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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' Supplements to Google Apps for Education
Roots built multiple simple tools to integrate with Google Apps to support scheduling, activity assignment, and data analysis.
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...
Defaulting to Individual Playlists
In order to keep young students on-task and focused, scholars learn to follow their independent learning time calendar tasks when not told otherwise.
Summit Learning Platform
Summit Public Schools has created the Summit Learning Platform that is available to any teacher nationally and used by all schools in the Summit Learning Program. The platform does four things: Empowers students to be self-directed learners,...
Teacher Ongoing Data Use
Teachers review assessment and activity data to inform check-ins and support.
Shifting to self-directed learning: Setting a "default" mode
Blended and personalized learning models attempt to put students into greater control of their learning. Teachers need to build in explicit supports and structures to support students as they exercise greater choice and control. One structure we...
What Student Choice and Agency Actually Look Like
Snapshots from six schools using blended learning to put students in control. (Originally published in eSchoolNews on November 14, 2016)
From Theory to Practice: How Blended and Personalized Learning Comes to Life in the Classroom
Discover strategies for implementing blended and personalized learning in classrooms
Guide: Procurement
This EdTech procurement guide provides a framework for schools and districts.