Intro to Using Chromebooks Guide for students and families
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Non-Adopted Software
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Recently, both the State and Federal Government have enhanced protections for student information, particularly where educational technology is concerned. By using this technology, student learning can be made relevant to real world experiences, support the foundation of new Common Core standards, and prepare students with the necessary 21st century skills. IUSD policy requires teachers to provide their students with lessons in digital citizenship, to emphasize, model, and practice the importance of acting appropriately online before using any software or applications with students. District-supported software programs that meet the new requirements can be found at http://iusd.org/software. All other online software programs and websites are considered non-District adopted software, therefore, parent permission may be required. Throughout the school year I plan on using the following software that is not listed by the district. I will include a link to this same information online as I will be adding additional resources throughout the year. Please check back on a regular basis:
| Tool/App/Website | Description | Login/User ID Password | Privacy Policy | Purpose or Example Use |
| * Canvas, Clever, Destiny, Discovery Education, Encyclopedia Britannica, First In Math, GAFE Suite, Kaltura, GoMathLearning A-Z, MyMath, NoodleTools, OverDrive, Office365, Revision Assistant, SchoolNet, Springboard, School Messenger, ST Math, Typing Agent, and TurnItIn are all on the District Approved Software List (http://iusd.org/software) Items in blue are clickable weblinks. | ||||
| Adobe Spark | Visual and Digital Story Board Count | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Creating and sharing visual content |
| Adobe Voice | App Based Presentation Tool | Teacher Account Only | Privacy Policy | Students create visual and audio presentations |
| Amazon Echo | Information Search Tool | Teacher Account | Privacy Policy | Allows students to practice questions, academic language and access to content information |
| Animal Math Pre-K, K, and 1st grade (3 seperate apps) | Math App for iPad | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students practice math facts |
| Answer Garden | Student Response Tool | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Used for whole class participation vs only a few students called on |
| AudioBoom | Voice recorder/podcasting tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Used to record presentations and share stories aloud. |
| Bee-bot | Coding app for iPad | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Teach coding to Elementary Students |
| Blockly | Robotics App | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students learn basics of computer coding |
| Bloomz | Parent Communication Tool | Held by Parent | Privacy Policy | Improved School to Home communication |
| BrainPop/BrainPop Jr. | Learning Content through Video | School Account | Privacy Policy | Videos provided to enhance learning. |
| Canva | Graphic Creator | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Make graphics to demonstrate knowledge. |
| CC Pensive | Online Language Arts | Teacher Account Only | Privacy Policy | Language Arts teacher tool for recording student progress |
| Chatterpix Kids | Voice Recording app for iPad | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Gets students to orally share ideas in a fun way |
| Class Dojo | Parent Communication Tool | Held by Parent and Teacher | Privacy Policy | Classroom management and Behavioral Reporting |
| CNN Student News | News Source | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Teacher selects videos that may apply to various classroom material. |
| Code.org | STEM based education | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Students learn basics of computer coding |
| Curriculet | Interactive Annotating Tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Teacher can assign readings with embedded videos and questions. |
| Discovery Education | Learning Content through Video | Class Account | Privacy Policy | Videos provided to add information to writing prompts. |
| Doceri | Interactive Whiteboard/Screencast App | Teacher account is only used | Privacy Policy | App is used to remotely control a classroom computer during a presentation. |
| Doctopus | A google classroom document sorter | Only through teacher account | Privacy Policy | Creates a Google Slide to filter and grade student docments |
| DoInk | Green Screen App | Only accessible through teacher’s account | Privacy Policy | Students create backgrounds for broadcasts. Ex - Weather Channel |
| Doodle Buddy | Drawing app for kids | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Let's kids draw pictures |
| Duolingual | World Languages App | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Learning New Languages |
| EdPuzzle | Teacher Directed Video Tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Videos provided to enhance learning. |
| Educreations | Interactive Whiteboard App | Held by Teacher and Student | Privacy Policy | Students can create presentations showcasing their work while recording their thinking and ideas in a video format. |
| Epic | Online Stories App | Teacher Account Only | Privacy Policy | Students use to read online stories recommended by their teacher. |
| First in Math | Online Math | Held by Students | Privacy Policy | Provide differentiation and personal pacing in math |
| Fog Stone Isle | Online Math, Interactive games to help grow student understanding with fractions | Account needed either using the teacher's, student's, or Class Google Account | Privacy Policy | Provide differentiation and personal pacing in math Students can manipulate virtual fractions to help grow in their fractions number sense |
