Technology Compliance
Choosing Technology for your Classroom
Technology falls into many different categories, of which may or may not be compliant in our district. You are responsible for reading the terms of use and privacy policy to make a professional judgement about the technology's credibility. The following table shows some examples of what may or may not be acceptable.
|
Type |
Compliant |
Examples |
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No ads no information
|
YES |
IMovie, GreenScreen by DoInk, Chrome, Adobe Acrobat Reader.
|
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Contains student information but is district supported and a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) has been completed |
YES |
Microsoft Word, Excel, OneDrive |
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Student managed and may require student information
|
NO (Must be made anonymous)
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Asking students to sign up for accounts on sites such as Weebly, Code.org, Scratch.MIT.edu, Glogster, Tinkercad
|
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Teacher managed with anonymous accounts
|
Grey Area, Use with Caution. |
Anonymous accounts with Weebly for Education, Code.org, Scratch.MIT.edu teacher accounts, GlogsterTinkercad |
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Free app or website but contains clickable ads |
NO |
Caboose Express Free, Miniclip games, Tune In Radio
|
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Limited educational value or unproven educational value |
NO |
Roblox, Super Mario, |
|
Student Services Apps that are for different purposes |
YES (should be pushed out to specific iPads) |
Fireworks Arcade, Autism iHelp
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