Digital Resources for Students

Spaces EDU

Purpose: Spaces EDU is being used as an e-portfolio tool. It is a place where students can collect samples of their work that they, their parents and their teachers can see and comment on.

Age range: Kindergarten through Grade 7

Data Collected: Students will use single sign on with their Google accounts, which means it utilizes their Google usernames and passwords.

Privacy Policy: https://spacesedu.com/en/privacy/

Terms of Use: https://spacesedu.com/en/terms/

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Purpose: CommonLit is a cloud-based, reading comprehension app that provides teachers with high-quality literature resources and assessments

Age range: Grades 3 through 12

Data Collected: Username (not full name), password

Privacy Policy: https://www.commonlit.org/en/privacy

Terms of Use: https://www.commonlit.org/en/terms

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Purpose: The BC Digital Classroom is collection of digital resources for teachers and students. It includes resources such as The National Geographic Kids database, online encyclopedias, and the Gage searchable databases.

Age range: Kindergarten through Grade 12

Data Collected: At school, students do not need to log in to view these resources. At home, they need a generic username and password which they can get from their classroom teacher or the teacher-librarian.

Privacy Policy: https://focusedresources.ca/en/privacy-policy

Terms of Use: https://focusedresources.ca/en/terms

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Purpose: Khan Academy is primarily a Math resource. Teacher and students can use it for Math practice and for solidifying Math concepts.

Age range: Grades 2 through 12

Data Collected: For elementary students – first name, last initial and a password assigned by Khan Academy. For secondary students, date of birth, username (not full name) and password.

Privacy Policy: https://www.khanacademy.org/about/privacy-policy

Terms of Use: https://www.khanacademy.org/about/tos

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Purpose: Prodigy Math is a cloud-based, gamified Math app that encourages students to practice Math skills through engaging them in a video game style of play.

Age range: Grades 1 through 8

Data Collected: first name, last initial, grade, username, password

Privacy Policy: https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/privacy-policy/

Terms of Use: https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/terms-and-conditions/

Additional Information: Prodigy makes its money through family subscriptions. This is not a necessary thing to do – students can get free accounts with their teacher.

Purpose: This all is available to students to support keyboarding skills

Age range: K to 7

Data Collected: Students log in with their Google credentials so all that is collected is their username, password, grade and school

Privacy Policy: https://www.typingpal.com/en/privacy-policy/school-edition

Terms of Use: https://www.typingpal.com/en/conditions-of-use/school-edition

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Purpose: This cloud based app gives teachers and students the ability to create multi-media e-books for a wide variety of purposes.

Age range: K to 12, all subjects

Data Collected: Student first name (last initial if needed), grade, subject as well as information students put into their book. Older grades may use username and password.

Privacy Policy: https://bookcreator.com/privacy-policy/

Terms of Use: https://bookcreator.com/privacy-policy/terms-of-service/

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Purpose: This is the main teaching and learning tool for the district. It includes Google Classroom, Docs, Slides, Sheets and a number of other applications.

Age range: Kindergarten to Grade 12

Data Collected: Student first and last name, student email, password

Privacy Policy: https://workspace.google.com/terms/education_privacy/#:~:text=As%20described%20more%20fully%20in,content%20that’s%20received%20from%20others.

Terms of Use: https://workspace.google.com/terms/education_terms/

Additional Information: Google Workspace for Education is different from regular Google. They do not data mine the EDU space and whatever students create, students own.

Purpose: Tynker is a cloud based app that students and teacher can use to learn about coding.

Age range: Grades 4 to 12

Data Collected: First name, last initial if needed, password

Privacy Policy: https://www.tynker.com/privacy/student

Terms of Use: https://www.tynker.com/terms/

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Epic! Books

Purpose: Epic! Books is a website that allows students to read a wide variety of digital books.

Age range: Elementary, mostly primary

Data Collected: Class, first name, last initial (if needed)

Privacy Policy: https://www.getepic.com/school-privacy-promise

Terms of Use: https://www.getepic.com/tos

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Purpose: My Blueprint is a portfolio and career/post-secondary planning tool.

Age range: Secondary

Data Collected: username, email, password, grade and school

Privacy Policy: https://myblueprint.ca/privacy

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Purpose: Idello is a multi-media educational website built for K to 7 French Immersion teachers and students.

Age range: Kindergarten to Grade 7

Data Collected: first name, last initial if needed, email, username and password

Privacy Policy: https://www.idello.org/en/privacy-and-protection-of-personal-information-policy

Terms of Service: https://www.idello.org/en/node/6039

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Purpose: This is a Google extension that gives students a variety of accessibility tools such as voice to text, read aloud, text masking and pictorial dictionaries

Age range: This is available to all students but mostly used by students in Grades 4 through 12

Data Collected: Students automatically have access through their Google credentials – the only thing collected is the student’s login, which is used to determine if they are from WVSD

Privacy Policy: https://www.texthelp.com/privacy/

Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT1RBrzxLUpAnbeFD5o3zlRpcTImQtzr9g6Gn-AQYNlvit3TATrNwiU7IWMvLy1NxkLzMAeKkrpXOVk/pub

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Purpose: Noodletools is a website that allows students to save research notes and create bibliographies

Age range: Upper intermediate to Grade 12

Data Collected: Student username (students are advised not to use full name) and password, student school

Privacy Policy: https://www.noodletools.com/privacy/

Terms of Use: https://www.noodletools.com/tos/

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Scratch

Purpose: Scratch is a website developed by MIT. The purpose is to allow students to explore coding in an accessible way.

Age range: Kindie to Grade 12

Data Collected: Username and password

Privacy Policy: https://scratch.mit.edu/privacy_policy

Terms of Use: https://scratch.mit.edu/terms_of_use

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Purpose: Code.org can be used for two things. Its “Hour of Code” can be used by students and teachers for short, engaging coding and AI lessons. No sign in or password needed. The other side of the site has longer term coding “units” that teachers can use with students. These units require students to login.

Age range: Realistically, Grade 2 or 3 to Grade 12

Data Collected: student’s class and first name, pictorial or random word passwords

Privacy Policy: https://code.org/privacy

Terms of Use: https://code.org/tos

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Purpose: Tinkercad is a website that allows students to plan and design 3D objects, learn about circuits and learn some basic coding.

Age range: Intermediate to Grade 12

Data Collected: First name, last initial if necessary

Privacy Policy: https://www.tinkercad.com/privacy

Terms of Use: https://www.tinkercad.com/terms

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Magic School for Students

Purpose: This cloud-based app gives students a scaffolded, safe place to begin exploring how to use AI to supplement and enhance their learning.

Age range: K to 12 but realistically 4 to 12, all subjects

Data Collected: first name (last initial if needed)

Privacy Policy: https://www.magicschool.ai/privacy-security/privacy-policy

Terms of Use: https://www.magicschool.ai/privacy-security/terms-of-service

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