Data Privacy
The Hebron Public School District is committed to protecting privacy and ensuring that every student develops strong technological skills in order to function adequately in our 21st century world. The district complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and Connecticut Student Data Privacy Act (PA 16-189) in order to safeguard student data.
Compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is achieved through the iBoss web filtering platform.
Hebron Board of Education policies with regards to privacy:
All software in use by the district must be vetted and approved before use. Approved items have either signed the CT Student Data privacy pledge at the Educational Software Hub or entered into an agreement with the Hebron Board of Education.
Software listed below is approved for district use. To add an item to the list, please submit a helpdesk ticket.
Software Approval Key
| Service |
Description |
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| ✅ ALEKS (McGraw Hill) |
Math Instruction |
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☑️ Azily Solutions, LLC |
Food service point of sale system |
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| ✅ Artsonia |
Student Artwork |
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| ☑️ Aperture Education |
DESSA |
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| ✅ ASSISTments |
Math |
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| ❌ Audible |
Not Approved |
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| ☑️ Benchmark Education |
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| ❌ Blooket |
Not Approved |
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| ❌ Bookcreator |
Not Approved |
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| ❌ Bookopolis |
Not Approved |
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| ☑️ Bookshare |
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| 🔶 Boomcards |
Special Ed only, no student accounts |
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| ✅ BrainPop |
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| 🔶 Bridges Math |
No online component |
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| ☑️ Canyon Creek |
Conference Scheduler |
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| ❌ ClassDojo |
Not Approved |
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| ☑️ Coffeepond Photography |
Student photos |
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| ✅ CommonLit |
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| ⭐ CT DOTS |
Connecticut Documentation & Observation for Teaching System |
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| ⭐ CT-Seds |
CT Special Education system |
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| ☑️ Dattco |
Bus Company |
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| ☑️ Discovery Education |
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| ❌ Duolingo |
Language learning / Not Approved |
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| ❌ Dreamscape |
Not Approved |
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| ✅ Epic |
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| ❌ ESparklearning |
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| ✅ Explore Learning |
Reflex Math |
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| 🔶 FlyFive |
No need for student log in, |
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| ✅ Follett |
Library Management Software |
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| ❌ Freckle |
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| ✅ Frontline Education |
Legacy Special Ed IEP software |
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| ☑️ Gaggle.Net, Inc |
Student digital safety |
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| 🔶 Generation Genius |
No student login allowed |
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| ✅ Gimkit |
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| ❌ Grammarly |
Writing Assistant / Not Approved |
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| 🔶 GoNoodle |
No Student Login |
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| ✅ Google Apps for Education |
Classroom, Docs, file storage |
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| ✅ Happy Numbers |
Math Instruction |
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| ☑️ Heartland |
Cafe Point of Sale |
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| ☑️ Heinemann Flight |
Writing Instruction |
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| Hour of Code |
Media Center coding unit |
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| Junior Library Guild |
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| ⭐ iBoss |
Web filtering |
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| ✅ Kahoot! |
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| ✅ Kami |
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| ✅ Khan Academy |
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| ☑️ Kids Discover |
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| ✅ Learning A-Z (Raz-Kids) |
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| ☑️ Learning Ally |
Reading |
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| ✅ Lexia Core5 Reading |
Reading |
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| ✅ Littera |
Student Tutoring |
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| 🔶 Lego Education Spike |
No need for student log in. STEAM instruction grades 4-6 |
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| ✅ MathFactLab |
Help students learn basic math facts |
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| ✅ McGraw Hill |
6th Grade Math |
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| ✅ Nearpod |
Interactive Lessons |
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| ☑️ NaNoWriMo |
National Novel Writing Month |
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| ✅ Newsela |
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| ✅ NoRedInk |
Writing and grammar |
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| ✅ OLSAT (Pearson) |
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| 🔶 Panda Tree |
Spanish Instuction / no student login |
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| ✅ Pear Deck |
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| 🔶 Pebble Go |
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| ✅ Personalized Learning Games |
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| ❌ Prodigy Math |
Not Approved |
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| ❌ Pixton |
Not Approved |
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| ❌ Quizizz |
Not Approved |
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| ☑️ Readworks |
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| ❌ Remind |
Not Approved |
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| School Messenger |
District Communications |
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| ❌ Scrible |
Not Approved |
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| ☑️ SeeSaw |
Teacher/Student Communication |
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| ⭐ Smarter Balanced |
State standardized testing |
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| ⭐ Sparkler |
CT Office of Early Childhood |
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| ☑️ Spelling Connections (Zaner Bloser) |
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| ☑️ SplashLearn |
Math and Reading |
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| SNAP Health Center |
All data onsite / no shared with company |
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| 🔶 Stock Market Game |
No student log-in necessary |
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| 🔶 Timestables.com |
No student log-in |
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| 🔶 Tumblebooks |
No student log-in necessary |
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| ☑️ Typing Club |
Typing/Keyboarding |
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| ✅ Wayground |
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| ✅ Words their Way (Savvas) |
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| ☑️ Powerschool |
Student Information System (SIS) |
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| ✅ XtraMath |
Math fact fluency |
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| ❌ Zearn |
Not Approved |
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| ✅ Zoom |
Remote meetings |
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