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Digital Tool Evaluation Form from Mendon-Upton Regional School District
Mendon-Upton Regional School District created an evaluation form (using Google Forms) that educators and students can use to self-report their experience with a tool. The questions are differentiated for both roles and ask about impact, usability,...
Edtech Grading Rubric
This grading rubric (modified from LearnPlatform’s EdTech Grading Rubric) helps collect feedback from educators around edtech tools, including background criteria such as duration and frequency of use, technical criteria such as ease of use and...
Evaluating Edtech Tools
Districts must carefully consider whether edtech tools are meeting their intended goals by gauging the impact, adoption, satisfaction, and engagement of each product. Districts can utilize a variety of methods to collect data in order to better...
Engaging Spanish-Speaking Families to Strengthen Edtech Implementation
Gill-Montague Regional School District’s Director of Technology partnered with a Spanish interpreter and community liaison to support Spanish-speaking families. The efforts of the liaison facilitated stronger engagement with edtech among...
Digital Tool Pilot Proposal Form from Mendon-Upton Regional School District
Mendon-Upton Regional School District’s educators can propose a pilot of an edtech tool using a Google Form. The form collects technical information (e.g., integration with single sign-on), intended usage, features, challenges, and perceived impact...
Empowering Teachers to Pilot Edtech Tools
A district technology team in MA created a process for teachers to propose pilots of new edtech tools in their classrooms
Asynchronous Learning Module Submission Form
Cambridge Public Schools (CPS) created asynchronous learning modules for their staff to receive training around specific edtech tools that they could complete at their own pace and in their own preferred time. At the end of each learning module,...
Creativity in the Technology-Rich Classroom Framework and Protocol
This resource presents a framework (The 4Ps of Creativity) and protocol to help educators iteratively design new learning experiences that nurture student creativity. This tool also includes reflection and feedback protocols for students as well as...
The ADDIE Model for Instructional Design
The ADDIE Model for instructional design helps educators to create meaningful learning experiences and training programs through five steps: AnalyzeDesignDevelopImplementEvaluate These steps can be used – sometimes in a nonlinear fashion – to...
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines
Based on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework, the UDL Guidelines serve as a tool to help educators and other members of the education sector implement best practices when designing teaching and learning experiences, with the goal of...
Two Steps to Improve Lesson Planning Through Instructional Design
By utilizing and applying ideas and steps from instructional design, teachers can create better learning experiences that lead students toward rigorous application and more meaningful outcomes.