Unsolicited and ill-informed advice on how experts should do their job rarely lands well. Bearing that in mind, unless you’ve spent years in classrooms full of students, working against the demands of curriculum mandates, IEP or 504 modifications and state testing requirements, I implore you—each of my colleagues in edtech proffering your solutions to schools—to begin conversations by asking teachers what they need.
Just because edtech companies work outside of the classroom doesn’t mean they can’t position themselves as a support system inside the classroom; however, doing so means taking deliberate measures to involve classroom leaders.
