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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.
Strategies
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...
Spotlights & Case Studies
How Do Edtech Products “Stack” Up?: Improving Quality in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Through Technology
This resource distills learnings about what must be true for edtech to promote virtual and hybrid learning program quality and offers leaders a series of questions to ask themselves when considering their own edtech products’ ability to do so.
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Novi Virtual's Approach to Teacher and Student Capacity with Technology
Through participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Novi Virtual sought to provide students with flexible and equitable access to instruction, as well as make teachers feel empowered to try new technologies and teaching practices...
Strategies
Madison Promise Online Program's Approach to Communication
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Madison Promise Online Program sought to identify ways to better communicate with and engage families and set clear expectations for virtual/hybrid learning.
Strategies
PCCS' Approach to Setting Norms and Expectations
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools' Virtual Academy sought to articulate expectations to better support students with virtual learning and train teachers on best practices...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Addressing Teacher and Student Capacity with Technology
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is essential for schools to improve both teacher and student capacity with technology. This Insight explores the research behind this critical lever and real-world case studies of...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Family Engagement in Virtual and Hybrid Learning
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is vital that schools put support structures in place that inform, encourage, and support families as an integral part of their child’s learning experience. This Insight explores...
Strategies
Addressing Student Engagement Through Hybrid Project-Based Learning (Cabarrus Virtual Academy)
Cabarrus Virtual Academy designed and piloted a project-based learning (PBL) lesson for middle-school students to provide them with critical opportunities to socially interact with peers while also empowering them in their learning.
Strategies
Cabarrus Virtual Academy's Approach to Active Engagement in Virtual Learning
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Cabarrus Virtual Academy designed and piloted a program centered on actively engaging project-based learning for students.
Teaching Practices
Digital Access: How can leaders ensure that every student can access the digital tools they need to develop as expert learners?
This problem of practice offers school leaders three approaches to ensure each student has the ability to use digital tools effectively, safely, and responsibly with consistent access across both home and school settings.
