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Collecting Student Feedback on Edtech Tools
Collecting student feedback is a critical piece of understanding whether specific tools are useful, engaging, and beneficial to their learning.
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Beyond Brick and Mortar Podcast: The Forest School Online on Student-Centered Learning, Real-World Relevance, and Continuous Improvement in Virtual Learning
In this episode of TLA's "Beyond Brick and Mortar" podcast series, which features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along...
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Conducting an Edtech Inventory
Before building or strengthening edtech processes, school and system leaders need to first take stock of what tools currently exist in their school system.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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Gathering Family Feedback on Edtech Usage
Edtech tools can serve as a channel to involve families in their students’ lives, strengthen the home-school connection, and provide access to teachers for better communication. School leaders should seek to gather family feedback to ensure all...
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Using Data to Advocate for Students with Learning Differences
To foster the right learning environment for students with learning differences, educators must understand the data around how their students learn best, celebrate highlights, explore and problem-solve around gaps, and set up all stakeholders –...
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Using Data to Advocate for Changes in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Models
Districts that establish new virtual and/or hybrid schools should regularly collect data and engage stakeholders to evaluate the strength of their program. Virtual and hybrid schools can advocate for changes with district leadership using proper...
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Highline Virtual Academy's Approach to Student Expectations and Engagement in Virtual Learning
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Highline Virtual Academy sought to establish common expectations for synchronous class participation and provide scaffolds to encourage student discourse.
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West Chester Area School District's Approach to Mastery and Expectations
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, West Chester Area School District's Cyber Program sought to develop multiple ways for students to demonstrate mastery of standards and establish common understandings of...
