Technology

To ensure seamless technology integration, all Grade 3-12 students have an individual Colorado Academy account. In the Lower School, students are scheduled in the Wonder Workshop to learn specific skills such as keyboarding, basic applications, and programming.

In Middle and Upper School, our teachers use the latest technology tools to enhance the learning experience. Assignments, grades, resources, and other essential information are posted electronically to our password-protected website.

Many teachers in Grades 5-12 use Google Classroom or Showbie to facilitate a paperless classroom by collecting, commenting, and returning work to students electronically.

Our emphasis is on integrating technology effectively to improve learning. Teachers are expected to use 1:1 devices when appropriate as one of the many resources available in the classroom.

Find out more about our 1:1 Device Program

• Referencing and validating: Students take full responsibility for AI-generated materials as if they had produced them themselves. Ideas must be attributed, and facts must be true.
• Students are expected to develop their own understanding and knowledge of the subject matter and demonstrate their mastery in their own voice. The use of AI tools as a learning aid should be used for reference purposes only and are not to be used as a substitute for original ideas and/or thinking.
• Students should always verify the information gathered from AI tools for validity and accuracy, just as one would with Wikipedia or any other informational resource.
• AI such as ChatGPT, Bard, Dall-E, Photomath, and any future artificial intelligence and large language model aids are tools. They should be treated as we would treat Google Search Engine and the like, to be used intentionally and thoughtfully.
• Openness: AI use should be open and documented. AI tools can be used to explore ideas, play with knowledge, and help one study. But students need to be open about this and document their use or these aids.
• As with any other use of sources, students should cite their work if they have used these tools in any way that might inform their work.
• This Includes, but is not limited to, generating outlines, examples, or whether used as a portion or total of submitted work.
• If possible, students should use an annotated bibliography that describes in detail how they used an AI tool.

Students who need assistance with CA technology can reach out to the Tech Department by email at help@coloradoacademy.org, phone at 303-914-2525, or in-person on the second floor of Raether Library.