Technology
Drake Middle School is part of Jeffco’s 1:1 Tech4Ed program. This ensures that every student, starting in 4th grade and ending at graduation, has a Chromebook device for learning. Technology is used as a tool to expand learning, support digital citizenship & literacy, and to support the variety of ways in which students express new knowledge. For more information, click on Jeffco’s Tech4Ed program.
Technology Issues
Students who have a damaged Chromebook or their device is not working properly should come to the library for help. The librarian, Ms. Chubb, and library Para, Miss Stephanie, are here to help navigate technology issues. If a device needs to be sent to the district to be fixed, another device will be assigned to the student.
Securly
Securly is a program that allows teachers to view student devices during work time at school. Once students leave for the day, their devices cannot be accessed by teachers. Parents have the option to add the Securly app for home.
Digital Learning Applications
To learn more about these digital learning applications, please contact the digital teacher librarian.
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Support and differentiate readings done in the class |
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Online Photo and Design Tools |
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Book Creator is ideal for making all kinds of books, including picture books, photo books, comic books, journals, textbooks . . . |
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A graphic design program to create graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content. |
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Digital citizenship |
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Library catalog management system |
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High-quality images, audio, video, text and interactives by grade level |
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Independent practice, games and texts to support language acquisition |
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Crop a video, explain it with your own voice and embed questions to guide learning. |
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Gimkit is a game show for the classroom that requires knowledge, collaboration, and strategy to win. |
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A set of online tools that allows teachers to create lessons, collect student work, grade, and return graded papers. |
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Create, Edit, Share and Collaborate online |
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Virtual Field Trips |
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Store information, share information, presentations, spreadsheets, |
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Create a quick opinion poll, create quizzes, to analyze data in real time |
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Allows students to efficiently and effectively communicate. Gmail has District managed filtering tools that provides students with a safe and secure District email. |
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Custom mapping, explore new cities, or demonstrate understanding |
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Spreadsheets can be created, edited and stored online |
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Use Google Slides to create online slideshows. Make beautiful presentations together with secure sharing in real-time and from any device. |
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Translates text, speech, images, sites |
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iCivics exists to engage students in meaningful civic learning. |
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Illustrative Mathematics provides resources and support for giving their students an enduring understanding of mathematics. |
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Students can view assignments, grades, attendance, and more |
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Create, Play and Share your own learning with games and quizzes |
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Databases provided through Jefferson County Public Library for research skills. |
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Tutorial helps students to go deeper with arithmetic |
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Word, Publisher, PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets |
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Deliver instruction, interactive displays and educational presentations |
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Citation Creation Tool |
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College and Career planning tool used in conjunction with Counselors |
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Allows students to access news stories from several sources that match their reading level |
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Testing app enables students to take assessments |
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Users post notes on a digital wall |
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Interactive Q&A for Google Slides |
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Interactive scientific simulations from the University of Colorado |
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Review content and material in class |
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Online flashcards, games and review |
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Easy-to-customize content tools for assessment, instruction, and practice |
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A Google Chrome extension that provides reading and writing supports for Google Docs, the web and PDFs |
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Learning management system for Jeffco Schools |
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A Chrome extension that allows you to record your screen, face, voice and more |
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Classroom management tool for teachers to monitor and guide student devices. View students screens, share links, and more. |
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Teaches Spanish through hilarious music videos |
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Online music and voice editing |
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Digital Storytelling |
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Pearson test delivery platform |
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Online video editing software |
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YouTube is a video-sharing website owned by Google. The site allows users to upload, view, and share videos. Students have access to content that is approved for Jeffco. |
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This is a math tool that will be installed later this year. |
Digital Citizenship and Wellness at Drake Middle School
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.
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.