Spark Learning with App Creation

Lightwell is a digital creation tool for 21st century learning that increases engagement and innovation.

Available on Mac OS X and Chromebook

WHY LIGHTWELL? WHAT TEACHERS SAY

Build Apps in Your Class

Easy to integrate interactive app creation across all subjects and grade levels.

Why Lightwell?

EASY

No coding experience necessary to teach computational thinking in a fun and engaging way.

VERSATILE

All-in-one creation tool tailored to your classroom needs with endless possibilities.

CREATIVE

Engage students in design thinking, collaboration and problem solving across subjects.

PROFESSIONAL

Projects export to Xcode and can be published to an iOS device or the Apple App Store.

Free Classroom Resources

Lightwell offers robust resources for teachers and students to get up and running in the classroom quickly and easily

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See the Impact of Lightwell App Creation

GRADES 8

HILARY HARNISCHEFEGER

AVENUES

"Lightwell offers all students to confidently create projects and express their vision. Even my students who are sometimes discouraged with other creative projects successfully used Lightwell to create a finished app."

GRADES 6-9

KEVIN MERGES

RUTGERS PREP

"Lightwell is inherently collaborative as students love to share and demonstrate what they can do as they explore the tools and features."

GRADES 7 & 8

ERIN CLAYTON

ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

"Lightwell allows my younger students to be involved in app development in a real way without having to learn higher level programming."

GRADES 6 & 7

CHRIS MCDOW

ALAMO HEIGHTS JUNIOR SCHOOL

"My students really enjoy the testing it out on their phones, seeing what easter eggs they can put into the story by including unique interactions, and making the story as engaging as possible."

GRADES 7 - 12

JOHN KOHN

SOUTHWESTERN ACADEMY

"Once I introduced Lightwell to the class the students turned into professional app developers. They seem to instinctively know how to design apps based on their years of experience using apps."