EdTech

Mind the Artificial Intelligence Gap

Educators do not need more data. Educators need usable data and the AI solutions that use data as it currently exists, rather than how we imagine it to be.

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Learner-Centered

Why Your Students Need a Manifesto

Students today can benefit from having a personal manifesto, which is a statement of purpose and a script for action to anchor you in your values when you’re faced with dilemmas. Educators can help students create their personal manifesto with a flexible series of exercises, which can then be shared with a larger group to deepen their understanding of each other.

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EdTech

Context Matters: The Why and How of Building Context into School-Based Research

A district’s edtech implementation context has a huge influence on whether edtech tools are effective, but researchers rarely take contextual factors into account in any systematic way. The Edtech Context Inventory (CI), a validated survey from the Edtech Evidence Exchange, helps district teams measure their implementation context so they have evidence to make edtech decisions.

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Equity & Access

School Shootings Are Preventable

At Getting Smart, we often think about innovation for equity - and this includes safety for every young person in every school as the fundamental basis for whole-child learning. This is a challenge we must solve.

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Learning Design

A Key Component of Student Voice

By: Lindsay Lyons. Lindsay outlines two key ideas that are at the heart of students’ success: niching content and amplifying student voice.  

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