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24 Apr 2024

How Can Web Activity Monitoring Benefit My District?

Let’s face it — protecting your students from online dangers becomes more difficult by the day. The internet is massive, always growing, and evolving,...


By     Marie Hynes
23 Feb 2021

Is Google Hangouts Safe for Your Students?

Google is spot on when it touts that technology can give educators new and more engaging ways to help students learn the skills they need to succeed. ...


By     Gaggle
07 Mar 2019

Encouraging Appropriate Student Behavior in the Digital World

Students don’t always fully understand the impact of their digital footprint, so it’s vital that educators set boundaries—especially when dealing with...


By     Paget Hetherington
26 Feb 2019

Using Technology for Timely Student Intervention

With 10 schools serving 5,500 students and a new 1:1 technology initiative in place, School District 87 in Bloomington, IL needed a trusted provider t...


By     Tara Skoglund
12 Feb 2019

How Vancouver Public Schools Safeguards Students Using District-Provided Devices

Following the implementation of a 1:1 technology initiative at Vancouver Public Schools in Washington, the district’s superintendent recognized the ne...


By     Paget Hetherington
04 Feb 2019

Four Reasons to Look More Closely at Student Accounts

When we discuss the need to monitor student email and Google or Office 365 drive accounts with school districts, we sometimes get a response like, “ou...


By     Gaggle
09 May 2018

3 More Important Considerations When Choosing Between G Suite and Office 365

One our most popular blog posts pondered the question, “Which online learning environment is better for schools, G Suite for Education or Office 365?”


By     Gaggle
12 Feb 2018

How Four School Districts Keep Their Students Safe on G Suite for Education

More than a year ago, Google introduced G Suite for Education. Formerly known as Google Apps for Education, the company touted the name change emphasi...


By     Gaggle
03 Nov 2017

There’s More Than Homework in Students’ Drive Accounts

Through a partnership earlier this year with Project Tomorrow and the impressive national research project, Speak Up, we’ve found that student use of ...


By     Gaggle
05 Sep 2017

How to Get the Most from Your G Suite for Education Implementation

Earlier this year, Google announced that it has more than 70 million G Suite for Education users worldwide. This number has increased from 50 million ...


By     Corey Tutewiler

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