| Front Row | Math Review App | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Students can review certain math topics and compete against each other in class competitions. |
| Garage Band | Audio Editing Software | Teacher account is only used | Privacy Policy | Students can edit their stories they have read aloud. |
| Glogster | Interactive Digital Posters | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Students can make various posters to represent their learning. |
| Glogster Edu | Presentation Tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Tol that allows students to make create interactive posters. |
| Go Formative | Assessment App | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Quickly allows teacher to view student responses in real time. |
| Go Noodle | Interactive Activity Website | Held by Teacher | Privacy Policy | Throughout the day, a teacher may give students a small movement break to allow students to strecth and refocus. |
| Goobric | Rubric Chrome Extension | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Chrome Extension that allows teachers to use rubrics to automagically score student work |
| Google Classroom | Student/Teacher Communication Tool | Held by Students | Privacy Policy | Provides the means to reduce paper use and connected to Google Drive/Docs |
| Google Earth | Interactive map | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students explore World Maps, tag places on a map, and learn about the world |
| Google Hangouts | Video Conferencing | Teacher Account Only | Privacy Policy | Guest Experts, Virtual Field Trips, Class Connections |
| Haiku Deck | App and Web Based Presentation Tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Students create visual presentations |
| iMovie | Video Editing Software | Teacher account is only used | Privacy Policy | Students can edit video clips to provide classroom presentations. |
| Kahoot | Online Quiz Game | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students can be quickly assessed or polled for learning purposes and snapshot assessments. |
| Kami | PDF annotator | Held by Teacher and Student | Privacy Policy | Students can read teacher annotations on text as well as create their own. |
| Khan Academy | Online Math | Held by Students | Privacy Policy | Provide differentiation and personal pacing in math |
| KidBlog | Online Language Arts | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Thematic Writing Practice |
| Kodable | Online Coding Game | Held by Teacher | Privacy Policy | Teaches programming to kids through fun games |
| Letter School | Letter Writing App | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students use app to trace letters and write. |
| Lightbot | Coding app for iPad | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Teach coding to Elementary Students |
| Limnu | Whiteboard App | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Allows teacher and students to collaborate and connect in real time and have online homework help. |
| Mail Chimp | Parent Communication Tool | Held by Parent | Privacy Policy | Improved School to Home communication |
| MeasuringUP | SBAC Review Program | Held by Student and Teacher | Privacy Policy | To help students practice and review grade level Common Core concepts |
| Minecraft | STEM based education | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Used primarily as a demonstration and design tool |
| Movenote | Presentation Tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Students can share their slide while videoing or voice recording their presentation |
| My DPS | Emotions Game | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students dentify a variety of emotions through facial expressions, body language, and written/spoken language, and suggests coping strategies to deal with a range of social situations. |
| NearPod | App and Web Based Presentation Tool | GAFE account used | Privacy Policy | Serves as a teaching and collaboration presentation tool in the classroom. |
| Newsela | Online Language Arts | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Non-Fiction/Informational Text Reading |
| No Red Ink | Grammar and Writing Website | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Students can practice their grammar and writing skills. |
| Number Rack - rekenrek | Counting Tool App | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Movable, colored beads help students to think in groups of fives and tens and discover a variety of addition and subtraction strategies. |
| Otusplus | App and Web Based Class Collaboration Tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Serves as a teaching and collaboration presentation tool in the classroom. |
| Padlet | Student Response Tool | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Used for whole class participation vs only a few students called on |
| Pic Collage Kids | Photo collage app for kids | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Helps students organize photos to present to class/teacher |
| Piktochart | Infographic Creation tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Students create infographics to display their level of understanding. |
| Play-Doh Touch | Video creator for iPad using play-doh | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Gets students to orally share ideas/story tell in a fun way. |
| Plickers | Student Response Tool | Teacher Account | Privacy Policy | Used for whole class participation vs only a few students called on |
| Poplet | Student Response Tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Used for whole class participation vs only a few students called on |
| Prezi | Presentation Tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Tool that allows students to make create presentations |
| Prodigy | Onine Math Tool | Help by Student | Privacy Policy | Standards based online math game |
