The following web tools are in use at Arvada West High School. This list will be updated as needed. All web tools used at AWHS are Jeffco Approved and have been vetted for student privacy and data usage. As always, we value keeping student information secure while allowing them to showcase their learning in fun and innovative ways.
School Wide | |
Digital Tool | Uses |
Documents, Slides, Websites, Spreadsheets, and more | |
Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn any subject, in any language, on any device. | |
A learning management system that has tools to create content, design lessons, and assess student understanding. | |
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. | |
Counseling | |
A comprehensive K-12 college and career readiness solution that aligns student strengths and interests to postsecondary goals. | |
ELA | |
AnswerGarden is a feedback tool used for real time audience participation, online brainstorming and classroom feedback. | |
CommonLit provides free reading passages for grade 5-12. They are common core aligned and offer paired text and text based questions and discussions online. | |
EasyBib is an online resource to help students generate citations and create bibliographies. | |
Padlet is a free application that allows users to create an online bulletin board that students can use to collaborate on and share ideas. | |
ESL | |
Learning Ally provides audiobooks for students with dyslexia or visual impairments. | |
Prezi is a presentation tool that can be used as an alternative to traditional slide making programs such as PowerPoint. | |
Learning Strategies | |
Actively Learn is the interactive reading platform that makes reading meaningful for every student. | |
A complete web based educational environment for K-12 and Higher-Education mathematics. | |
Flipgrid is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" of short discussion-style questions that students respond to through recorded videos. | |
Expert-created content and resources for every subject and level. | |
Learning Ally provides audiobooks for students with dyslexia or visual impairments. | |
Membean provides guided, engaging, multimodal vocabulary instruction while our Adaptive Reinforcement Engine helps students retain what they learn. | |
MobyMax is an online resource that offers free math, language, and reading resources for K-8 teachers. | |
ReadWorks provides a large library of curated nonfiction and literary articles, along with reading comprehension and vocabulary lessons, formative assessments, and teacher guidance. Everything ReadWorks does is based on cognitive science research. | |
Math | |
A complete web based educational environment for K-12 and Higher-Education mathematics. | |
A free online graphing calculator that allows students to graph functions, plot tables of data, evaluate equations and explore transformations. | |
Educreations is an interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool that allows students to animate and narrate content as they explain concepts. | |
Edpuzzle delivers videos into the classroom with audio-notes and questions. | |
Provides free online calculators and classroom activities. | |
Expert-created content and resources for every subject and level. | |
Pear Deck is an interactive presentation tool used to actively engage students in individual and social learning. | |
Screencastify is a Chrome extension that allows users to narrate, annotate and edit webcam videos. | |
A game to practice, reinforce, and extend math fact fluency. | |
With over 5,000 skills in math and ELA, students can find comprehensive, standards-aligned content for all grade levels. | |
Physical Education | |
The Heart Tech Plus works with the latest wrist- based fitness monitoring technology to monitor each student’s activity and exercise intensity during PE classes and track and monitor their progress. | |
Science | |
Edpuzzle delivers videos into the classroom with audio-notes and questions. | |
Interactive scientific simulations | |
TED Ed is a site that is focused on teaching and inspiring learners. It has TED Ed lessons which learners can use to complete lessons, series of lessons with a common theme, and clubs for student voices to be heard. | |
Social Studies | |
AnswerGarden is a feedback tool used for real time audience participation, online brainstorming and classroom feedback. | |
CommonLit provides free reading passages for grade 5-12. They are common core aligned and offer paired text and text based questions and discussions online. | |
Edpuzzle delivers videos into the classroom with audio-notes and questions. | |
Free resources, tools and support for informed and engaging civic learning. | |
Mission US is a multimedia project featuring free interactive adventure games set in different eras of U.S. history. | |
Padlet is a free application that allows users to create an online bulletin board that students can use to collaborate on and share ideas. | |
Pear Deck is an interactive presentation tool used to actively engage students in individual and social learning. | |
Prezi is a presentation tool that can be used as an alternative to traditional slide making programs such as PowerPoint. | |
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. | |
Remind is a communication tool that helps teachers connect instantly with students and parents. Send quick, simple messages to any device without disclosing your phone number. | |
Technology | |
Blockly app is for use with Dash and Dot Robots. | |
CODE is a tool that teaches students simple scripting and development. | |
Scratch allows you to program your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively - essential skills for life in the 21st century. | |
Tinkercad is an online 3D design and 3D printing app. | |
Instrumental and Vocal Music | |
Finale is an interactive music notation software. | |
World Languages | |
Actively Learn is the interactive reading platform that makes reading meaningful for every student. | |
Students practice world language vocabulary, grammar and verbs. Spanish, French, German and more. | |
Duolingo is a free language-learning platform that includes a language-learning website and app, as well as a digital language proficiency assessment exam. Students have the opportunity to learn 20 different languages on this website. | |
Edpuzzle delivers videos into the classroom with audio-notes and questions. | |
Flipgrid is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" of short discussion-style questions that students respond to through recorded videos. | |
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. | |
Engaging educational videos in Spanish. | |
ZipGrade turns phones or tablets into an optical grading machine similar to a Scantron. It provides instant feedback to students by grading exit tickets, quizzes, and formative assessments as soon as they finish. | |