Technology - Efficient Methods to be in the Know Presented to
you by: Mr. Marquardt & Mr. Bloemker
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Efficient Methods to be in the Know Sandwich School District
website Sandwich parent lunch portal & Web Store Edline parent
access and demonstration Home Internet Security & Content
Filtering Parental Educational Resources
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Sandwich School District website eBulletin, Newsletters,
Activity & Sports Calendars Sandwich Parent Portals Lunch Debit
Card, Web Store & Edline Home Internet Security & Content
Filtering Suggested resources & software Educational Resources
available to parents
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What is it? Where is it? How to use it?
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Help?? How-To Document.
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Signing UP Logging In User ID Email Password
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New Account? Needed Info Email Address Parent Name Childs
Student ID# Your default password your email address
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Initial Welcome Screen Click on General Maintenance to proceed
further
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To change your password, click on Change Password To proceed to
your childs account, click on Internet Participants Click Select
next to your childs name
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For a purchase history report, input your date range here and
click on Submit. DO NOT use the Internet Deposit There is the Web
Store for that purpose.
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Web Store Where & How
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Click on your childs school Elementary is for grades PreK 5 th
grade.
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Click on Food Service for adding Lunch Monies. You can pay
registration fees as well.
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Click on the Food Tray.
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Fill in the boxes: Amount, Childs last name & Childs School
ID number. Click on Check Balance for balance info. Click on Buy
Now to add to your cart.
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You can either: Add monies for other children, Start Over Go to
checkout Verify your Totals.
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Home internet security Home internet content filtering
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How strong is your computer security at home? Is your Antivirus
current? Are your Microsoft updates being installed on a regular
basis? Check the settings on your computer. What about your
internet security at your home? How often do you change your online
passwords? Should be quarterly or monthly. Is your wireless router
secured? Are you using the default router password rather than the
one of your own? You want to use your own password. Is your
password something to do with you or something totally random? Most
folks use something about themselves. Should use random. Do you
click on website links in an email from unknown email senders? Or
even from known folks? Doing this can cause fraud and
infections.
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Do you know where your children have been on the internet?
Which websites? Does your child have social networking accounts
such as Facebook, MySpace and now GooglePlus? How much information
have you put out on Facebook or Myspace or any other online
account? Do your children have access to inappropriate material for
their age group? You can and do have access for limiting exposure
to inappropriate internet material and websites.
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Parents may consider installing a content filter on their home
computers. These services can filter and/or monitor the Internet
sites your children are visiting. While filters do not replace
parental supervision, they may help parents keep their children
safer on-line. The following resources may be helpful for parents
to explore: OpenDNS - www.opendns.com (free) content filtering for
home computers/networkswww.opendns.com K9 Web Protection -
www.k9webprotection.com (free) content filtering for home computers
and mobile devices (recommended by The National Parenting Center
and iParenting Media)www.k9webprotection.com E-Blaster -
http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/eBlaster_Windows/index.asp
($100) - monitoring solution for parents, also version for
Blackberry and Android mobile devices (recommended by iParenting
Media, Parry Aftab WiredSafety.org, Dr. Justin Patchin Cyber Bully
expert)http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/eBlaster_Windows/index.asp
Net Nanny - http://www.netnanny.com ($40) content filtering for
home computers (recommended by iParenting Media, Scholastic
Administrator, PC Magazine)http://www.netnanny.com bSecure
http://www.bsecure.com ($50) content filtering for home computers
and any other device on the home network such as video games,
smartphones, etc. Also has iPhone/iPad version available.
(recommended by iParenting Media, Focus on the Family, American
Family Association)http://www.bsecure.com PureSight
http://www.puresight.com ($60/yr) pornography, cyberbullying and
other offensive content protection (no
recommendations)http://www.puresight.com For more information, we
suggest reading a great article titled 5 Steps to a Family-Safe
Internet from Wired Magazine available at
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/09/one-geekdads-internet-filtering/.http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/09/one-geekdads-internet-filtering/
This list has been provided for your convenience, but we do not
officially endorse any of these products, nor do we offer tech
support on home machines.
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Very important that phone numbers & email addresses are
kept up-to-date Has been in use for over 2 years now Uses have been
mainly for emergency closings or situations. This year we have been
widening its use to include building & district related events
such as this one tonight.
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Have been using online instead of paper for 2-3 years for some
surveys. Beginning to migrate all surveys to electronic where the
links are posted on the District website. Will be used in the
upcoming Parent/Teacher conferences instead of the paper surveys.
This is a great communication and feedback tool as all responses
are anonymous. Results are tabulated instantly as soon as the
submit button has been pressed.
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Sandwich District Website Your childs school website Edline,
your childs Edline class website for homework, grades, other
resource links. Google, Yahoo, etc.. An excellent search tool for
most any subject.
