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Should students change their default password? Yes!

Students at all grade levels have an email address and default password to login to their GSuite account and the default password pattern is often taught in elementary grades. This helps students remember their password but it also poses a problem for students interested in accessing a classmate’s password to cause mischief. Here are 10 reasons teachers (yes, even elementary teachers!) should teach students how to reset the default password. Using a birthday chart posted on the wall, students can figure out someone’s password and access the account as an intruder. Intruders can make changes or delete work (this is where learning how to find the revision history on a Google doc comes in handy). Intruders can send malicious emails from someone’s account. Inappropriate docs or slides can be created by intruders. Intruders can destroy files. Intruders can do non-schoolwork searches from a classmate’s account. Intruders can access personal information. Intruders

New Online PD: Gmail, Calendar, and Read&Write

New online professional development courses are available for Edmonds School District Employees. Learn the ins and outs of Gmail. Visit the Gmail Training Website to access more information about Gmail. Check out these courses as well... Learn how Google Calendar can help organize your day. Learn how Read&Write for Google Chrome can provide supports for reading, writing, and research. TEACHERS  Sign up for Instructional Technology Online PD course 591 in the  PD portal Access the course through Canvas  https://edmonds15.instructure.com/enroll/NKJJAE SUBSTITUTES, PARAS, and OTHER PERSONNEL   Visit the Tech Toolkit Online Learning site for Gmail and Calendar training.  (Links to an external site.)  

How to Use Tasks in Gmail and Calendar