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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...
Instructional Design in Lesson Planning Worksheet
Planning is a critical cornerstone of educators’ work. To increase effectiveness in lesson planning, this worksheet helps educators apply steps from strong instructional design to improve backward planning and increase opportunities for student...
Surveying Teachers to Identify Edtech Professional Learning Needs
Professional development can be a powerful driver for edtech integration. Collecting and analyzing data around teachers’ technology needs can help ensure that learning opportunities are relevant and targeted.
Gathering Family Feedback on Edtech Usage
Edtech tools can serve as a channel to involve families in their students’ lives, strengthen the home-school connection, and provide access to teachers for better communication. School leaders should seek to gather family feedback to ensure all...
Data Advocacy: Getting Started
Data plays an integral role in informing districts, schools, and communities of successful trends and in identifying critical areas for improvement. It can also play an important role in advocating for change. However, given the complexity and...
Data Advocacy: Why Use Data for Advocacy
Stakeholders advocate for varying reasons; however, the purpose of advocacy should be anchored in an equitable vision for learners. Using a research-based framework helps stakeholders leverage data to tell the story of historic and current...
Auditing an Edtech Stack
Edtech plays a critical role in promoting the quality of virtual and hybrid learning. Leaders must capture and reflect on their edtech tools' ability to drive quality learning.
How Do Edtech Products “Stack” Up?: Improving Quality in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Through Technology
This resource distills learnings about what must be true for edtech to promote virtual and hybrid learning program quality and offers leaders a series of questions to ask themselves when considering their own edtech products’ ability to do so.
Leveraging Disciplinary Data to Advocate for Students
Data can be used by stakeholders to understand how and to what extent disciplinary practices are occurring within their school or district, and further advocate for equitable practices for students.