Keeping kids safe while remote learning

Keeping kids safe while remote learning. Hannah Buehler reports.

SAFETY IS SUCH A BIGCONCERN FORSCHOOL DISTRICTS.BUT NOT ALL OF THEFOCUS IS ONCHILDREN'S HEALTH.ONE LOCAL COMPANYIS MAKING SURESCHOOLS HAVE THETOOLS TO MAKE SURECHILDREN STAY SAFEWHILE THEY AREONLINE.FROM THE HALLSTO HOMESTUDENTS ACROSSWESTERN NEW YORKWILL BE USING AREMOTE LEARNINGMODEL IN MOSTLYEVERY SCHOOLDISTRICT FOR SOMEOR ALL OF THE DAYSPER WEEKSOT: WE'RE GOING TOGIVE EVERY STUDENTTHE OPPORTUNITY TOHAVE THETECHNOLOGY IN THEIRHOME IF THEY NEED ITAND THAT MEANSTHOSE DEVICES MUSTBE SECUREDFROM MATERIAL ANDPEOPLE STUDENTSSHOULD NOT BEACCESSING..SOT: THE DEVICESREGARDLESS OFWHERE THEY AREGETS CHANNELEDTHROUGH OUR FILTERHERE AT THE DISTRICTIN THE SWEET HOMECENTRAL SCHOOLDISTRICTSUPERINTENDENTANTHONY DAY SAYSALL OF THE LAPTOPSAND TABLETS THATHAVE BEENDISTRIBUTED TOSTUDENTS ARESECURE AND THE ITDEPARTMENTTIRELESSLY WORKSTO BLOCK ALLWEBSITES THAT AREINAPPROPRIATE ANDNOT INTENDED FORSTUDENT USESOT: KIDS CAN'T PUTANYTHING ON THEIRDEVICES THAT WEDON'T INSTALL FORTHEMIT'S SIMILAR IN THENIAGARA FALLSCENTRAL SCHOOLDISTRICTSOT: WE''VE CONTENTFILTERED ALL OF OURDEVICESSOT: WHAT IFSOMEONE JUMPS INTOA LESSON THATSHOULDN'T BE THERESOT: YOU'REMOMENTS AWAY FROMSOMETHINGHAPPENING THAT 10OR 12KINDERGARDENERSSEE THAT CAN'T UNDOFORMER SWEET HOMEHIGH SCHOOLPRINCIPAL SCOTTMARTIN HAS SPENTTHE PAST FOUR YEARSDEVELOPING ACLUTCH REMOTELEARNING MODELCALLED THINK TECHSOLUTIONSTHE COMPANY WORKSWITH ABOUT SEVENLOCAL SCHOOLDISTRICTSAND HEREMARTINHAS TAKEN IT A STEPFURTHERESPECIALLY WHEN ITCOMES TO ONLINELIVE ONLINE LESSONINSTRUCTIONSOT: THE TEACHERCAN TURN THEIRCAMERA ON AND BEVISIBLE TO ALLSTUDENTS IN THEROOMTHE ONLY WAYSTUDENTS CAN GETINTO THE ROOM IS ACODEAND ONCE THESTUDENTS ARE INTHEY HAVE THEABILITY TO RAISETHEIR HANDWHICH GETTING RIDOF THATBACKGROUNOISEAND MULTIPLESTUDENTS WITH MICSOPEN DURING ALESSONALSO MITIGATES THEOPPORTUNITY FORANY INNAPROPRIATEISSUESSOT:THERE'S NOT RANDOMPEOPLE COMING INFROM THE OUTSIDEIT'S JUST VIDEOSTREAMSOT: TEACHERS LETKIDS IN ONE AT A TIMEINTO THAT STREAMAT SWEET HOME --ONLY PEOPLE WITH ASCHOOL DISTRICTEMAIL ADDRESS CANSEND AND RECEIVEEMAILS.NO ONE FROM THEOUTSIDE IS ALLOWEDTO