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.
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 adheres 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. Provide consent.
Middle School List
Arduino Web Editor
- Platform for building software and hardware projects
Biblionasium
- Social book club for children
Book Creator
- Students create multimedia eBooks
BrainPop and BrainPop Jr
- Animated educational videos with additional related activities
Breakout EDU Game Builder
- Immersive learning games platform
- Students take a civics-related challenge, gather evidence, and make a case
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
CS-STEM (cs2n)
- Robotics lessons and curriculum
Desmos
- Online calculator and interactive math activities
DocsTeach
- Online tool for teaching with primary source documents
Duolingo
- Web-based supplemental language learning platform
Educreations
- Video creation and screencasting software
FlipGrid
- Platform for student-recorded video responses
Flocabulary
- Hip-hop songs & videos to teach content vocabulary
Geogebra
- Online math tools for graphing, geometry and 3D
GoVenture
- Business simulation software
History Unfolded - Holocaust Museum
- Allows users to transcribe historical documents
iCivics
- Interactive civics curriculum resource
iWitness
- Tool for adding interactivity to websites
Kahoot!
- Game-like program to assess student knowledge on a topic
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
MusicFirst
- Cloud-based learning management system
Nearpod
- Platform for broadcasting interactive presentations to student devices
News-2-You Weekly Newsletter
- Accessible, symbol-supported, weekly newspaper differentiated for unique learning needs
Oneder
- Resource for supporting individuals with disabilities with independent life skills
Padlet
- Online collaborative bulletin board
Plickers
- A useful tool for exit tickets and quick-checks for understanding
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
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
Socrative
- Formative assessment app for quick checks of student understanding
Speak Agent
- Wed based, interactive program for academic language acquisition
Storyboard That (paid version)
- Create, share, and publish storyboards online
StoryMap JS
- Tool for creating story maps
Tinkercad
- Easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding
Typing Club (paid version)
- Web-based typing/keyboarding program
Unique Learning Systems
- Differentiated content enhanced by assessments, data tools and evidenced-based instruction.
Vocabulary.com
- Website for vocabulary instruction with online student friendly dictionary
Wizer
- Digital worksheet builder lets students show learning in multiple ways
World Book Student
- Research guides, timelines and citation builders
World Book Timeline
- FCPS Library Research Database and Timeline Generator