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TLA Snapshot: Data-Driven Ed Tech Decisions
Learn how a school district in Saratoga, California is using data generated from a new tool to inform its ed tech purchasing and allocation decisions.
Technology & Data Infrastructure
Technology Infrastructure Connectivity Hardware Procurement Network Systems Data Infrastructure Data Interoperability Data Privacy & Security
From Digital Access to Digital Equity: Critical Barriers That Leaders and Policymakers Must Address to Move Beyond “Boxes & Wires”
This report urges leaders and policymakers to address five critical barriers to digital equity, moving beyond a sole focus on internet access and devices. These barriers include digital redlining, the digital use divide, privacy taxes, adult bias,...
Collecting Student Feedback on Edtech Tools
Collecting student feedback is a critical piece of understanding whether specific tools are useful, engaging, and beneficial to their learning.
Conducting an Edtech Inventory
Before building or strengthening edtech processes, school and system leaders need to first take stock of what tools currently exist in their school system.
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 Stakeholder Evaluation Survey
This survey can be used to collect feedback from school stakeholders (e.g., teachers, students, staff, families) around engagement, adoption, impact, and satisfaction around specific tools.
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...
Capturing Teachers’ Thoughts on Technology Usage
Teachers can offer valuable insights on whether devices and tools effectively meet student needs for learning, and therefore should be regularly included in the evaluation process for technology decisions.
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...