Parent Orientation

ET Services Orientation

RecommendationsScript for Digital Renaissance

Parent Orientation

Desk in the high school and middle

5. Explain the function of the Help

DRS)

handling of the device (DRA, STC, or

4. Discuss power cord issues/proper

DRS, or STC)

3. Demonstrate Backpack Use (DRA http://youtu.be/mavTDVrQzds

2. Show Video:

Principal, DRA, STC, ITS, or DRS)

1. Welcome Parents (Principal, Asst.

Recommendations

1.Two orientations per feeder pattern offered for parents that cannot complete online. Parents with multiple students need to attend only one session.2.Use different color User Agreement Forms for EACH school3.Bookkeeper or designated person from each school to collect and receipt funds

4.DRA, DRS, ITS, and/or principal(s) can present the orientations

5.Orientations on or after 8/4 Baldwin

County Public

Schools

Parent and Student

Orientation Videos & Digital

Citizenship Resources:

www.et.bcbe.org

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Orientation Resources

school. (DRA or DRS)

6. Explain that the payment and User

Agreement is for 3-12 students only due to

the device going home with students.

(DRA, STC, or DRS)

7. Discuss Discipline/Policy (Principal or Asst.

Principal)

8. Q & A

9. Turn in signed forms **Different color form

for each school in the feeder pattern.

10. Collect payment **Separate payment lines

labeled for each school in the feeder

pattern.

The Internet’s not written in pencil. It’s written in pen. What teens do online spreads fast and lasts long. Remind them to think before they post.

Nothing is as private as they think. Anything teens say or do can be copied, pasted, and sent to gazillions of people in a heartbeat. Make sure kids use privacy settings and that they understand that the best way to protect their secrets is not to post personal stuff.

Kindness counts. The anonymity of the digital world can lead kids to say and do things online that they wouldn’t in person. Encourage them to communicate kindly, stand up for others, building respectful relationships online.

Digital cheating is still cheating. Right and wrong extend to online life. Impart your values, and tell kids not to plagiarize, download illegally, or use technology to cheat in school.

Embrace their world. None of us wants technology to isolate us from our kids. Do some homework, and ask kids to share the sites they visit, the songs they download, the gadgets they love. It’s up to us to join the fun and help them seize the potential.