Digital Resources at Franconia Elementary - Parent/Guardian Consent
Some of the digital resources your child may use this year require parental/guardian consent
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Digital Resources at Franconia Elementary School
This information is provided in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to provide you with information about the measures FCPS takes to keep student data secure when using digital tools. By completing the digital form linked below, you provide permission for your child to use the FCPS-approved online tools listed below as part of an instructional program.
Fairfax County Public Schools uses a variety of resources to support student learning. In cases where FCPS contracts with a vendor to host student information, FCPS requires that the vendor adhere to the security and privacy requirements specified in a confidentiality agreement included in their contracts. FCPS does not have contracts with every instructional tool vendor. Many valuable instructional tools are governed by Terms of Service (TOS) and include both free and paid tools. Some of the digital resources your child may use this year require parental consent.
Listed below are the digital tools that are used at your child’s school that require parental approval, and not all tools will be used by every student. The tools have been carefully reviewed to ensure that they align with the FCPS Learning Model and FCPS conducts the same technical evaluations for all products that use student information.
For information about the specific tools that will be used by your child, please contact your child’s teachers. You will be notified if additional tools are added to this list and given the opportunity to opt-in to tools that require parental permission. Additionally, FCPS may use digital tools that do not collect, use or share any personal information.
You can find more information about FCPS’ commitment to student privacy at Digital Privacy in FCPS and a list of all approved digital tools is viewable online in the FCPS Digital Ecosystem Library which has links to the vendors’ privacy notices and other useful information.
This permission will expire at the end of this school year, and can be revoked at any time by contacting the school. If you have questions about any of the digital resources listed below, please contact your child’s school.
To provide your parental consent for each student in your family, please follow this link and follow the provided directions. (you may want to make the link a button as well for visibility)
Elementary School List
Actively Learn
- Reading platform for ELA, science and history texts
Biblionasium
- Social book club for children
Book Creator
- Students create multimedia eBooks
Boom Cards
- Interactive, self-grading digital flash cards and instructional resources
Breakout EDU Game Builder
- Immersive learning games platform
- Online music theory program
- Create and play personalized learning games and activities
Citizen Archivist Missions
- Tag and describe primary source documents from the National Archives
Class Dojo
- Teacher - Parent classroom communication and management platform
Classcraft
- Classroom management platform
Code Avengers
- Interactive online coding courses
Code.org
- Resource for helping students learn coding skills
CommonLit
- eBook library assignable by subject or lexile with formative assessments
Deck Toys
- Create interactive lessons, with choice over pace and path
Digital Compass
- Games to teach students how decisions in their digital lives impact relationships and futures
Digital Passport for Kids
- Interactive digital citizenship games
DocsTeach
- Online tool for teaching with primary source documents
Dragon Naturally Speaking
- Comprehensive speech recognition software designed to help writers
Duolingo
- Web based supplemental language learning platform
E-Lit
- Digital library designed for World Language learners
Educreations
- Video creation and screencasting software
Essential Elements Interactive for Strings and Band
- Online companion to the Essential Elements method book for band and orchestra
Explain Everything
- Screencasting and presentation tool
FlipGrid
- Platform for student-recorded video responses
Flocabulary
- Hip-hop songs & videos to teach content vocabulary
Formative (Go Formative)
- Assessment tool with a variety of question options
Geogebra
- Online math tools for graphing, geometry and 3D
Girls Who Code
- Coding curriculum for after-school clubs
Google Additional Services
- A selection of resources which go beyond the core services provided by Google Workspace for Education
InsertLearning
- Tool for adding interactivity to websites
Kahoot!
- Game-like program to assess student knowledge on a topic
Khan Academy
- Online learning and courses
LucidChart
- Draw diagrams that reproduce the visual models you have in mind
MobiusMath
- Build mathematical models and solve problems
Mote
- Voice Commenting for Google Docs
MusicFirst
- Cloud based learning management system
Music Prodigy
- Sight reading platform
News-2-You Weekly Newsletter
- Accessible, symbol-supported, weekly newspaper differentiated for unique learning needs
Newseum ED
- Digital primary source artifacts and other resources from the Newseum
Out of Eden Learn
- Platform for dialogue with peers from different backgrounds
Ozobot Classroom
- Platform that allows teachers to assign and students to save coding projects for Ozobots
Padlet
- Online collaborative bulletin board
Parlay
- Platform for facilitating discussions
PBIS Rewards
- Schoolwide PBIS management system
Peergrade (paid version)
- Online platform for facilitating peer feedback
Plickers
- A useful tool for exit tickets and quick-checks for understanding
Poll Everywhere
- Polling website that engages students interactively in the classroom
Quizizz
- Formative assessment tool
Quizlet
- Learning tools for students, including flashcards, study, and game modes.
Rand McNally World Atlas
- Create, annotate, and share digital maps
Read Naturally Live (Read Live)
- Supports reading comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency
Remind
- School-home communication tool
ROBOTC and Robot Virtual Worlds
- Cross-robotics-platform programming language for educational robotic systems
Scratch - Cloud Version
- Web-based programming software for elementary students
Screencast-O-Matic
- Screencasting tool
SeeSaw
- Communication and family engagement tool
Sight Reading Factory
- Sight-reading and sight-singing practice
SketchUp for Schools
- Web-based 3D modeling software
SmartMusic
- Allows students to record music and get feedback from teachers
Smithsonian Learning Lab
- Resource for images, recordings, and texts to create online student lessons
Socrative
- Formative assessment app for quick checks of student understanding
Soundtrap
- Audio recording and editing platform
Storyboard That (paid version)
- Create, share, and publish storyboards online
StoryMap JS
- Tool for creating story maps
TES Teach with Blendspace
- Package blended lessons by organizing content in one space
The Zones of Regulation
- Accompanying app for The Zones of Regulation curriculum
Thinglink EDU
- Online tool for creating interactive images.
Thrively
- Online assessment to help students identify their strengths, interests, and aspirations
Tinkercad
- Easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding
Type to Learn - Cloud Version
- Web-based typing / keyboarding program
Typing Club (paid version)
- Web-based typing/keyboarding program
Unique Learning Systems
- Differentiated content enhanced by assessments, data tools and evidenced-based instruction
Upbeat Music
- Platform for creating virtual concert videos and hosting rehearsal sessions.
Virginia Career VIEW
- Career exploration resources
Vocabulary.com
- Website for vocabulary instruction with online student friendly dictionary
Whiteboard.fi
- Online whiteboard tool
Wizer
- Digital worksheet builder lets students show learning in multiple ways