Several people received an email that they thought was SPAM. They reached out to me to check. Here is my response: Thank you for reaching out to me with a suspicious email. In this day and age, it is extremely important to make sure that you don't fall for phishing...
Technology Department News
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Student Access Resolved
Good news. The issue with student access has been resolved. Students can once again sign in and continue learning.
Student email and account access
We are aware of an issue involving student email and accounts. This means that students may not be able to access their email, Clever, MobyMax, etc. We are working on a resolution. We hope to have access restored quickly.
Security on the Internet
Security on the Internet is a bit like Baskin Robbins, there are 31 flavors. Only, on the Internet, there are way more than 31 flavors. One of those flavors are certificates. (This is designated by httpss as opposed to https.) Certificates try to make sure that you...
COPPA
COPPA is a federal law that impacts Dearborn Public Schools. We must follow COPPA. COPPA imposes certain requirements on operators of websites or online services directed to children under 13 years of age, and on operators of other websites or online services that...
Online Safety and Security
Jim Fisher has a really nice write up about a potential scam. There are several good tips in his post. This also highlights the importance of being vigilant. I recently received an email from Netflix which nearly caused me to add my card details to someone else’s...
iLearn Support
Want to learn more about iLearn? Join us at RESA for the Moodle Users' Group meeting. March 26th, 2018 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Wayne RESA 33500 Van Born Rd, Wayne, MI 48184 FREE RSVP to claim your spot!
Subscribe by email CAPTCHA
Beginning today, we've implemented a captcha for our subscribe by email on blogs. First of all, we realize that no one really likes captchas. So, we've implemented the most elegant one that we could (more about that in a minute). As a large school district, we are...
Flash, Games and some Videos
The web is a constantly changing landscape. It can be difficult to keep up with the latest in technology advances and changes. Even those of us who literally spend their whole day working on technology are hard pressed to keep up with everything. Some of the changes...
DEC
We've been transitioning to a new experience in DEC. As such, we are moving some of the links around. If you visit the Staff Resources page of the Dearborn Public Schools web site, the DEC link will now go to the new an improved version of DEC. Since we haven't yet...