Welcome to Planit Jordan! As we educate 21st Century Learners, personalized learning via integrated technology will prepare our students for the technological and global workforce. Our students are exploring education – learning and collaborating beyond the classroom!

Planit Jordan is our 1:1 digital device initiative for students in grades K-12. Putting a digital device in the hands of these students will foster a Digital Learning Environment (DLE), allowing these students to use technology in the classroom and anywhere they travel with their device, integrating traditional classroom practice with the technical and collaborative work practices of tomorrow. We have been thoughtful in the implementation of digital devices for our staff and students. This process began in 2013 with upgrades to our District wireless and the use of Google Apps, continued with staff and students sampling possible devices during the 2014 school year, and was implemented in the 2015-2016 school year with the distribution of personal devices for all students in grades 5-12. Currently, all students grades K-12 have access to a 1:1 learning device.

What is the "Technology Use, Support, and Protection Fee"?

The Technology Use, Support, and Protection Fee is an optional program that provides protection against accidental damage, loss, or theft.

Optional annual fee:

• $20 annual fee ($10 for families qualifying for the Educational Benefits Program)
• Insurance is not active until payment is received
• Deadline: Families opting for insurance must pay by Wednesday, October 1, 2025
• Taking the device without insurance means the student is responsible for any damage until payment is made

Per-incident deductible with insurance:

• First event: $30
• Second event: $60
• Third and future events: $90

All students in grades 5–12 are provided a school-issued Chromebook for use throughout the school year. Below is a form we are asking families to complete if they will be bringing a personal device and do not plan on using a school Chromebook.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Form

Guidelines

Below are guidelines for students bringing their own personal device:

• Students should take full responsibility for their mobile device and keep it with them at all times. The district is not liable for loss, damage, misuse, or theft of any personally owned mobile device brought to school.
• Students are responsible for the proper care of their personal mobile device, including any repair, replacement, or modifications needed for school use.
• The district is not responsible for any data loss, damage, or viruses/malware that may affect personal devices connected to the district network.
• Devices should be charged before arriving at school and capable of running on battery power throughout the day.
• Students should be familiar with their device before bringing it into the learning environment.
• Students must comply with staff requests to shut down or close the screen on their personal device.
• Students must follow the District’s Acceptable Use of Technology Agreement even when using a personal device.

Google Classroom is a web-based learning environment implemented districtwide for grades K–12. Previously used in elementary and some middle school classrooms, the district moved away from Schoology in fall 2019 due to cost savings and improved integration with our established Google Suite.

Features

Google Classroom facilitates instructor-learner communication and supports feedback and document sharing within the district’s Google Suite. Students can collaborate with peers and teachers in real time, view announcements, access and submit coursework, and participate in a secure digital environment accessible only to authorized district users.

How do parents and guardians use Google Classroom?

Parents and guardians can view Google Classroom by setting up a guardian account (details below), or by asking their student to log in on a school-issued Chromebook and showing them the student dashboard directly.

Guardians can receive email summaries with information about their student’s Google Classroom activity. These summaries do not include grades. For grading information, please ask your student, log in to Infinite Campus via the parent portal, or contact your child’s teacher.

Email summaries may include:

• Missing work: Assignments not submitted when the summary was sent
• Upcoming work: Assignments due today, tomorrow, or in the coming week
• Class activity: Announcements, assignments, and questions posted by teachers
• Important: If there’s no new activity or if teachers turn off notifications, you may not receive a summary

Note: Email summaries do not include grades. For grade information:

1. Ask your student
2. Log in to the Parent Portal on Infinite Campus
3. Contact your child’s teacher

How to set up email summaries

To receive summaries, guardians must accept an invitation sent by a teacher. The invitation expires after 120 days. You may unsubscribe or remove yourself at any time.

Steps to set up email summaries:

1. The teacher or administrator sends you an invitation via email
2. Open the invitation in your email
3. Click Accept. If you're not the guardian, click I’m not the guardian
4. Click Accept again to confirm

After accepting, both you and your student will receive a confirmation email from Google Classroom.

How to manage my Google Classroom account

For more information about managing your guardian account, visit the Google Support Guardian View website.

What are teachers expected to post in Google Classroom?

Teachers are expected to maintain their Google Classroom sites with the following content:

• Organized course folders
• Assignment due dates on a calendar
• Syllabus and classroom expectations

Optional content that may also be included:

• Presentations (PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.)
• Links and videos
• Digital assignments and quizzes
• Curriculum materials
• Newsletters
• Field trip details
• Photos from class events or extracurriculars
• Educational resources for students and parents
• Academic enrichment activities
• Class highlights

Please note: This list is not exhaustive. Teachers may use additional tools or structures within Google Classroom depending on their instructional needs.

Restarting your Chromebook once a week will help your system run smoothly.

• Click the time in the corner of your screen.
• Click the shutdown button.

or

• Hold the power button down and choose Restart or Shutdown.

• On your computer, open Chrome
• At the top right, click the "three dots"
• Click History > History
• Click Clear Browsing Data on the left
• Choose Advanced > Time Range dropdown > All time.
• Select the type of information you want to remove. Choose everything except passwords - leave that unchecked
• Click Clear data
• Will prompt to Restart when finished

This process clears all of your history that may be causing problems with your programs.

If you have any tabs open or pinned in Google Chrome, please unpin and close all of them. Having too many tabs open at one time may cause issues with your device.

• On your Chromebook dock, click the time.
• Choose Settings – Gear Icon

• On the left-hand side, choose About Chrome OS.
• Click Check for updates.