Digital Resources at Laurel Hill ES- Parental Consent
Some of the digital resources your child may use this year require parental consent
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Digital Resources at Laurel Hill Elementary 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.
Please use this form to provide parental consent for each student in your family.
Elementary School List
Actively Learn
- Reading platform for ELA, science and history texts
Additional Google Services
- A selection of resources which go beyond the core services provided by Google Workspace for Education
Citizen Archivist Missions
- Tag and describe primary source documents from the National Archives
Class Dojo
- Teacher - Parent classroom communication and management platform
Code Avengers
- Interactive online coding courses
Code.org
- Resource for helping students learn coding skills
DocsTeach
- Online tool for teaching with primary source documents
Dragon Naturally Speaking
- Comprehensive speech recognition software designed to help writers
Duolingo
- Web based supplemental language learning platform
Educreations
- Video creation and screencasting software
Flip
- Platform for student-recorded video responses
Girls Who Code
- Coding curriculum for after-school clubs
InsertLearning
- Tool for adding interactivity to websites
Khan Academy
- Online learning and courses
- Ozobot classroom is a platform that can be used by teachers to find lesson plans and assign projects to students relating to coding and Ozobots. Students can save their coding projects and return to them later.
Newseum ED
- Digital primary source artifacts and other resources from the Newseum
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
Quizlet
- Learning tools for students, including flashcards, study, and game modes.
Remind
- School-home communication tool
Scratch - Cloud Version
- Web-based programming software for elementary students
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
Soundtrap for Education
- Audio recording and editing platform
- Tool for creating story maps which include images and text.
Thinglink
- Online tool for creating interactive images.
Type to Learn - Cloud Version
- Web-based typing / keyboarding program
Typing Club (paid version)
- Web-based typing/keyboarding program
Vocabulary.com
- Website for vocabulary instruction with online student friendly dictionary
Wizer
- Digital worksheet builder lets students show learning in multiple ways