Techspressions Spring 2018
IT NEWSLETTER OF THE SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
STEP-ping it up!
Art Students Creating Portfolios
Age is not an issue
A New Way to View Science
Why we're having success
Device Pride
Technically, It's Math!
What's the Latest in Digital Tools?
Microsoft
To-Do: A Digital Agenda App
Tell Me - A Quick Way To Get Help in Office 365
Hacking STEM Lessons & Hands-On Activities
Online Digital Tools
Formative
Flipgrid
Nearpod
Quizizz
DID YOU KNOW?
Parents' Bill of Rights
Did you know that the district has a “Parents' Bill of Rights” for data privacy and security?
This is part of New York State’s Common Core Implementation Reform Act.
The Parents’ Bill of Rights informs parents of the legal requirements regarding privacy, security and use of student data. It also provides important safe guards for the security and confidentiality of student data.
Every vendor that has Saratoga Springs City School District student information is required to sign the district’s ‘Statement of Assurances’ document. The main goals include:
- Limit internal access to education records to those individuals determined to have legitimate educational interests;
- Not use the education records for any other purposes than those explicitly authorized by the School District in the Agreement;
- Not disclose personally identifiable information to any other party
- Maintain reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of personally identifiable student information
- Use encryption technology to protect data from unauthorized disclosure
- Return/destroy all student data, teacher or principal data upon expiration of the Agreement
The district has signed agreements with 38 vendors. To find out if the vendor you are working with has signed a statement of assurances agreement, please contact Kathy Goodwin (District Data Coordinator) at k_goodwin@saratogaschools.org.
Click here for additional information on the Parents' Bill of Rights.
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