Klein Independent School District

Instructional Technology

Student accounts are created at the request of a teacher and are intended to support instructional activities in the classroom.

Teachers need to email Paula Crawford to request a teacher or student accounts. Only emails from a Klein email account will be honored. Please include the course number of the classes for which you are requesting student Gaggle accounts.

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All student Gaggle accounts will be deleted after the last day of school.

Log in with your username only when on this page.
Then enter your password.

If you go to http://www.gaggle.net you will log in with your full Gaggle email address: username@kleinisd.gaggle.net.
Then enter your password.

Forgot your password? Please contact your teacher. The teacher can change your password once they log into their account and click your Full Name in the User List. This takes them to your user data. They can not see your old password but can give you a new one.

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About Gaggle

Gaggle is dedicated to providing safe e-mail accounts for students. The tools provided allow schools to feel secure when giving their students e-mail access. Student accounts are typically set to allow students to send and receive email with other Gaggle account holders on their campus and Klein ISD email addresses. Some school accounts are able to send and receive message to some specific instructional or education web sites, such as the College Board web site.

On the Gaggle Network email messages are filtered for inappropriate text and words. Messages with inappropriate words are automatically re-routed to the teacher's account and are blocked from being sent to the recipient. Gaggle provides online tools for 21st Century learners and provides teachers and students resources for mastering many of the Communication TATEKS.

What tools are available for me to use?

Tools in Gaggle are filtered either electronically and or by Gaggle staff. Inappropriate content will generate blocked messages and or messages from the Gaggle staff to the student.

Email—controlled to be within the district/school, controlled addresses for ingoing or outgoing messages

Digital Lockers—a great solution for getting digital work between computers both at school and home

Chat Room—discussion rooms where students have synchronous conversations about topics the teacher has posted. Great for group project or classroom reviews

Messages Board—a place for posted questions to be commented upon or answered. Students can go in at any time and respond. This can be done without other student interaction.

Blogs—Gaggle Blogs are a way that students and educators can interface with the rest of the world. Gaggle Blogs are filtered for inappropriate words and phrases. All images are scanned for content and all URL links are checked for pornographic content. If any rules are violated, the offending blog entry will be blocked and sent to the author’s administrator email address pending approval.

How do I get a teacher account?

Teachers need to email Paula Crawford to request for an account to be created.

How do students get accounts?

1. Teachers discuss with their principals their interest in having student Gaggle accounts and how they will be used instructionally.
2. A teacher sends an email to Paula Crawford requesting student accounts. a. Carbon copy the principal b. Include the course number of the classes for which you wish to have student accounts c. Indicate students who can not have Internet access based on parent signature from parent handbook form
3. The list of student usernames and passwords will be sent to the teacher 4. Allow a minimum of one week for the accounts to be created.