This platform is not within the CPS approved platforms at this time. We are allowed to use a different platform with principal approval and parent consent. CPS has only approved a chat function platform for 3rd-8th grade students at this time because they can monitor it through student emails. CPS does not know what information is being collected about their child, most typically during account creation, or how their child’s information will be used or shared with other entities in the future.

Educators would only engage in Zoom with groups of students, not with individual students. In practice, it would look like the educators letting parents and students know a specific time to connect and sharing the web based invitation link. Parents would need to download the application just prior to a meeting with an educator launching. I suspect educators would use this tool to conduct activities such as morning meetings, read alouds, lessons or giving background on a  specific assignment.

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