EdTech
Education Technology is a multi-billion dollar sector of companies innovating in both software and hardware for teaching, learning, and running schools, districts, and state and federal education departments. We document some of the most essential technical innovations and companies that support learning, teaching and more.
Smart Review: Harnessing the Power of Videos With Screencastify
Rachelle Dene Poth shares a smart review of Screencastify and how it can be used to support in-person and remote learning through video creation.
Camera-Ready Educators: Video As a Learning Staple
By: Paul Teske and Sarah Brown Wessling. Video can enhance learning in a variety of ways including teaching new content, differentiation, scaffolds and support, and management.
The Pandemic & Literacy: Achieve3000’s Early Insights
Achieve3000’s new report surfaces data for literacy loss between school closures and the start of the new school year.
Data-driven SEL: How It Can Help Meet Your Students’ Needs
By: Matt Smith and Travita Godfrey. Texas’s Humble ISD uses a data-driven, district-wide approach to SEL programming and intervention strategies to develop SEL competencies and help ensure students get the support they need.
End of the Test Doesn’t Mean End of Data
The traditional testing environment may not currently exist but Tom Vander Ark outlines other ways of drawing actionable insights.
Smart Review: Better Voice Recognition with SoapBox Labs
Rachelle Dene Poth discusses SoapBox Labs with Founder and CEO Dr. Patricia Scanlon in the latest Smart Review.
15 AR and VR Immersive Learning Tools
An overview of tools and technologies that help educators get started with AR and VR immersive learning in the classroom.
Choosing the Right Tools for Remote Learning
These online learning tools have wide applicability to different grade levels and content areas to help shift to remote learning with ease.
How Hands-On Robotics Brings Science Lessons to Life
By: Katie Blagden and Barb Tennyson. Incorporating coding and engineering into earth and life science lessons engage students and inspires them to show their learning.
Focusing on Data That Matters: The Plainview Story
By partnering with a university and studying data from several sources including Curriculum Associates' i-Ready, Texas's Plainview Independent School District performed an equity audit and developed an action plan to focus first and foremost on improving instruction and classroom dynamics.