Technology

Safe Use of Technology

KIPP Texas is committed to ensuring that students use technology safely and will follow all federal and state requirements to protect students from excessive data collection or materials that are considered harmful to minors. KIPP Texas considers parents as partners in cybersecurity and online safety.

In accordance with state and federal law, including the SCOPE Act – House Bill 18, the district will:

• Install a filter that blocks and prohibits pornographic or obscene materials or applications, including from unsolicited pop-ups, installations, and downloads, before transferring an electronic device to a student to be used for an educational purpose
• Block or filter students’ internet access to pictures that are obscene, contain child pornography, or have been determined to be harmful to minors in accordance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
• Require direct and informed parental consent for a student’s software, other than software excluded from the consent requirement by law [See Required Summative Assessments in the Student Family Handbook]. Consent is included within acknowledgement of the Student Family Handbook.
• Require direct and informed parental consent for a student’s use of software that conducts mental health assessments or other assessments unrelated to education curricula that are intended to collect information about students

If you want to know more about partnering with KIPP Texas regarding cybersecurity and online safety, or if you have complaints or concerns about student use of electronic devices, please reach out to KIPP Texas IT Security

Notice of Online Instructional Resources

Below is a list of online resources used for instruction within KIPP Texas Public School:

General Curriculum Resources

• Accelerate Learning – STEMScopes
• Amplify – mClass
• Amplify – Intervention
• Amplify – TX ELAR
• Carnegie Learning – MATHia
• Clever
• CLI Engage – CIRCLE
• College Board
• Committee For Children – Second Step
• Curriculum Associates – iReady
• Franklin Covey – LeaderInMe
• Great Minds – Bluebonnet Learning
• Heggerty
• Hello World – Computer Science
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) – Texas Into Literature
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) – Read 180
• Imagine Learning – Edgenuity
• IXL
• Khan Academy
• Learning without Tears – Get Ready Set
• Learning without Tears – Keyboarding Without Tears
• Lone Star Learning – TEKSas Target Practice
• McGraw Hill – AP Human Geography
• McGraw Hill – AP US Government
• McGraw Hill – AP US History
• McGraw Hill – Texas Networks Social Studies
• McGraw Hill – Texas Science
• Marco Learning
• Nearpod
• No Red Ink
• NWEA – MAP Growth
• Renaissance – Accelerated Reader
• Renaissance – MyOn
• Renaissance – DnA
• Perfection Learning – AP Course Books
• SAVVAS Learning Company – Experience Science
• SAVVAS Learning Company – My World
• SAVVAS Learning Company – Realize
• Summit K-12
• Teaching Strategies – Creative Curriculum
• Vista Higher Learning – Get Ready
• Vista Higher Learning – Listos
• Vista Higher Learning – Senderos

Electives

• Art of Education – The Art of Education University
• Austin Classic Guitar
• CATCH Global Foundation – All Journeys
• Drama Education Network
• Gopher Sport – Spark
• Interactive Health Technologies (IHT) – IHT Spirit
• Music First
• Quaver Music
• School Health Company – 5 for Life
• Visual Thinking Strategies

Career and Technology Education (CTE)

• 320 Training – OSHA
• A+ and Networking Blended Curriculum
• Adobe – Creative Cloud
• Autodesk
• Blender
• Business U
• Canva
• Certiport – Compass Cloud
• Code.org
• CodeHS
• Code2College
• eDynamic Learning
• Engineer Your World
• First Robotics
• Hello World – Computer Science
• ICEV
• Itopia – Cloud App Classroom
• National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
• National Healthcareer Association
• Priority Dispatch
• Project Lead the Way
• Stanford University – Intro to Computer Science
• ProjectSTEM
• TRIO Education
• YouScience
• VEX Robotics
• YaizY

Career & College Readiness

• Overgrad
• Texas College Bridge
• YouScience
• Winward Academy

Miscellaneous Programs

• Amplio
• LAMP Words for Life
• N2Y/Unique Learning Systems
• TeachTown
• TD Snap
• TouchChat
• Proloquo2go

Operations

• ClassDojo
• Dean’s List
• Panorama Education
• RankOne Sports
• Skyward Family Portal

Google

• Google Workspace
• Google Apps
• Google Mail (Gmail)
• Google Drive

Google Additional Services

• Applied Digital Skills
• Chrome Webstore (managed by IT)
• Google Arts & Culture
• Google Books
• Google Bookmarks
• Google Earth
• Google Maps
• Google News
• Google Translate
• Managed Google Play (managed by IT)
• Youtube (specific whitelisted videos)