Tag: Technology & Data Infrastructure

Digital Tool Pilot Proposal Form from Mendon-Upton Regional School District

Mendon-Upton Regional School District’s educators can propose a pilot of an edtech tool using a Google Form. The form collects technical information (e.g., integration with single sign-on), intended usage, features, challenges, and perceived impact on student learning. Educators can also identify other colleagues who plan to join the pilot, providing additional context to the district about planned usage.

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June 30, 2023

Edtech Focus Group Questions from KIPP MA

KIPP MA created a list of focus group questions for each audience they engaged with, including teachers, leaders, students, and families. The questions were grouped into six different themes, including student outcomes, student agency, digital literacy, support for all learners, conditions for success, and school-home connection.

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June 27, 2023

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 navigation, quality of features and content, and perceived impact on student learning and teaching effectiveness. The survey can be modified to fit different contexts, as well as collect feedback from stakeholders who are not direct educators (e.g., students, families).

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June 23, 2023

Digital Tool Evaluation Form from Mendon-Upton Regional School District

Mendon-Upton Regional School District created an evaluation form (using Google Forms) that educators and students can use to self-report their experience with a tool. The questions are differentiated for both roles and ask about impact, usability, engagement, and whether or not the user would recommend the tool.

In this example, the district requested feedback on Seesaw and IXL. To customize this document, district leaders can make a copy of this Google Form and change the names of the tools for which they would like feedback.

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June 23, 2023

Edtech Tools Inventory Spreadsheet

This spreadsheet can be used by school and district teams to conduct an inventory of their edtech tools. The spreadsheet template includes space for general information about the tool, purpose, data collection, and privacy.

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May 23, 2023

Chicopee’s Edtech Tool Gallery

Chicopee Public Schools developed an edtech tool gallery using Airtable. The visual gallery displays all of the tools that the district uses and ones they are reviewing, along with other relevant information such as a brief description of the tool, its category of use, and which schools/grades use it.

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May 23, 2023

Student Edtech Focus Group Protocol

Cambridge Public Schools used focus groups to collect data from students around their use and engagement with specific edtech tools. This focus group protocol covers the questions that need to be asked and any needed materials, and includes a note-taking template. The focus groups were conducted by instructional technology specialists (ITS) with fifth-grade students at each elementary school.

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May 4, 2023

Student Edtech Survey

Cambridge Public Schools surveyed fifth graders about their experience with five specific edtech tools that all elementary schools in the district utilized. The survey aimed to measure students’ levels of engagement, satisfaction, and adoption to see if each tool was effective in meeting their learning needs.

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May 4, 2023
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