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, Texas Business and Commerce Code Chapter 509, KIPP Texas 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 use of software, other than software excluded from the consent requirement by law [See Required Summative Assessments .]
  • Consent is included within acknowledgement of this student handbook. An updated list of software can be found on our KIPP Texas Website: https://kipptexas.org/public-information/the-texas-public-information-act/ 
• 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.
• Provide age-appropriate training for students on internet safety, appropriate online behavior, interacting on social networking sites, and cyberbullying awareness and response.
• Cybersecurity Breach Notification: In accordance with Texas Education Code Section 11.175, KIPP Texas will notify a student’s parent or guardian in a timely manner if the District determines that a breach of system security or a “cyber-attack” has occurred involving the student’s sensitive personal information.

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 at KTXIT.Security@kipptexas.org .

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
• EBSCO
• Franklin Covey – LeaderInMe
• Great Minds – Bluebonnet Learning
• Heggerty
• Hello World – Computer Science
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) – Texas Into Literature
• Imagine Learning – Edgenuity
• IXL
• Learning without Tears – Keyboarding Without Tears
• 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
• Novel Education Partners
• Nearpod
• Renaissance – Accelerated Reader
• Renaissance – DnA
• Renaissance – Nearpod
• 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 – Senderos
• Vista Higher Learning – TEMAS

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)

• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Adobe Express K-12
• Autodesk
• American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
• ArcGIS
• Autodesk
• Biolitity
• Blender
• Canvas (Dual Credit & Dual Credit CTE)
• Cengage
• Certiport – Compass Cloud
• Code.org
• CodeHS
• CompTIA
• eDynamic Learning
• University of Texas – Engineer Your World
• First Robotics
• Hello World – Computer Science
• ICEV
• Junior Pitch Deck
• Mastery Coding
• National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
• National Healthcareer Association
• NOCTI
• OpenEDG
• Pearson Learning
• Priority Dispatch
• Project Lead the Way
• Stukent
• YouScience
• VEX Robotics

Career & College Readiness

• Overgrad
• Texas College Bridge
• YouScience
• Winward Academy

Innovation

• Backrs
• Playlab
• Enlighten AI

Miscellaneous Programs

• Canvas
• DRC PreLAS
• DRC LAS links
• LAMP Words for Life
• Medley Learning
• N2Y/Unique Learning Systems
• Riverside IOWA
• TeachTown
• TD Snap
• TouchChat
• Proloquo2go

Operations

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

Google

• Google Workspace
• Google Apps
• Google Classroom
• 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)