Some of the Approved Digital Tools That Students May or May Not Use In Class During the 2019-2020 School Year.  

Fairfax County Public Schools uses a variety of resources to support student learning. Some of the digital resources your child may use this year require parental consent according to their terms of service and/or privacy policy. FCPS takes your child’s privacy and security very seriously and follows the guidelines set forth by federal legislation. The tools listed below have been thoroughly reviewed and approved for use in FCPS.   Students should use these as directed by the teacher only.

 Federal guidelines regarding online safety for children include: 

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA)

Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

Some of the Approved Digital Resources for FCPS

Tool	Purpose	Privacy Policy and Terms of Service
	Tool for creating digital multimedia lessons	Privacy TOS
	Communication and classroom management platform to encourage students	Privacy TOS
	Coding and computer science lessons and activities	Privacy TOS
	Collaborative math tool (Parental permission and student logins are only required for the online simulation)	Privacy TOS
	Teachers and students can annotate videos and create interactive videos for instruction.	Privacy TOS
	Video platform for student engagement and formative assessment	Privacy TOS
	Activities that check for student understanding	Privacy TOS
	Resource for learning through videos and practice exercises	Privacy TOS
	Tool for creating interactive presentations and activities	Privacy TOS
	Virtual bulletin board for collaborating and creating	Privacy TOS
	A study tool for matching terms and definitions	Privacy TOS
	Program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.	Privacy TOS
	Digital resources from the Smithsonian, which teachers can select and build custom activities for students	Privacy TOS
	App that allows a teacher to quickly check students’ understanding	Privacy TOS
	Easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding.	Privacy TOS
	Allows teachers to combine video, audio, images, and checks for understanding, to create an interactive set of online activities for instruction	Privacy TOS
	Formative assessment tool	Privacy TOS
	CommonLit  Collections of reading passages	Privacy TOS
	Flocabulary Content related music videos	Privacy TOS
	Geogebra  - Math activities	Privacy TOS
	Plickers Formative assessment tool	plickers
	Poll Everywhere	Privacy TOS
	Book Creator Platform to create writing resource	Privacy TOS