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It's Not About the Device, It's About What You Do With It
An EdSurge article by TLA Partner Daniel Owens discussing how to make devices relevant for learning, how to best choose devices, and how to prepare for a full roll-out.
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.
Quantifying the Economic Value of Chromebooks in K-12
This Google-sponsored white paper presents detailed research with 12 K–12 school systems that implemented Chromebooks for student access to the Internet and to educational materials.
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...