Digital Resources at Franklin Middle School - Parent Consent
Some of the digital resources your child may use this year require parental consent
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Digital Resources at Franklin Middle 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.
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 and how resources are vetted at Digital Resources in FCPS.
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.
Middle School List
Additional Google Services
- A selection of resources which go beyond the core services provided by Google Workspace for Education
By The People
- Platform for transcribing primary source documents
Casemaker
- Students take a civics-related challenge, gather evidence, and make a case
ChooseIt! Maker 3
- 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
CodeHS
- Coding and computer science curriculum
Code.org
- Resource for helping students learn coding skills
DocsTeach
- Online tool for teaching with primary source documents
Duolingo
- Web-based supplemental language learning platform
Educreations
- Video creation and screencasting software
Explain Everything
- Screencasting and presentation tool
Flangoo
- Digital books designed for World Languages courses
Flip
- Platform for student-recorded video responses
GoVenture
- Business simulation software
History Unfolded - Holocaust Museum
- Allows users to transcribe historical documents
iCivics
- Interactive civics curriculum resource
iWitness
- Primary resources from the Holocaust and other genocides
Khan Academy
- Online learning and courses
Memrise
- Application to support language acquisition
MIT AppInventor and Emulation Software
- Programming tool to build Android apps
MobiusMath
- Build mathematical models and solve problems
Music Prodigy
- Sight reading platform
Newseum ED
- Digital primary source artifacts and other resources from the Newseum
NWEA MAP Growth
- Assessment platform
Oneder
- Resource for supporting individuals with disabilities with independent life skills
Out of Eden Learn
- Platform for dialogue with peers from different backgrounds
Padlet
- Online collaborative bulletin board
Plickers
- A useful tool for exit tickets and quick-checks for understanding
Poll Everywhere
- Polling website that engages students interactively in the classroom
Project Wayfinder
- Curriculum, resources, and support for SEL (social-emotional learning)
Quill.org
- Writing and grammar activities for middle and high school
Quizlet
- Learning tools for students, including flashcards, study, and game modes.
Remind
- School-home communication tool
ROBOTC and Robot Virtual Worlds
- Cross-robotics-platform programming language for educational robotic systems
Scratch - Cloud Version
- Introductory web-based programming software for elementary students and students new to coding
Screencast-O-Matic
- Screencasting tool
SeeSaw
- Communication and family engagement tool
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
Social Explorer
- Tool to visualize data about the United States
Socrative
- Formative assessment app for quick checks of student understanding
Streamer
- A web-based approach to captioning, note-taking, translation, and speech generation.
TES Teach with Blendspace
- Package blended lessons by organizing content in one space
Thinglink EDU
- Online tool for creating interactive images.
Tinkercad
- Easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding
Typing Club (paid version)
- Web-based typing/keyboarding program
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
Wizer
- Digital worksheet builder lets students show learning in multiple ways
WriteToLearn
- Tool for building writing skills and developing reading comprehension.