Safer Digital Environment for Victor Valley Union High School District

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Difficulty Safeguarding Student's Online Activity

The Challenge:

A grade 7-12 district with 100 years of service to California’s high desert, Victor Valley relied on student reporting and internal monitoring safeguards before identifying a robust digital safety technology system in place to keep students safe in their school-provided accounts.

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Gaggle's Safety Management Tool

The Solution:

The district chose Gaggle’s deep insight and analytics to monitor its 10,000 students in eight schools for violations and incidents when students were using school-provided communication and collaboration tools.

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Building Trust Through One-On-One Conversations

The Results:

Instead of punishing students for inappropriate online activity, administrators build trust and have one-on-one conversations with students to solve problems and promote better behaviors. Knowing how vulnerable children can be to pedophilia and other criminal acts online, Victor Valley Union High School District in Victorville, California, keeps close tabs on any relevant communications that its students may be having with outside sources.

CASE STUDY - Victor Valley Union High School District

“You can’t put a price on a student life or on educating them on how to be good digital citizens.”

Dr. Audrey Hovannesian

Director, TechED Department Information Technology, Assessment/Accountability & Institutional Effectiveness

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