Educational Technology Classroom Resources
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About the Educational Technology Team The Educational Technology team supports teachers, administrators, staff, and students. Our goal is to empower innovation in teaching and learning through a clear purpose, high-quality balanced instruction, engagement, and professional learning to ensure college, career, and life readiness for every student. |
Choose from the options below to access PUSD classroom resources.
District Supported Tools
The tools listed below are supported by Poway Unified School District for the specified grade levels.
| Name | Grades | Description | Login | Common Sense Review | Teaching Resources, Guides, Tutorials |
| 2-12 | A creative design tool that allows students and teachers to create graphics, videos, and web pages with ease. | MyPLAN | Tool Review | ||
| K-12 | A graphic design platform offering templates and creative tools for designs, videos, and more, tailored for education. | MyPLAN | Tool Review | ||
| Destiny Library Manager | K-12 | School library management software for cataloging and searching resources. | MyPLAN |
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| FactCite | 3-12 | Online reference resource with biographies, history, and science facts. | MyPLAN | N/A | |
| Gale | K-12 | Digital research databases with access to scholarly articles, primary sources, and more. | MyPLAN | N/A | Training Center |
| GoGuardian | 6-12 |
Classroom management and student safety tool that allows teachers to monitor and guide student activity on school-issued devices in real time. |
N/A | N/A | Help Center |
| Google Suite | K-12 | Tools accessible to teachers and students include Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Forms, and more. | MyPLAN | Tool Review | Google Teacher Center |
| i-Ready | K-5 | Adaptive learning platform *Access to i-Ready tools is grade-level dependent. | MyPLAN | Tool Review | i-Ready Central |
| MyPLAN | TK-12 | Dashboard for families, students, and teachers to access digital tools, such as Synergy and Canvas. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Nearpod | K-12 | An interactive lesson delivery tool that includes quizzes, polls, videos, and virtual field trips to make learning engaging and dynamic. | Website | Tool Review | The Beginner’s Guide to Nearpod |
| Noodle Tools | K-12 | Student research platform with MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian bibliographies, notecards, and outlining. | MyPLAN | Tool Review | Noodle Tools Help Center |
| Sora | K-12 | Digital reading platform for ebooks and audiobooks. | MyPLAN | N/A | Getting Started |
| Synergy | TK-12 | District Student Information System (SIS) | MyPLAN | N/A | Synergy Teacher Guide |
| TurnItIn | 6-12 | Plagiarism detection and writing feedback tool. | Canvas | Tool Review | Resource Hub |
| Turnitin Draft Coach | 3-12 |
Writing support tool that helps students improve their writing before submitting final drafts. |
Canvas | Tool Review | Help Center |
| K-12 | Cloud-based video recording and editing site. |
MyPLAN
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Tool Review | WeVideo Academy |
| Chromebook Resources | Google Resources |
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