“And with the transition to remote learning, we have a responsibility to provide schools with the most advanced tools available to keep students safe while using devices at home.”
“We need to make sure that all students and staff have safe and secure access to the internet as an instructive resource,” says Chuck Austin, the head of customer relations in emerging technology for the Kentucky DOE Office of Education Technology. This is something that the Kentucky Department of Education (DOE) has taken seriously. Finding safety and speed in the cloud for remote education The rapid shift to online learning only heightened these concerns because of the need to provide home internet hook-ups for students without compromising personal data. Since the year 2000, the Children’s Internet Protection Act requires schools and libraries that receive discounted internet access through the E-rate program to restrict access to inappropriate content, protect against hacking, safeguard personal information, and create safe conditions for direct electronic communications. Lightspeed Systems is a proven partner for schools, serving over 20 million students in 38 countries and 28,000 schools globally, including 6,500 school districts in the United States.For school systems across the U.S., making sure students have a secure environment to use the internet is not only the right thing to do-it’s the law. The purpose-built Lightspeed ecosystem of cloud-based solutions – tailored to meet today’s evolving challenges – provides schools worldwide with reliable filtering, analytics, and device management tools for school leaders and educators. With over 20 years providing technology to meet the needs of schools, Lightspeed Systems is the market leader in online student safety and effectiveness. “As a long-standing partner for K-12 schools, we’re committed to continuously innovating our solutions as learning environments evolve,” shares Brian Thomas, President & CEO at Lightspeed Systems. “ I n tegrating our solutions with Microsoft Teams is another step forward in helping district leaders and educators provide the safest, most effective online learning experience for their students.”
The Lightspeed Classroom Management integration with Microsoft Teams further empowers educators to keep students engaged and focused on learning. With the integration, teachers will now be able to view not only the students themselves within Microsoft Teams meetings, but also simultaneously view their screens and online activity with Lightspeed Classroom Management. Teachers will also be able to set custom browsing rules and restrictions, send whole-class or individual-student messages, and share lesson URLs, all in one spot. Lightspeed Alert ensures any online indications of self-harm or violence-including the usage of Microsoft Teams chat feature-are flagged for school intervention. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Lightspeed Systems®, the leading K-12 online safety and effectiveness solutions provider, announces the integration of Lightspeed Alert™ and Lightspeed Classroom Management™ with prominent online collaboration platform, Microsoft® Teams.
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