SCHOOL DISTRICT5SOUTHEASTKOOTENAY

Technology Compliance

For Teachers

For Students

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Choosing Technology for your Classroom

Technology falls into many different categories, of which may or may not be compliant in our district. You are responsible for reading the terms of use and privacy policy to make a professional judgement about the technology's credibility.  The following table shows some examples of what may or may not be acceptable.  

Type Compliant Examples
No ads no information YESIMovie, GreenScreen by DoInk, Chrome, Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Contains student information but is district supported and a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) has been completed YESMicrosoft Word, Excel, OneDrive
Student managed and may require student informationNO (Must be made anonymous)Asking students to sign up for accounts on sites such as Weebly, Code.org, Scratch.MIT.edu, Glogster, Tinkercad
Teacher managed with anonymous accountsGrey Area, Use with Caution.Anonymous accounts with Weebly for Education,
Code.org, Scratch.MIT.edu teacher accounts, GlogsterTinkercad
Free app or website but contains clickable adsNOCaboose Express Free, Miniclip games, Tune In Radio
Limited educational value or unproven educational valueNORoblox, Super Mario,
Student Services Apps that are for different purposesYES (should be pushed out to specific iPads)Fireworks Arcade, Autism iHelp 


Try the Technology Compliance Decision Tool