Parent Support with 1:1

We spend so much time preparing our teachers and students for the 1:1 environment, but we tend to forget about the parents who may not have ever had a student bring home a device from the school. It is essential that we support our parents at home with the 1:1 program.

First, parents need to understand the vision of why we are a 1:1 school.
With the changes in today's world, our schools need to adjust teaching and learning.  No longer do we live in a society where memorizing and regurgitating information will make one successful.  We need to teach our students how to communicate, collaborate, think critically, problem solve and create.  The Internet can provide the information, but we need to teach students the skills on what to do with that information to make a difference in the world.  The video below, provides a great insight to the current reality of our world in relation to technology.  Here, in Nevada, we are trying to embrace this reality and provide a solid base of learning for today's world, as well as flatten the world for them so they have the opportunity to collaborate with experts and other students across the world.  We want learning to be related to the real-world so students can contribute, problem solve and relate to the outside world.

Next, we need to help parents find resources to keep their child safe online.
Now that parents understand why we are providing Macbooks to the high school students and Chromebooks to the middle school students, we also need to provide resources to them to keep their students safe online.  A Platform for Good has many great resources to help parents when working with your students on being safe, creating a positive digital footprint, social media and keeping a balance between their online and offline life.  Here is an example below:


There are many other sites that help parents and students with their online life, like Netsmartz and Common Sense Media (which also gives reviews on games, apps, and movies to see what is appropriate for students).

Staying informed
We will continue to provide online safety tips, reminders to parents and students, as well as displaying positive ways students are using technology in the school on this blog and by following #NevadaCubPride on Twitter.