Remember watching PewDiePie bless the water sheep while munching on hot fries, one earbud in and hiding it from Mrs. Schweiger? Feeling sneaky, almost like a ninja? Then halfway through the classroom a bright orange button appears, stating Youtube has been blocked! 

Introducing Lightspeed Relay classroom, a feature that allows teachers to control what can and can’t be viewed. 

“We were given a 1 year free trial of Lightspeed Relay Classroom to use. I hoped that it would help keep students on task,” Director of Technology, Mrs. Dirksen said. 

Modern American History and Marketing teacher, Mr. Gal quickly jumped to the opportunity for his classroom. 

“I noticed students are more focused on what we are learning in class because they aren’t tempted to go on game sites,” Gal explained. 

Students became aware of the feature and had their own opinions.

“It’s really creepy to know that teachers are looking at our screens. That’s our personal business and I don’t want teachers watching me,” Justin Slankard (11) said.  

Lightspeed Relay isn’t just looking at screens though. 

“It allows teachers to block sites, share screens, lock screens, direct users to specific sites, monitor students live web activity and record students screens,” Dirksen explained. 

As more teachers started using it the student body became frustrated. 

“Sites that we actually need for class are blocked. I’ve had Google Classroom blocked and other educational sites. Like sure some sites should be blocked for obvious reasons, but no, Google Classroom shouldn’t be,” Cheyenne Cottner (11) said.