Student Online Communication

Student Email

• Identifying the Need for Safe Email– Communicating in a new era

• 29% of K-3 students have email accounts• 79% of 7-12th grade students have email accounts• 70% have at least one IM account• Key component of 21st Century communication• CIPA, COPPA Compliant Laws

– Educational Aspects of Email• Increased Academic Performance• Better Student Involvement• Adds a ‘Fun’ factor to learning• Addresses Educational Standards – NETS

School Liability Issues

• Easy access to your students from the outside• Inability to identify problems before they occur• Lack of monitoring and Control

School Liability Issues

• Solution 1– Easy access to your students from the outside

• You can block access for either a specific address, a specific domain, or all users except specific addresses. You can block all Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

School Liability Issues

• Solution 2– Inability to identify problems before they occur

• Complete access/monitoring of all incoming, outgoing, and sent emails.

• Manage the block word list to include any specific/local words to watch

• Grant or deny student usage

School Liability Issues

• Solution 3– Lack of monitoring and Control

• You create the accounts, delete accounts, and suspend accounts.

• You maintain complete control over all inbound and outbound correspondence.

Gaggle.NetFront Page and Login Screen

Setting Up and Using AccountsOnce we have completed our verification process, you are

ready to set up Teacher and Student Accounts.

Header Icons

Setting Up and Using AccountsWriting Mail from the Header Icon

Setting Up and Using AccountsAddress Book and Groups from Header Icon

Setting Up and Using AccountsDirectory from Header Icon

Setting Up and Using AccountsStudent User List

Setting Up and Using AccountsAdding Users, Importing and User Keys

Setting Up and Using AccountsAdding Users, Importing and User Keys

Setting Up and Using AccountsAdding Users, Importing and User Keys

Setting Up and Using AccountsDigital Locker – Virtual Storage Space

Browse for File

Set Access

Upload

Setting Up and Using AccountsMessage Boards – Threaded Discussion

Setting Up and Using AccountsChat Rooms

= Censored names for privacy

Setting Up and Using AccountsThe New GaggleBlogs!

Setting Up and Using Accounts

The New GaggleBlogs!

Funding

• Since funding year 2001-2002, filtered email services are eligible for E-Rate funding.– Every school is eligible for a match of 20%-90%.

Percentages are based on the National School Lunch Program.

– Gaggle.Net is a Priority One ‘Internet Access’ service.• Gaggle.Net, Inc. also qualifies under the NCLB

and EETT funding programs.

Thank You!

Mark ElderWestern Region Representative

Gaggle.Net(800)288-7750 ext#102

(309)663-5025 (Fax)mark@gaggle.net