internet hotspot...
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Okay, so it is what I posted about.
My school did that too. We had a few students that did not have internet access at home.
I have an LPS high schooler and middle schooler. I've NEVER received something like that. I'm guessing Jae's kids have maybe indicated they don't have Wi-Fi or something maybe?
Maybe he's hardwired to his computer only or something?
Everything you said was on point up til the last line.
What do you mean by "assume?" It is a given fact that every district has families that do not have access to internet at home. I don't see how a school district trying to provide those children with the same benefits that other children have can be a "nanny state." It's about the kids...Not their parents.
Yeah, I thought the same thing.
I teach at a "rich" school and we had, like 6-10 kids that did not have internet at home.
Oh and just in case anyone was wondering, we were not "spying" on your kids. We really don't give a **** what anyone does once they leave the building! Hahaha
These last few posts (Laner2, BTF69, & cavalot) have the information that you are looking for. Nebraska public school technology directors/coordinators have been working with internet providers to get hotspots in the hands of students who do not have internet access at home. Some might assume that everyone has internet access at home but that is not accurate, especially in a district with 42,000 students. In the district where I work, we do have students without it so we provide these hotspots to allow those students to do homework, research, access digital texts, notes, assignments, Google Classroom, etc... from home. This is helpful for students who need it. In the end, if you have internet access at home, disregard the form & do what you do.
At my kids school they ask kids who needs a hotspot. I've never got a form. But no judgment, my kids once got donated Christmas presents from school because they said they don't get enough. Which was a lie. We sent them back. The presents came with canned food too. Pretty embarrassing.
we have internet at home, my son's chromebook has been the issue, my daughter's school computer works at our home, all my other stuff works at home, their solution is to put more **** in my house (my wife and son already tried making the computer work).
i think they just need to give my son a different computer instead, we don't need one of those either, but they want to hand out ****** chromebooks to everyone.
whatever happened to just giving kids an assignment that can be done with a pencil? why make things complicated?
yea, we ended up just not signing it.
we do have pencils and paper at my home, maybe they can do something with those?
the chromebook they want my son to use doesn't work. i don't know though, the rest of my **** works at home...
Only this OP could read that agreement and find a way to express concerns that LPS is acting as if it "needed to put another router in his house," might be "taking control of his internet," or "have access to his internet." That posters played along and expressed concerns over "gubmint" surveillance and tapping into kids' phones is just bizarre. Jeezus people get a damn grip. Next thing you know roundabouts will be a gubmint scheme to make us so dizzy they won't have to pressure us into vaccine injections.
i didn't, and really still don't know what a hotspot is. i don't want random **** in my house.
my wife said it is actually the account itself, not even the chromebook. my son is able to access my daughter's and another friend's account through his chromebook, just not his account. this was already explained to the tech team.
yes, it's plugged in
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we contacted our internet provider as well, to make sure that nothing is wrong with our internet. everything is good, i pay for the expensive internet even.
i think adding a hotspot is not the answer.
Yeah I remember the good old days when completely bat **** crazy people would carefully pen their manifestos on a Big Chief tablet and mail them to newspapers.
Now they just spend all day, every freaking day, blubbering to strangers on the internet.
Despite what modern day politicians and talking heads chirp about....Schools in America, and teachers in general care about students and want the best for them. As teachers we all donate to these funds, and do what we can to help out our students. And our district doesn't come close to the poverty that other big districts do. The Teacher Bad mantra thing is only hurting American kids.... as all it has done is created an even wider teacher shortage.
Sorry soap box.
I figure the people who ***** about teachers should coach a youth sport. You couldn't pay me enough to deal with elementary-aged boys all day. One practice is enough to send me to the bar.Despite what modern day politicians and talking heads chirp about....Schools in America, and teachers in general care about students and want the best for them. As teachers we all donate to these funds, and do what we can to help out our students. And our district doesn't come close to the poverty that other big districts do. The Teacher Bad mantra thing is only hurting American kids.... as all it has done is created an even wider teacher shortage.
Sorry soap box.
