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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.
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...
Running an Effective Pilot Program
This document provides a step-by-step approach to designing and executing an edtech pilot program, reflecting on the data collected, and deciding whether to ditch, scale, or iterate on a tool. Users can utilize this note-taking resource to capture...
Two Steps to Improve Lesson Planning Through Instructional Design
By utilizing and applying ideas and steps from instructional design, teachers can create better learning experiences that lead students toward rigorous application and more meaningful outcomes.
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.
Data Advocacy: How to Use Data for Advocacy
The Right Data Perspective: WHAT is Needed for Successful Advocacy Districts, families, and community groups have varying levels of access to data, ranging from student demographics to behavior and disciplinary data to measures of academic...
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.
Advocating for Students’ Unfinished Learning Needs
Collecting data to assess and monitor student learning progress can help address unfinished learning needs and advocate for needed supports.
Analyzing Real-Time Data for Student Advocacy
Conducting frequent data checks can help educators examine student learning in real time and provide powerful data for advocating for student needs.
Making Sense of Your Data Findings for Advocacy
After data analysis, making sense of your findings is a critical next step to connect what you have observed in the data with actionable ideas and strategies for advocating for student needs.