Dear Parents/Guardians,

Please join me, Jeff Kersting, Director of Innovation and Technology, for an informative session regarding our online tools at ASD. We'll spend an hour together while I demonstrate Classlink, Teneen, DragonCard, etc...whatever time allows!

Two sessions will be held, one on-campus and the other virtual.

Please note: due to COVID-19 restrictions, the on-campus session will need to be limited to the first 30 participants. All participants will need to complete the signup form below. You will receive a confirmation email from me if you are one of the first 30.

ON-CAMPUS SESSION: Tuesday, November 30, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm in the MSHS Library, Penthouse Room B

• On-Campus Session Signup Form (limited to 30)

VIRTUAL (ZOOM) SESSION: Wednesday, December 1, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm through this Zoom link.

Hope to see you there!

Mr. Jeff Kersting

To Parents and Guardians,

Google now requires more parental permission to use its various platforms. We currently provide a Google Workspace for Education account for your child. Google Workspace for Education has been evolving over the last decade. It is identified as a set of education productivity tools from Google, including, but not limited to, Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Classroom, and more, and used by tens of millions of students and teachers worldwide.

For example, students at the American School of Doha use their Google Workspace for Education accounts to complete assignments, communicate with their teachers, and learn 21st-century digital citizenship skills.

To complement Google’s Workspace for Education subscription, Google has clarified their other services that fall outside the scope of our Google Workspace for Education subscription. One of their more highly utilized services from the “additional services list” is YouTube. ASD enhances its curriculum through many web-based media and application sites, and more arise every day. YouTube is the leading content application for many diverse and educational materials. We would be remiss if we didn’t amplify the education of our students through the use of YouTube's services. Specifically, at ASD, YouTube enhances the delivery of our curriculum through gaining access to free, high-quality lecture content, sharing and collaborating on student work, reinforcing class materials and lessons, demonstrating labs and experiments, keeping content relevant and recent, and many more ways of extending students’ learning.

Since YouTube is classified as an “additional service” and falls outside of our Google Workspace for Education subscription, Google requires parental/guardian permission for those “additional services.” ASD continues to utilize sources across the Internet to enhance and expand our curriculum delivery. By providing consent for your child to access those outstanding resources, they will continue to access those essential resources in the learning process. We ask that you please provide your permission by authorizing and submitting the form HERE.

If you have any questions, please contact Jeff Kersting, Director of Innovation and Technology.

Thank you,

Jeff Kerstings

Director of Innovation and Technology

American School of Doha