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Do you know what the best new technologies are in the classroom?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n They not only support your learning process but can also truly improve students’ well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Using electronic devices in the school domain, you can monitorstudents” online activity in real time. Of course, if you did this manually, there wouldn’t be enough time to do anything other than check their accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n You need an automated, real-time solution integrated with Google Workspace for Education, such as <\/span>GAT Shield<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n This monitors and detects worrying online behavior on the student device and automatically notifies the admin or teacher so they can react quickly. The tool detects customized keywords in Chrome browsers, AI chatbots, and emails. It helps recognize students’ illegal product searches, depression, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and other well-being risks instantly.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about GAT Labs solutions to strengthen student online safety.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Blended and digital learning offers innovative and flexible solutions for the classroom but also has a weakness. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Internet is an open door to unlimited content unrelated to education. Social media, online chats, and free games are just some of the online distractions that pull students away from the class.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are plenty of websites you don’t want your students to visit\u2014at least not during class.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n You know perfectly what kind of content should be restricted from students. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Internet gives them access to any inappropriate and explicit material, which can seriously affect student mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Student parents expect your school to be a safe space for their children. While there are many device-wide parental control tools, you need a school-scale solution to block inappropriate content.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about GAT Labs solutions to protect students from harmful online content in Chrome.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bullying in school isn’t, unfortunately, a new problem. <\/span>Cyberbullying<\/span><\/a> is just another face of the same problem occurring online.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t let bullies feel innocent. Support their victims by detecting harmful language early in Google Classroom and beyond.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, it’s even easier to detect this problem than before. Reckless cyber perpetrators leave their digital footprint, while bullying offline could happen behind closed doors, and nobody would find out about the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Although bullies can get creative, be smarter by using a <\/span>robust monitoring tool<\/span><\/a> to detect hateful language and vulgar vocabulary in the Chrome browser, chats, emails, and Docs. Let the tool detect red flags of bullying, get notified by email, take screenshots, and react when it’s not too late.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n If the user types an inappropriate word, a notification from GAT Shield will appear in their browsing window.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Student distractions in the virtual classroom are a great challenge. Let’s reinforce your efforts to keep them focused on learning instead of entertaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Real-time screen monitoring can help refocus them on the subject, lengthen their attention spans, and reduce their anxiety about being left behind by other classmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All you need is a powerful tool to monitor each student’s screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It enables teachers to manage students’ screens in real-time, inspect and close their tabs, and review their browsing history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Classroom control and management are crucial to keeping students free from online distractions so they can make the most of the class. If your school uses Google Classroom, Teacher Assist<\/a> is the most effective solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about GAT Labs solutions to manage students’ attention in the classroom.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Artificial intelligence, while boosting productivity and saving time, may also affect students’ well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When unmonitored, it can ease cheating and access to inappropriate content. AI-made assignments have become a true plague in many schools. Additionally, AI chatbots and image generators make it easier to create personalized bullying materials, like deepfake nudes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AI misuse can be prevented only with strict monitoring of student online activity. Block access to harmful AI tools and audit student browsing in real time to identify emerging AI risks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To maintain a fair learning environment and promote independent student work, provide teachers with an AI detector such as Taskmaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about GAT Labs solutions to monitor safe AI usage in school.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n What does cybersecurity have to do with student mental health, you could ask?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n While schools are becoming increasingly common targets for cyberattacks, student personal data is in real danger. If it’s disclosed or shared with unauthorized people, it can also affect the student’s private life and well-being. School data breaches can cause family or student harassment and cyberbullying, among other things.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n To prevent them, teach students why they should protect their personal data online and how to achieve that. High cybersecurity awareness in school will reduce the risk of phishing, data leakage, inappropriate relationships, and other cyber threats. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about how to involve teachers and students in cybersecurity protection on<\/span> our blog<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n How long have you been looking at this screen so far?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone has heard that excessive screen time makes our eyes tired. It may also affect mental health, causing sleep disruptions or anxiety<\/span>, particularly among your people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, it’s challenging to stop using screens for work or entertainment regularly.