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Conducting a Needs Assessment
Before jumping straight to solutions, school and system leaders should conduct a needs assessment to better understand their problem or challenge.
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...
Creating Capacity Using Asynchronous Edtech Supports
District technology leaders can develop asynchronous supports for educators to shift the areas in which they dedicate their capacity.
Activity: Identify Your Stakeholders
This activity helps you to identify all of the stakeholders who could influence and/or might be impacted by the outcomes of a solution you are seeking to design.
Activity: Design the Logic of Your Solution
A logic model is a visual representation of a theory of action (also referred to as a series of "if-then statements"). This activity will help you to identify the relationships between resources, activities, outputs, and the intended outcomes of a...
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.
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...
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
Beyond Brick and Mortar Podcast: Gem Prep Online's Whole-Community Approach to College and Career Readiness
In The Learning Accelerator's new podcast series, Beyond Brick and Mortar, hear from leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. about what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along the...
Asynchronous Learning Modules for Educators
Cambridge Public Schools created asynchronous learning modules for their teachers to provide training around edtech tools and edtech integration pedagogical practices. Educators can “build their own” professional learning experience by combining...