Technology
Technology is everywhere. Adults use it, kids use it and Creighton uses it to support student learning.
Digital Learning Applications
Review the list of district-approved online tools that students and teachers use at Creighton. To learn more about these digital learning applications, please contact the digital teacher librarian.
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Allows students, teachers and staff to log in to Infinite Campus work with assignments, grades, attendance and more. |
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Jeffco Google Apps |
Provides a variety of different workspaces, such as word processing, presentations, slide shows, etc. |
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A blended learning platform for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way. |
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Schoology is our district-supported online learning management system. It allows teachers to create and manage academic courses for their students online in a flipped classroom environment. It provides teachers with a platform for managing lessons, engaging students, sharing content and connecting with other educators. |
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Kahoot allows users to create game-based formative assessments using multiple-choice questions. Kahoot provides a fun, interactive platform for students, which includes avatars, leaderboards and themes. |
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Khan Academy is a personalized learning resource for all ages. The website offers practice exercises, instructional videos and a personalized learning dashboard that empowers learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. |
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SoundTrap is a digital audio workstation (DAW) accessible directly in browsers from a variety of devices, such as Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Linux, Android phones and tablets and iPads. Use Soundtrap by yourself to create your next hit or collaborate in music-making with people from all over the world. |
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Your memories, your photos and your friends, all those special moments, captured for a lifetime in your printed yearbook. |
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College and career readiness tool for middle and high school students. |
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WeVideo is an online video creation program and website for video editing. You can use WeVideo on any device. |
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Actively Learn is an interactive reading platform that makes reading meaningful for every student. |
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Technology integration tool for school districts |
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The NWEA MAP Testing app enables students to take assessments using touchscreen technology. |
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Desmos is a free online graphing calculator. Desmos allows you to graph functions, plot tables of data, evaluate equations and explore transformations. |
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Blooket is a new take on the modern classroom review game. NOTE: Students and Staff must use the Google Passthrough to sign in |
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Pear Deck is an interactive presentation tool used to actively engage students in individual and social learning. Teachers create presentations using their Google Drive account and check for understanding throughout the presentation. |
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Nearpod is an interactive presentation and assessment tool that can be used in the classroom. A teacher can create presentations that can contain quizzes, polls, videos, images, drawing boards, web content, etc. Pre-made presentations are available for purchase. |
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BrainPOP is a subscription-based tool for third grade and higher. It offers cross-curricular animated movies, learning games and interactive quizzes. Topics span science, social studies, English, math, engineering and tech, health and arts and Music. BrainPOP is also home to GameUp, an educational games portal for the classroom; Make-a-Map, our a concept mapping tool and the My BrainPOP suite of features, which lets teachers keep track of learning, customize assessment, incorporate gaming into instruction and provide feedback on learning artifacts. |
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ED Puzzle empowers teachers by taking videos to the next level and creating engaging lessons for students. Use a video from YouTube, Khan Academy, Learn Zillion, etc. and adjust it to meet the specific students’ needs |
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HMH Into Literature is a 6-12 English language arts program that equips students with the reading, writing, and speaking skills required for success. |
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Actively Learn allows you to engage students through texts (and videos) for ELA, Science, and Social Studies. Scaffolds and higher-order questions are available to support students in reading and engaging with these texts. All Jeffco 4-12th grade students have access to premium Actively Learn accounts through #TechforEd! |
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Newsela is a website that allows students to access news stories from several sources that match their reading level (measured by Lexile score) as well as age appropriateness. Teachers have access to hundreds of leveled news articles and Common Core-aligned quizzes, with new articles every day. Articles can be translated into Spanish. |
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Quizlet is a free resource providing learning tools for students, including flashcards, study and game modes. It contains over 400 million user-generated study sets. Use a pre-made study set or create your own. |
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Illustrative Math is the current district-supported math curriculum. |
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Prodigy has over 1,200 crucial math skills for grades first through eighth that allow for differentiation for all abilities. Every child’s individual needs can be addressed with a diagnostic test to place students in the correct grade, embedded assessments and automatic differentiation. |
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Engage in learning science and math with the award-winning PhET simulations. Whether understanding atoms, exploring energy or mastering multiplication, there is a sim for every learner. Perfect for at home, in class or on the road, this app delivers all PhET HTML5 sims (over 40 sims) in one easy-to-use package. |
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Gimkit is a formative assessment, live quiz tool, similar to Kahoot and Quizizz, but with additional features. Allows players to earn money, review questions individually multiple times and provides a student report with detailed information (how many attempts, which wrong answers are most common, etc.). |
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Padlet is a free application that allows users to create an online bulletin board that students can use to collaborate and share ideas. Create an account using your Jeffco Google log in.Add images, links, videos and more. Padlet can be projected to your whole class, used on individual devices or embedded into a Schoology page. |
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Book Creator is the simple way to make your own publishable ebooks. Add video and music and even record your voice. Use the pen tool to draw and annotate your book. |
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A slick way to share knowledge via interactive timelines and stories |
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iCivics teaches students how government works by having them experience it directly. Through our games, the player steps into any role — a judge, a member of Congress, a community activist fighting for local change, even the president of the United States and does the job they do. |
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Code.org is a tool that teaches students simple scripting and development. Students gain exposure to computer science in a fun and interactive manner. |
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TypingClub is an online keyboarding platform. Each lesson provides instant, meaningful feedback that encourages students to continue practicing. You will be able to track your student’s progress and customize lesson plans through your instructor portal. |
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Tinkercad is a simple, online 3D design and 3D printing app for everyone. |
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Gizmos are interactive math and science simulations for grades third through 12. Over 400 Gizmos aligned to the latest standards help educators bring powerful new learning experiences to the classroom. |
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Autodesk Pixlr is a free photo editor. Capture any moment and make it beautiful with over 2 million combinations of free effects, overlays and filters. |
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Online interactive simulation for students to experience managing a budget. |
Tech for Ed in Jeffco
Jeffco Public School’s 1:1 program provides first- through 12th-grade students in neighborhood and option schools a district Chromebook. This creates an equitable and sustainable model for technology-enabled classrooms that prepares students to thrive in a connected, digital world in alignment with the Jeffco Thrives Strategic Plan.
All students can access a district-purchased and managed Chromebook to personalize their learning. This closes the digital device divide and addresses the inequities in classrooms to transform learning.
Students in grades K-12 can also access a variety of digital applications and consistent tools that give them opportunities to demonstrate learning in creative and challenging ways. Each of the technology tools supports students as creators, collaborators and innovative problem solvers rather than as consumers of information.
The program also allows for professional development and learning for teachers to use the provided tools and devices to transform student learning experiences. Having consistent tools and opportunities for teacher training allows for more challenging learning and student engagement and deeper technology integration.
Digital Learning Applications in Jeffco
All students and teachers have access to premium digital learning applications with their Jeffco log-in credentials. A consistent core set of applications allows for student data privacy aligned to state legislation and seamless access for personalized learning. This includes single sign-on (SSO) and integration of applications.
TechForEd
Students can access a Jeffco-purchased and managed Chromebook to personalize their learning.
Tech Support
Jeffco families and students can get support for device troubleshooting, password resets, system questions and more.
Data Privacy & Security
Jeffco has adopted safeguards for student data privacy and security.
Digital Citizenship & Wellness
Jeffco prioritizes digital citizenship and promotes the safe, responsible use of technology.