"We found that Deledao was able to prevent student access to irrelevant gaming-related content on a much more consistent basis."

Steve Ouellette, Director of Technology, Learning, and Innovation

The Challenge:

Middle school students are naturally curious.

While curiosity is usually encouraged, it can lead students to web content that is highly entertaining but non-educational. Game sites and videos of Fortnite gameplay top the list.

Steve and his IT team needed a better way to prevent distractions from inhibiting student learning.

Finding a Solution

Westwood Public Schools discovered Deledao ActiveScan™: an AI-powered, real-time web filter for K12 schools.

Steve decided to participate in a pilot program using it to evaluate if it could be a solution.

He discovered that ActiveScan™ was able to prevent student access to irrelevant gaming-related content on a much more consistent basis” than competitors he’s evaluated.

His middle schoolers have met their match.

Instead of searching Google for “snake game,” they would type “s n a k e g a m e.”

Google is smart enough to understand what the students were looking for, but the typical school filter cannot understand that these are the same search query.

"The real-time text, image, and video analysis essentially eliminate a lot of inappropriate and distracting content in ways that are superior to other products we’ve testes."

Steve Ouellette, Director of Technology, Learning, and Innovation

The typical school filter solution references a list of blocked websites and keywords when deciding whether or not to block a webpage.

IT staff can only block “s n a k e g a m e” after adding it to the list of keywords. Imagine the number of variations that must be added!

However, Deledao’s multi-step filtering technology scans the webpage as content loads and analyzes content on each page in real time, as a human would. By detecting, blocking, and learning in real time, ActiveScan quickly catches and closes loopholes.

The real-time nature of Deledao ActiveScan™ also effectively prevented middle schoolers from distracting themselves with YouTube videos of Fortnite gameplay.

There is now no need to block YouTube entirely. After all, there is plenty of educational material on YouTube.

Ever-expanding blocklists are a thing of the past. The simple setup and management of ActiveScan™ as a cloud-based software gives Steve and his team time to take care of other pressing IT needs.

“ActiveScan™ buys the peace of mind that other solutions I’ve looked at don’t necessarily have.”

The Result

After placing students under the care of Deledao ActiveScan's™ real-time web protection during the pilot program, Westwood Public Schools saw a significant decrease in time spent off-task.

Students could access more of the web without running into inappropriate content or being blocked from accessing useful sites altogether. After the pilot program,

Today, Westwood has Deledao ActiveScan in place for all middle and high school students. They've also subscribed to Deledao ActiveInsights as well.

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