Technology
Chromebook Supports
Dunstan students are expected to maintain and care for the Chromebook issued to them by Jeffco Public Schools in a manner consistent with any other items that are property of Jeffco Public Schools or Dunstan Middle School. Chromebooks are issued and loaned to students so they have access to an educational experience appropriate for the 21st Century. It is their responsibility to maintain, keep track of, and troubleshoot their district-issued Chromebook.
Jeffco’s Technology Use Agreements
Families need to review the Jeffco Public Schools Technology Use Agreements with their students as often as is necessary to ensure use and care of the Chromebook loaned to them is appropriate.
Digital Learning Applications at Dunstan Middle School
To learn more about these digital learning applications, please contact the digital teacher librarian.
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Actively Learn is an award-winning digital curriculum that drives student engagement and equity through deeper learning. The flexible features and comprehensive, standards-aligned resources empower students to deepen comprehension in ELA, social studies, and science. |
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Adobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Adobe Spark) is an integrated suite of media creation applications for mobile and web developed by Adobe Systems. It allows users to create a variety of online designs including web pages, videos, collages, graphics, and more. |
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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 blended learning platform for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way. |
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Google Chat is a communication app that supports text-based communication between Google users. Chat is available for Jeffco Staff and grades 9-12 students. Chat history is stored in Google Vault for security purposes. |
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Discovery Ed is a simple-to-use K-12 learning platform that combines dynamic curated curriculum resources (often including videos), with on-demand teaching strategies. |
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EquatIO for Google is an easy-to-use extension for math equation and graph creation for Google Chrome. It’s a perfect partner for Google Docs plus Sheets, Forms, Slides and Drawings - letting students and teachers add mathematical equations, formulas and more to documents with a click. Equatio is pre-loaded on all Jeffco student Chromebooks. They can access it in Chrome from the top right-hand corner.
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Flip is a learning platform that allows teachers to create grids to facilitate video discussion. Teachers can pose questions called “topics” and students can post video responses. |
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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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Google Meet is a conferencing tool available that supports communication with others, both inside or outside of the district. Students do not have access to creating meets. Users can have collaborative, 2-way conversations and share their screens, as well. You may join a Google meet by phone or by video/webcam. |
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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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Read&Write for Google Chrome provides personalized support, making documents, web pages and Google Drive files (including PDFs & ePub) more accessible for all Jeffco students. Already installed on all Jeffco Chromebooks, this discreet toolbar can help everyone engage with digital content in a way that suits their ability and learning style. |
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Schoology is an online learning management system (LMS) available to all staff and students in Jeffco. Teachers can manage and share content, engage students, build lessons and units, and connect with others. Students can participate in blended learning experiences created by their teachers through the use of both Courses and Groups. |
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The Securly Home application offers parents and guardians the ability to monitor and control students' internet activity outside of the Jeffco Public Schools network. |
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Seesaw is an interactive platform for student engagement. Teachers can empower students to create, reflect, share, and collaborate within the app to “show what they know” using photos, videos, drawings, text, PDFs, and links. It’s simple to get student work in one place and share with families, and nothing is shared without teacher approval. This tool is a great chance for teachers to regularly communicate with parents what their child is learning at school, and an opportunity for students to share their work with their peers in a protected, safe environment. |
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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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WeVideo is an online video creation program and website for video editing. You can use WeVideo on any device. |
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.
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.
