CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Technology is a vital device in Twenty first-century studying environments and Caddo Parish Public Schools say they’re doing all they’ll to soundly proceed that integration.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, faculty programs across the globe had been pressured to undertake expertise to maintain college students studying and in contact with their lecturers.

“The digital environment has absolutely just expanded into this robust, rich content area that students can go to for research, they can go for design or for professional development,” Justin Steele Caddo Parish School’s Supervisor of Educational Technology mentioned.

The district has adopted communications platforms comparable to Remind 101 and Canvas permitting college students, lecturers, and fogeys to have interaction much more within the baby’s studying.

“First and foremost student safety is one of our top priorities and we want to make sure that regardless of environment if its digital or physical our students are safe and comfortable. So there’s a lot of different ways and avenues that we take to ensure the safety of those students,” Steele mentioned.

Caddo colleges air on the facet of warning in relation to pupil and trainer interplay outdoors of the classroom. The district makes use of firewalls and different protections to make sure that the communication occurs safely and inside district steering and parameters.

“We also utilize different platforms directly related to student safety,” Steele mentioned.

CPSO makes use of Lightspeed Systems, a platform that filters by means of messages and forwards any problematic or unsafe message on to the district administration. Steele mentioned the expertise integration has been obtained positively by college students.

“We are seeing particularly with our high school population just this – very rich participation in a really robust learning environment online,” Steele mentioned.