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Due to the COPPA law (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act), many websites require users under the age of 13, and sometimes under the age of 18, to obtain parent permission before creating an individual online account. Depending on the site, the Terms of Use generally may ask that the permission come in the form of signed forms, credit cards, etc. Many sites have great educational value and because asking parents to repeatedly submit permission forms is burdensome, the Holland Patent CSD's beginning of year parent permission form now contains a provision for school administrators to authorize the use of certain sites without each student obtaining parental permission.
Teachers and parents should note that some sites do not allow children under the age of 13 to create accounts regardless of parental permission. Regardless of permissions, student names and any personal information should not be entered into any online resources that is not approved by the District.
Site Suggested Site Usage Age Restrictions Privacy Policy Animoto Video Creation 13+ Animoto for Education Video Creation 13+ onlyTeacher must create all accountshttps://animoto.com/legal/education_terms Bubbl.us Brainstorming Made Simple All https//bubbl.us/help/privacy Canva Graphic Design 13+ https://about.canva.com/terms-of-use/ Class Dojo Encourage students to share best moments with parents
All*https://www.classdojo.com/privacy/
*Teachers should not display individual student rankings to the entire class, only groups.Code.org Learn to code All http://code.org/privacy Codecombat.com Learn to code 13+ Recommend parent approval
Privacy Policy http://discourse.codecombat.com/privacyCoggle.it Collaborative mind maps All https://coggle.it/privacy CS2N Step by step computer science 13+ http://cs2n.org/privacy DuoLingo Learn a new language All https://www.duolingo.com/privacy Edmodo Connect, collaborate All, with restrictions https://www.edmodo.com/privacy#policy Edpuzzle Engage students with videos, track understanding 13+ Users should always click box that prohibits site from using account for marketing.
https://edpuzzle.com/privacyEduClipper Collaboration between teachers and students 13* *States they do not knowingly collect personal info from children under 13 without consent.EduCreations Share video lessons All http://www.educreations.com/privacy/ Emaze Online presentation production All http://www.emaze.com/terms-of-use/ FreeRice.com Vocabulary practice 14+ if creating accounts http://freerice.com/teachers Gamestar Mechanic Learn to design video games All https://gamestarmechanic.com/about/privacy Instructional Architect Create interactive web pages All http://ia.usu.edu/privacypolicy.php Kahoot Create, play, share All https://getkahoot.com/info/privacy-policy Khan Academy Online learning at your own pace All* *May use freely if no individual student accounts are created.
https://www.zendesk.com/company/privacyLearn Zillion Cloud based curriculum All, teacher created accounts only http://learnzillion.com/privacy Lino Share photos, ideas, discussion 13+ http://en.linoit.com/ Minecraft EDU Educational version of the original game All http://minecraftedu.com/privacy MobyMax Common Core based curriculum All http://www.mobymax.com/Help/index.php/article/privacy-policy News ELA Build reading comprehension with current events All https://www.newsela.com/pages/privacy-policy/#pages/privacy-policy/ NoRedInk Helping to improve grammar and writing skills 13+ https://www.noredink.com/privacy OpenEd Build assessments and homework 13+ http://about.opened.com/privacy/ Padlet Brainstorming corkboard collaboration tool All https://padlet.com/about/privacy Piktochart Infographic creation tool 13+ http://piktochart.com/piktocharts-privacy-policy/ Powtoon Create animated videos and presentations 13+ http://www.powtoon.com/blog/privacy-policy/ Prezi Visual storytelling and presentations 13+ http://prezi.com/privacy-policy/ Quia Create activities, quizzes, calendars, surveys and more All http://www.quia.com/web/privacy_policy.html Quizlet Study tool All* *Quizlet disables the Facebook/Twitter components on accounts for users under 13. Teachers should have All students enter birth dates that will indicate that the student is 12 or younger. This will require a parent email address. Instruct students to use the teacher's Google email address, not their parent's email address to create the account. Then the teacher should approve each child's account.
Students should NOT use their SCS Google account to sign up.Scratch Program your own interactive stories All https://scratch.mit.edu/privacy_policy/ SkooBo Fun program to learn reading and math All http://www.skoolbo.com/terms TypingWeb Keyboarding curriculum All Students to create username and password, but do not have to use email other other personal data to use the site. VoiceThread Collaborate via images All, but accounts should be created in K-12 option area https://voicethread.com/howto/student-privacy-pledge/ Voki Create your avatar and tell a story 13+ http://www.voki.com/privacy