Digital Resources at Frost Middle School - Parent Consent
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Digital Resources at Frost 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 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.
Middle School List
Actively Learn
- Reading platform for ELA, science and history texts
Arduino Web Editor
- Platform for building software and hardware projects
Benchmark Universe 2.0
- Standards-aligned, differentiated eBook collections
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
- Platform for transcribing primary source documents
Breakout EDU Game Builder
- Immersive learning games platform
- Students take a civics-related challenge, gather evidence, and make a case
- Create and play personalized learning games and activities
Citizen Archivist Missions
- Tag and describe primary source documents from the National Archives
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
CommonLit
- eBook library assignable by subject or lexile with formative assessments
CS-STEM (cs2n)
- Robotics lessons and curriculum
Deck Toys
- Create interactive lessons, with choice over pace and path
DeltaMath
- Digital math curriculum with content ranging from middle school to AP Calculus.
Digital Compass
- Games to teach students how decisions in their digital lives impact relationships and futures
DocsTeach
- Online tool for teaching with primary source documents
Duolingo
- Web-based supplemental language learning platform
E-Lit
- Digital library designed for World Language learners
Educreations
- Video creation and screencasting software
En Espanol - Online Version
- Basal resource digital supplement
Explain Everything
- Screencasting and presentation tool
Flangoo
- Digital books designed for World Languages courses
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
- Interactive civics curriculum resource
Graspable Math
- Digital tool for solving algebraic equations
History Unfolded - Holocaust Museum
- Allows users to transcribe historical documents
iCivics
- Interactive civics curriculum resource
InsertLearning
- Tool for adding interactivity to websites
iWitness
- Tool for adding interactivity to websites
Kahoot!
- Game-like program to assess student knowledge on a topic
Khan Academy
- Online learning and courses
Listenwise
- Podcast-based lessons and instructional resources
LucidChart
- Draw diagrams that reproduce the visual models you have in mind
Lynda.com
- Online video courses
Membean
- Web-based, adaptive, differentiated, vocabulary learning tool
Memrise
- Application to support language acquisition
MIT AppInventor and Emulation Software
- Programming tool to build Android apps
MobiusMath
- Build mathematical models and solve problems
Mote
- Voice Commenting for Google Docs
MusicFirst
- Cloud-based learning management system
Music Prodigy
- Sight reading platform
NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program
- Creative writing platform for students
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
NWEA MAP Growth
- Assessment platform
Oneder
- Resource for supporting individuals with disabilities with independent life skills
Origins3D
- 3D design and modeling software
Out of Eden Learn
- Platform for dialogue with peers from different backgrounds
Padlet
- Online collaborative bulletin board
Parlay
- Platform for facilitating discussions
PBIS Rewards
- Schoolwide PBIS management system
- Digital primary source artifacts and other resources from the Newseum
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
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
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
Speak Agent
- Web based, interactive program for academic language acquisition
StoryMap JS
- Tool for creating story maps
- 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.
ThinkCERCA
- Personalized close reading and argumentative writing lessons
Tinkercad
- Easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding
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