App/Extension Approval Request

Submitted App/Extension Approval Request

Submitted By: ckcook@graniteschools.org on 5/9/2025 8:57:41 AM
Requestor Work Location*: Hunter Jr. High
Requestor Title*: Teacher
App/Extension Name*: Govee
App/Extension Description*: This allows Govee devices to not just function, but be controlled by Alexa/Google on the network.
Type of App/Extension*: Apple Store|Google Play
App/Extension Licensing*: Free
URL (Required)*: us.govee.com
Purpose / Use / Notes*: In Digital Literacy I’m teaching students how to set up a local network and we actually set one up, not just talk about it. Then I have them “follow the cables” and we go look at the switches and I show them what the Internet really is. As a follow up I’m putting together an 8th grade Smart Home Automation and Networking College and Career Awareness Project where students are entrepreneurs who own a networking and smart home automation company. They’ll have to show me they can research smart devices they might sell to customers, then actually get those devices on the network and then explain to, and show, customers why they need certain devices and how they would use them in their particular circumstances (such as blind, deaf, elderly, gamers, etc.) Currently I can get all these devices on the school’s network behind a router that was donated for this purpose, but once on the network the devices lose connection to their app. I suspect it’s because the ports they use to communicate with their servers are closed. I’d like to get these devices not just working, but working with their apps behind the school’s network so I don’t have to use a hot spot in order to do these projects.
Login / Access / License Key Information for Evaluation (Do not enter sensitive password information): In doing an internet search I think the ports that may need to be opened are either 443 (if communicating via the cloud) or 4001, 4002, and 4003 (LAN).
Vendor Technical Contact Name:
Vendor Technical Contact Phone Number:
Lower Grade Range for App/Extension*: 6th Grade
Upper Grade Range for App/Extension*: 12th Grade
Category*: CTE
Is student data shared with the App/Extension vendor?*: No

Submitted Educational Software Specialist Form

Submitted By: ebmondragon on 5/16/2025 1:12:14 PM

Content/Simulation

Instructional Content*: 2 - Shows Promise
Curriculum Connection*: 3 - Strength Area
Teacher/Learning Approach*: 2 - Shows Promise
Age/Grade Level*: 2 - Shows Promise
Assessment*: 2 - Shows Promise
Perspective*: 3 - Strength Area
Flexibility*: 3 - Strength Area
Technology Effectiveness*: 3 - Strength Area

Productivity

Curriculum Connection*: Not Applicable
Age/Grade Level*: Not Applicable
Perspective*: Not Applicable
Technical Aspects*: Not Applicable
Flexibility*: Not Applicable

Assessment

Curriculum Connection*: Not Applicable
Age/Grade Level*: Not Applicable
Assessment*: Not Applicable
Perspective*: Not Applicable
Technical Aspects*: Not Applicable

Technology Effectiveness

Technology Effectiveness*: 3 - Strength Area
Comments:

Approved*: Yes