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Advice: Device Expectations
Establishing clear expectations with students and families is essential to making sure devices stay functional.
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.
Guide: Procurement
This EdTech procurement guide provides a framework for schools and districts.
Cross-housing BL/PL under Teaching and Learning and Technology
How to signal at the system level that shifting to a more personalized learning environment is central to instruction, not peripheral to it.
Google for Education Teacher Center: Chromebooks
Resources to help teachers use Chromebooks in the classroom.
Single Sign-On for Multiple Digital Learning Platforms
To help support families with students in multiple grade levels living in one household, the district used ClassLink to provide families with one URL to access all programs.
Accelerating Universal Wi-Fi Access in Ector County
Thirty-nine percent of families in Ector County did not have access to the internet at the start of the pandemic with many in this rural county not having any options. Ector County Independent School District Superintendent Scott Muri shares how the...
Ector Home Connectivity: US & Texas Landscape
This report created by Thru-Ed for Ector County Independent School District was part of a project to explore what options were available to improve broadband access to the residents of Ector County. This report illustrates national case studies and...
Ector County Home Connectivity: Baseline Assessment
This report created by Thru-Ed for Ector County Independent School District is part of a project to explore what options are available to improve broadband access to the residents of Ector County. This baseline report provides a snapshot of the...
Universal Wi-Fi Access
Thirty-nine percent of families in Ector County Independent School District had no internet access or cell phone internet access. To provide universal access, the district provided families with MiFi devices and connected with local cable services...