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s start the routine of screen time breaks in school<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Google offers some excellent solutions, such as screen time limits for Androids and Chromebooks and break reminders on YouTube for mobile devices. But these are designed for individual minors.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n What would definitely help you control screen time for students (and teachers, too!) is a break reminder app that works for each device and user. Consider customizable tools like the free <\/span>Break Timer<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n After a short break, students will certainly be more relaxed and willing to learn new stuff and engage in the class.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Digital and blended learning opens plenty of online opportunities but also blurs the line between education and entertainment. Unclear boundaries, particularly when students connect to classes from home, can provoke chronic stress and anxiety:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Teachers should specify transparent rules to manage the classroom efficiently. These can include turning the camera on, actively participating in the class chat, switching off social media, and not using the cell phone. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Some actions on all student devices and browsers can be taken automatically with the Classroom management tool like<\/span> Teacher Assist<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The classroom action bar in Teacher Assist offers the following options to manage each student’s screen.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The classroom action bar in Teacher Assist offers the following options to manage screens of all students in the classroom.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s keep talking about clear classroom rules. They can really impact students’ behavior!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Transparent, zero-tolerance school policies make students and staff feel safe and protect their well-being. These procedures should address common bad behaviors that risk mental health, such as bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, and discrimination in various fields.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n It may sound complicated if your school hasn’t established any official mental health policies yet. Still, you can start getting inspiration by reading the <\/span>guidelines of the European Commission<\/span><\/a> or the <\/span>US state legislative guide<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Remember – each action you take is a step towards better student mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n But what happens if a student is clearly struggling with something but doesn’t want to share it with you?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, building trust between students and school staff is fundamental. Children need to know that the adult they decide to talk to about their personal issues will listen to them and try to help.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n You get closer to students if they are 100% confident that they can entrust you with their problem, and it will remain only between them and the people who can help them. Explain to all students how incident reporting works so they have a clear picture of what to expect when exposing their situation to school staff.<\/span> Protecting student privacy is key to a trusting and respectful school environment.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sharing personal information on mental health, including names of victims and perpetrators, must occur only with the approval of the injured party<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When storing school data in the cloud, admins must ensure it is protected from unauthorized access. Here we give you a couple of solutions for the Google school domain you can achieve with GAT Suite for Education:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about GAT Labs solutions to safeguard student personal information in Google Workspace.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n When it comes to student mental health, there is no time for sitting with folded arms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Every day, millions of students struggle with depression, self-harming, bullying, and other problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 16% of American teenagers suffered at least one depressive episode in 2022. 3 in 5 of them didn’t receive any treatment,\u00a0Mental Health America research<\/a>\u00a0shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Life is constant learning, especially for someone working in the educational field. Teachers, admins, and other workers can get inspiration on how to improve mental health in Google Classroom from diverse sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every student is different – it’s a truth we should never forget.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the virtual classroom, educators have various options to personalize the learning process for each student and help them reach their full potential.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The individual approach will improve teaching results, reduce students’ frustration caused by lagging behind classmates, and raise their self-esteem.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0f Vary student assignments in the classroom and at home. Adjust the level and format for each student and provide extra supportive resources if needed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0f Provide personalized feedback to each student on their learning journey via private communication channels. Review Google Classroom insights to monitor their progress. Employ an external <\/span>classroom management tool <\/span><\/a>to get more detailed data on your teaching landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0f Reduce online distractions, which can diminish student attention in the classroom. Monitor student screens and filter their browsers with a web filtering tool. While some students can multitask, others need to focus entirely on the class to acquire material.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n2. Block harmful and distracting URLs to keep students engaged in the class.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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6. Promote fair and safe AI usage in the classroom.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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8. Ease screen fatigue with short breaks. <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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13. Analyze and learn from the good practices of others.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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