Creating Capacity Using Asynchronous Edtech Supports
District technology leaders can develop asynchronous supports for educators to shift the areas in which they dedicate their capacity.
June 23, 2023
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Edtech Asynchronous Professional Development from Barnstable Public Schools
The Barnstable Public Schools Instructional Technology team creates online professional development courses that are available asynchronously through a support website.
June 23, 2023
Edtech Support YouTube Channel from Barnstable Public Schools
The Barnstable Public Schools Instructional Technology team uses a YouTube channel to house a growing number of how-to videos that seek to address frequently asked questions and more technical aspects of the edtech tools commonly used in their district.
June 23, 2023
Edtech Monthly Update from Barnstable Public Schools
The Barnstable Public Schools Instructional Technology team uses this monthly newsletter to communicate high-impact edtech tips and tricks directly to their teachers, as well as other stakeholders who have signed up to receive updates. Using a template allows the team to easily customize the content, include relevant links, and embed accessibility features like alternative text for images.
June 23, 2023
Barnstable Public Schools
Barnstable Public Schools, located in Massachusetts, has a focus on educating the whole child by creating a student-centered school culture that addresses students’ physical, social, emotional, and academic needs by creating a safe and healthy learning environment in which students are challenged, supported, and engaged.
June 23, 2023
Evaluating Edtech Tools
Districts must carefully consider whether edtech tools are meeting their intended goals by gauging the impact, adoption, satisfaction, and engagement of each product. Districts can utilize a variety of methods to collect data in order to better understand the ways a tool is used and its resulting outcomes.
June 23, 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).
June 23, 2023
Edtech Stakeholder Evaluation Survey
This survey can be used to collect feedback from school stakeholders (e.g., teachers, students, staff, families) around engagement, adoption, impact, and satisfaction around specific tools.
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.
June 23, 2023
Conducting a Needs Assessment
Before jumping straight to solutions, school and system leaders should conduct a needs assessment to better understand their problem or challenge.
June 20, 2023