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
No ads no information
YES
IMovie, GreenScreen by DoInk,
Chrome, Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Contains student information but is district supported and a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) has been completed
Microsoft Word, Excel, OneDrive
Student managed and may require student information
NO (Must be made anonymous)
Asking students to sign up for accounts on sites such as Weebly, Code.org, Scratch.MIT.edu,
Glogster, Tinkercad
Teacher managed with anonymous accounts
Grey Area, Use with Caution.
Anonymous accounts with Weebly for Education, Code.org, Scratch.MIT.edu teacher accounts, GlogsterTinkercad
Free app or website but contains clickable ads
NO
Caboose Express Free, Miniclip
games, Tune In Radio
Limited educational value or unproven educational value
Roblox, Super Mario,
Student Services Apps that are for different purposes
YES (should be pushed out to specific iPads)
Fireworks Arcade, Autism iHelp
Try the Technology Compliance Decision Tool
