Educational Websites
West Shore School District provides various educational content to students in digital form. Where student accounts are necessary, the District ensures that all content selected has been reviewed by District personnel and determined to be compliant with the Children’s Online Protection and Privacy Act (COPPA). The District has agreed to use such content in a manner consistent with COPPA. Each resource, listed below, supports in-classroom instruction and is curricular in nature. Click on the name of each resource for more info on that site’s privacy policies.
Teachers, please note that resources listed below may operate on a freemium business model and require a paid subscription for advanced features that the district hasn't currently purchased.
99 Math - If using student accounts, must use Google Button to sign-up/login
ABC Mouse
ABCya
Actively Learn
Adapted Mind
Animoto - students under 13 may not publicly share animations online
AppInventor
AppsInMyPocket (incl. ABC Pocket Phonics)
Artsonia - teachers must receive parent permission to POST student art (sample form)
Benchmark Universe
Blabberize
Boom Cards - teachers should use student first name and last name first initial ONLY for accounts
Blooket- If using student accounts, must use Google Button to sign-up/login
BrainPop
Brainzy
Bubbl.us
CK-12
Canva
Chesskid
Classkick - teachers use Schoology & Seesaw; this is not a district-supported product
Class Dojo - teachers use Schoology & Seesaw; this is not a district-supported product
Clever
Code.org
CodeHS
CodeSpark Academy
Common Lit & Common Lit 360
Discovery Education
duolingo for Schools - teachers can utilize the "for Schools" version in their classes
Gooru
Edmentum
EdPuzzle
Edublogs
EduCreations
Edulastic - GoGuardian Teacher/Director/Admin
Epic
EverFi
Evernote
Explore Learning (Reflex Math, Gizmos, Frax, Science4Us)
FlipGrid
Freerice
FusFoo
Gamestar Mechanic
Gimkit
GoGuardian - see Edulastic
Google Workspace - Drive, Sites, YouTube, Classroom, Search, and other Additional GSuite Applications
GooseChase - teachers must create generic accounts for students under 13
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
iCivics
Kami Annotation - students and teachers should use their district issued Google BZ Account for account creation
Kahoot - students and teachers should use their district issued Google BZ Account for account creation
Khan Academy
KidBlog
Little Bird Tales
Learning A-Z (Raz Kids)
LearnZillion
Lyrics2Learn
Kaizena
Kodable
McGraw Hill Education
Mixbook
MobyMax
N2Y
Nearpod
Newsela
Padlet
Pearson Education
Pear Deck - teachers should use Nearpod Premium Plus instead of Pear Deck
Penjee
Piktochart
Plickers
Popplet
PowerMyLearning
PowerSchool
PowToons - students under 13 may not publicly share animations online
Prodigy
Quill
Quizlet
Reading Bear
Readworks
Renaissance Learning- (Renaissance Accelerated Reader®, Renaissance Star 360®, myON®, myIGDIs®, Schoolzilla®, Lalilo®, or Freckle®) - teachers may use these products with students with the understanding that they are not district-supported for purchase or IT troubleshooting
Scholastic - parents ONLY may sign up students under 13, teachers distribute class code to parent
School21
Scratch
Screencastify
Seesaw
Skoolbo
Socrative
Soundtrap - the District does not pay for this product; teachers may opt to use the free trial
Sphero
SpicyNodes
Starfall
Storybird
StoryJumper
Sumdog
Swipe Solutions
TinkerCAD / Project Ignite
Titan
Tween Tribune
TypingTraining
VoiceThread
Voyager Sopris
Weebly - Use https://education.weebly.com/ - students under 13 must have written parent permission on file with the teacher
WeVideo
Whiteboard.chat - students and teachers should use their district issued Google BZ Account for account creation
Words With Friends EDU
Wordwall.net - students should enter first name last initial only
WorkBench EDU by Google
XtraMath
COPPA
For more information about COPPA and schools, see the FAQ:
https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/complying-coppa-frequently-asked-questions#Schools
The following websites have been reviewed and explicitly require parent permission. If you are a teacher and you do not know how to arrange for parent permission, please speak with your Tech IA.
Edmodo
Flangoo - Explicit permission required for students under 13 years of age
Insert Learning - Explicit permission required for students under 13 years of age
No Red Ink
Remind - parent-teacher contact only
ReadTheory - teachers must distribute Parental Information Flyer to parents before signing up students
TouchCast