| QR Reader | QR Code creator and reader | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Scans QR codes, barcodes, puzzles, business cards and documents. |
| Quiver | Online Augmented Reailty Coloring App | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students use app to make their coloring come to life. |
| Quizlet | Study/Flashcard Tool | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students can view and use flashcards to review and study various material. |
| Quizziz | Online Quiz Game | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students can be quickly assessed or polled for learning purposes and snapshot assessments. |
| Read-a-gogo | Personalized Reading Material | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Provide differentiation and personal pacing in reading. |
| Remind | Parent Communication Tool | Held by Parent | Privacy Policy | Improved School to Home communication |
| Scratch | STEM based education | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Students learn basics of computer coding |
| Seesaw | Classroom Portfolio Tool | Held by Parent, Teacher, and Student | Privacy Policy | To share student work with the class as well as their parents. |
| Shadow Puppet Edu | Video Maker | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students can make videos to tell stories, explain ideas, or document their learning. |
| Skype | Video Conferencing | Teacher Account Only | Privacy Policy | Guest Experts, Virtual Field Trips, Class Connections |
| Smore Newsletter | Parent Communication Tool | None Required | Privacy Policy | Improved School to Home communication |
| Sock Puppet | Voice Recording app for iPad | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Gets students to orally share ideas/story tell in a fun way. |
| Socrative | App and Web Based Class Collaboration Tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Serves as a teaching and collaboration presentation tool in the classroom. |
| Softschools.com | Provides Educational Worksheets and Games | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students can practive various math and ELA skills. |
| Spelling City | Builds Spelling and Vocabulary | Held by Parent and Teacher | Privacy Policy | Students can use this website to reinforce their spelling and vocabulary skills. |
| StoryBird | Online Language Arts | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Creative Writing Practice |
| Sumdog | Math Game | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Allows students to play a game demonstrating their math skills |
| Sway | Web Based Presentation Tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Students create visual web-based presentations |
| Symbaloo | Website Curating Tool | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Teacher can provide common links to frequently used websites. |
| Ted Talks | Global Conference Organization | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Provides motivational and inspiring ideas. |
| Tellagami | Voice Recording app for iPad | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Gets students to orally share ideas in a fun way |
| TenMarks | Online Math | Held by Students | Privacy Policy | Provide differentiation and personal pacing in math |
| thingiverse | STEM based education | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | 3-D Printing Program |
| ThingLink | App Based Presentation Tool | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Allows for multi-media presentation of research and learned content |
| Tinkercad | STEM based education | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | 3-D Printing Program |
| Today’s Meet | Student Response Tool | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Used for whole class participation vs only a few students called on |
| Tour Builder | Add locations onto Google Map into a viewable tour | Account needed either using the teacher's, student's, or Class Google Account | Privacy Policy | Create a virtual tour of specific places tagged by the student to share and explore a created path |
| Parent Communication Tool | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Classroom Account Only to learn how to appropriately use social media, share our class learning and connect with other classrooms | |
| Tynker | Coding Website | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Allows students to use coding in a fun and creative way to learn. |
| Typing.com | Typing Website | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students can practice their typing skills. |
| TypingTest.com | Typing Website | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Students can be evaluated on their typing skills. |
| Vimeo | Learning Content through Video | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Videos provided to add information to writing prompts. |
| Whooo's Reading | Reading Logs | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Provide differentiation and personal pacing in reading. |
| Wonder Workshop App | Robotics App | Only accessible through teacher’s account | Privacy Policy | Students use this app to program classroom robots. |
| Wonderopolis | Information/News for Kids Website | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Non-Fiction/Informational Text Reading |
| Wordle | Word Cloud Creator | No Account Needed | Privacy Policy | Students can create a picture made entirely of words to represent their learning or various topics. |
| Wordly Wise | Online Vocabulary Workbook | Held by Student | Privacy Policy | Students access online content to complete exercises that enhance and improve knowledge of weekly vocabulary. |
| YouTube | Parent Communication Tool & Learning Content through Video | Only accessible through teacher’s account | Privacy Policy | Videos provided to add information to writing prompts. |