Lugus Parental Interaction vs BOSCONET

NOTICE: YOU MUST NOT INSTALL THIS APP unless you are a parent or legal guardian of a child in an educational community that uses the Lugus solution to interact with students' Chromebooks. Parental Interaction has been designed to create a new model of digital coexistence in the home, in keeping with the 21st century and digital natives. It facilitates the participation of parents in the supervision and safeguarding of their children. It is important to emphasise that this application will only work if it has been previously activated by the ICT Administrator of the school. This application includes the innovative "PLEASE LISTEN!" function, which will allow you, as a parent or guardian, to freeze the screen of your child's Chromebook for a limited time, in order to help him/her perform a specific action (eat, bathe, brush his/her teeth, etc.), or simply chat with you. Thanks to the Internet Filter's “Easy-Override” technology, you can switch between three or four different browsing modes, depending on the configuration set by your school's ICT Administrator. With the Digital Wellbeing function, you will be able to set necessary rest periods, where the Chromebook screen will freeze every day of the week at the same time (for example during the night, or at break time). You will be able to set the browsing mode for your child's Chromebook for different times of the day. All the settings and actions that you make from this application will only be valid outside school or the school hours of your child. Welcome to Lugus, welcome to a new model of digital coexistence.

The organisation, its mission and methodology are inspired by Don Bosco. He was himself orphaned at the tender age of two and he dedicated his entire adult life to the service of children and young people, particularly the poorest among them. A few admirers and followers of this ‘Father of the Young’ – Salesians, alumni and well-wishers – have come together to form this organisation to carry forward thte vision and mission of Don Bosco. India, and the whole of South Asia, is passing today through a stage of development very similar to what took place in Italy in the days of our model and guide: rapid industrialisation resulting in a massive movement of uneducated young people to the towns in search of work who are exploited by entrepreneurs; displacement of people in the rural areas as land is acquired for new enterprises; large numbers of illiterate children engaged in earning a livelihood for their families instead of attending school; the rich getting richer and the poor neglected and ignored.