Tag: ed-tech

August 15, 2019

While teachers who have experienced a lot of “fad” programs tend to be wary of new technology implementations, they’re are also more likely to embrace changes that they contributed to or had a say in. New initiatives that build upon […]

August 1, 2019

When implementing change at any level in a school or district, administrators must also consider that veteran educators who have been doing something the same way for decades may be especially resistant to new tools or platforms. Including educators in […]

May 6, 2019

While federal privacy laws including the Family Educational Rights and Protection Act (FERPA), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the Children’s Internet Protection Act intend to safeguard student data, ed tech evolves so quickly that the laws soon become […]

November 9, 2018

As new innovations disrupt what has, until now, been considered traditional classroom structure, educational apps have made headway in becoming popular investments for schools in transitioning to a more tech-oriented space. Just as other forms of ed tech present opportunities […]

October 22, 2018

Personalized learning models continue to grow as educators nationwide are tasked with reinventing the way students are taught and tested. Meanwhile, the technological revolution keeps producing gadgets that make life easier by simplifying once-complex tasks, and this wave of innovation […]

April 3, 2018

Simply put: Schools and districts can gather all of the student data in the world, but it won’t mean a thing if they don’t have the means to easily interpret and make use of it. Part of the promise of […]

March 29, 2018

Apple’s Classroom app is one of our favourite apps we have featured in several EdTech lists in the past. In today’s post we are sharing with you a quick overview of some of the things you can do with Classroom […]

February 26, 2018

Like Apple and Microsoft, Google also wants a place in your classroom. Google Apps for Education is a free suite of cloud-based tools created by Google to use in your classroom. You probably knew that part, and likely have a […]

February 23, 2018

Google has recently introduced a number of new features to enhance the overall functionality of Google Drive and its services Docs, Sheets, and Slides. The most recent feature we covered here is the ability to annotate and add comments on […]

February 21, 2018

The team at Otus has revamped a popular feature to make creating assessments easier for teachers using their robust learning platform. After hearing lots of feedback from current users, they decided to make a simple assessment feature so every teacher […]