Test Digital Resources

SCUSD: Approved

Approval Decision: Approve the free version of the Vernier Graphical Analysis 4. Note, the Android version is due to come out in January 2018. Currently, the free app can be added as a Chrome extension.

Description: Collect, share, and analyze sensor data with free software

https://www.brainpop.com/

SCUSD: Approved


Approval Decision: Approved - If students are under the age of 13, parent permission is required.

Description:  Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology.






Common Sense Media Review - Find Pros, Cons, Video Tutorials and Lesson Ideas for Brain Pop

SCUSD: Conditional

Approval Decision: If used with students be aware they will ask for personal identifiable. information and their Google Account Login. You do not have to submit personal identifiable information to use the program. If used with students under the age of 13, then parent permission is required.

Description:  WeScheme is a coding program.  You can use it  ...without login in, but you won't be able to save without login. It has curriculum on how to use it.

SCUSD: Not Approved

Approval Decision: There is a cost and SOL privacy laws are violated - social media platform.

Description: Toondoo lets you create comic strips and cartoons easily with just a few clicks, drags and drops.

SCUSD: Not Approved

Approval Decision: This app is out of compliance for student use because they sell P.I. to 3rd party vendors.

Description: TalkTablet is the #1 speech app for autism, stroke, cancer, laryngectomy, ALS and other conditions.

SCUSD: Not Approved

Approval Decision: In violation of SOPIPA because of targeted ads.

Description:  From a nonprofit documenting its global missions, to a teacher transforming American history - check out the inspiring stories that people are creating using Tour Builder.

SCUSD: Conditional

Approval Decision: Free version for teacher use only. Conditionally approved, because Screencastify has not signed California Student Privacy Alliance Agreement. A letter has been sent to the vendor and is pending vendor response.

Description:  Screencastify is Chrome's screen recorder. Lite version is free forever, while Premium version unlocks all features.

SCUSD: Not Approved

Approval Decision: This application targets advertisements to students. This violates the student privacy laws and therefore cannot be approved.

Description: Tinkercad is an easy-to-use 3D CAD design tool. Quickly turn your idea into a CAD model for a 3D printer with Tinkercad.

SCUSD: Not Approved


Approval Decision: Do not recommend because this is an LMS for a fee. Suggest Google Classroom for now.

Description: Clear and simple visibility into learning. Hapara helps schools make the shift to digital learning by making it easier to view and manage learner work in the cloud.

SCUSD: Not Approved


Approval Decision: There is a fee and this is an LMS - our district is researching possibilities for LMS.

Description: Presentations that inspire. Meet Haiku Deck, a completely new kind of presentation software. We make telling your story simple, beautiful, and fun.

SCUSD: Not Approved


Approval Decision: Fresh Grade has the potential of allowing student evidence or learning samples that include student identifiable information to be shared with other parents that are not the students' parents - the app is denied. The app does provide public forums and message boards that also reveal student identifiable information. Student content can also be used by third party vendors. The personal data in transit is encrypted but there are no details whether the data is encrypted in storage.

Description: FreshGrade is the digital portfolio & assessment platform that makes learning visible for leaders, teachers, parents, and students. Available on any device.

SCUSD: Not Approved

Approval Decision: The reasons for not approving:

1. There is a cost of $2.99
2. The privacy policy explicitly states: "We will collect and process personal data to make specific offers, to send you offers, and we can lease your data to third parties."

Description: Book Creator is a simple EdTech tool to create ebooks on iPad, Android and Windows tablets. Create a book and publish it to Apple's iBooks Store.

SCUSD: Not Approved

Approval Decision: Animoto appears to be a video editor. The district already has approved some video editing software for computers (MovieMaker and Adobe Premiere, etc.). We would recommend seeking video editing software that does not compromise student privacy, etc.

We see three barriers for this website:
1) Cost: monthly cost
2) Appears to be focused on serving Business clients, not educators and students
3) Terms of use do NOT guarantee ANY compliance with Ferpa and Copa. In fact the language says our district would agree to PAY for their attorney fees if a lawsuit does materialize.

https://animoto.com/legal/education_terms
"You and your School are ultimately responsible for all content and activity on your account and your students’ accounts and for assuring that such content and activities and all Animoto Videos created are in full compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and do not violate any third party rights."
"You and the School agree to defend, indemnify and hold Animoto harmless from and against all claims, liabilities, actions, damages, losses and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) that arises from any breach or alleged breach of any of the forgoing obligations, including without limitation from any claims that the use of the Site and the Animoto Services by your students violates COPPA or FERPA."

Description: Animoto is a cloud-based video creation service that produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows.

https://www.wevideo.com/

SCUSD: Approved


Approval Decision: We Video is approved as of 11/14/16 for the Ed Tech TOSA team to pilot with various student projects.

Description: Make and share videos using WeVideo's cloud-based online video editing software. Available on Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac, PC and Chromebook.

Grades: 4-12

Common Sense Media Review - Find Pros, Cons, Video Tutorials and Lesson Ideas for WeVideo

Tutorial:

SCUSD: Approved


Aproval Decision: This is specific software used in the STEM labs.

Description: Inkscape is used to create a wide variety of graphics such as illustrations, icons, logos, diagrams, maps and web graphics. Inkscape uses the W3C open standard SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) as its native format, and is free and open-source software.

https://www.google.com/earth/

SCUSD: Adult Use Only

Approval Decision: Approved only for Adults


Description: Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean.

Grades: 3-12