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Verifying Student Learning Locations through QR Codes
Roots uses QR codes to allow student to "check in" at learning locations.
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Provides an Overview of Creating Tech Tools
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares how the school has worked to create and develop custom applications to support integrations and student and teacher workflow. Transcript: Jill Tew: the first thing that we did this...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Discusses the "Why" and the "How" of Tech Tool Development
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares the team's philosophy for understanding technology needs, doing diligence on existing products, and developing tools to fill gaps. Transcript: Jill Tew: Whole process, we were thinking...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Discusses Use of Google Apps
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares the importance of Google Apps to Root's instructional and operational model. Transcript: Jill Tew: I think Google and its kind of skeleton will always make sense for us as kind of the...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation On Needing an Instructional Purpose in Selecting Software
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares how understanding of instructional needs drive technology adoption. Transcript: Jill Tew: What we try to do and what I’m very kind of vocal about is never just adopting an app because...
Roots Executive Director Discussing Pilot Process for Software
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, shares how the team thinks about and executes the piloting and selecting of new technologies based upon identified needs. Transcript: Jon Hanover: Yeah, so our process pretty much looked like this, we'd...
Google Calendar for Schedules
Using Google Calendar to schedule student rotations through independent learning stations, conferencing, and small-group instruction.
Roots Executive Director Explains Modifying Tech Tools
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discusses how the school built customized apps to integrate with their Google tools.Transcript: Jon Hanover: the apps that we built around Google Calendar that interact with the API – the first one is the one...
Teacher Explains Student iPads Use for Scheduling at Roots
Roots teacher, Mackenzie Wagner, shares how iPads are introduced to and used by students throughout the school day and year.Transcript: Mackenzie Wagner: In the beginning, it was really tricky. The iPads are obviously something that are totally new...
Content Teacher Discusses Benefits of Habits of Success Teachers at Roots
Roots teacher, Samantha Gambino, is a content-area teacher. She explains the value of having Habits of Success teaching peers to support the content-area work. Transcript: Samantha Gambino: they're having one-on-one conversations about like,...
Roots Executive Director Provides Overview of Different Groupings at Roots
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discusses how the team uses homogeneous and heterogeneous grouping structures to support student learning. Transcript: Jon Hanover: Throughout the day, we kind of strike a balance by having different...