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Advice: Hardware Selection
Understanding key points about what devices can and can't do, and how they fit within the context of the district's approach, will lead to a better device decision and save time.
Edtech Procurement at Houston ISD
This TLA snapshot highlights Houston Independent School District’s (HISD) success with purchasing edtech and is a valuable real-world example of how to follow the recommendations found in the Smart Series Guide to Edtech Procurement.
Advice: Establish a statewide vision and plan
Three states share their approach to developing a statewide vision for innovation in education.
Education Elements: Understanding and Supporting Blended Learning Teaching Practices
Education Elements, a blended and personalized learning education technology provider, offers another take on competencies. In this paper, the team outline their views on the pedagogical shifts, supports, and critical training alignments needed to...
Advice: Support and Leverage for Early Adopters
Innovation in education does not always take hold when mandated solely from the “top down.” Early adopters at the school and district level can show the way for others across the state, and they provide authentic, real-world experience from which to...
Guide: Transformative Budgeting for Digital Learning
This guide intended to assist districts in rethinking traditional budgetary approaches in order to find possible ways to fund technology initiatives by repurposing existing funding sources. The paper offers step-by-step advice through investigation,...
Advice: Common Sense Education
Common Sense Education provides lesson plans, interactive games, professional development, and family education around digital citizenship.
Guide: TNTP's Re-imagining Teaching in a Blended Classroom
Blended Learning involves much more than introducing technology into classrooms; it offers an opportunity to rethink how teachers teach and students learn. TNTP's first version of guidance to help districts and schools rethink their human capital...
Reimagining Teaching In a Blended Classroom
Blended learning involves much more than introducing technology into classrooms; it offers an opportunity to rethink how teachers teach and students learn. TNTP's first version of guidance to help districts and schools rethink their human capital...
Lovett’s Approach to Communications
Lovett views communications as a critical part of their work, and they changed their approach as they started to shift to digital learning.