you kick your year off right!  Download the document here!

 GoGuardian is a filtering system we use for students that travel with their devices. One of the features is the ability to import your Google Classroom classes into your GoGuardian set to scenes for your students. Check out the video below to watch how you can do that. 

GoGuardian is a filtering system that we use both in school and out of school for students that travel with their devices. GoGuardian offers a lot of features that you can use in your classroom to support student learning and your classroom management. Check out this nice PDF refresher on GoGuardian . Or, check out the video below!