A collection of tools and resources to design and conduct pilots, analyze their collected data, and potentially negotiate and purchase edtech tools. Tools are actionable (templates, surveys, etc.) while Resources are references (publications, websites, etc.).
The following ‘School Procurement Guidelines for Racial Equity in edtech’ consists of an Audit Questionnaire and Rubrictohelp you understand the types of questions you should ask of vendors you use at your school.
Always free, LearnPlatform for Administrators provides access to the largest database of edtech products, including teacher grades, broken down by categories including feedback, usage, impact, and price to help them support the academic freedom of their educators while upholding resource allocation responsibilities for support, PD and implementation needs. LearnPlatform for Administrators also includes real-time organization-wide edtech usage information via easy-to-access and understand dashboards.
Quick install guide for G Suite for Education (formerly GAFE) administrators to implement Chrome Extensions district-wide for visibility into teacher and student edtech tool access, and offer district-wide users research-based grades for those products via their browser.
Quick (10-minute) self-assessment that district administrators can take to gauge and compare their edtech management status and gather aggregated from like districts, as well as receive a custom report with actionable steps for their organization to personalize learning at scale.
Curated glossary of research terminology to assist educators and administrators with defining edtech measurement and efficacy needs, as well as deciphering data sets, analytics, reports and other academic studies and materials.
Library of free resources with which educators and adinistrators can support momentum to find, buy, manage and measure educational technology easily and effectively. Resources include FAQs, videos, etc.
LearnPlatform provides free real-time edtech analytics usage information to administrators so they can quickly and easily gain a comprehensive view of what edtech is actually being used across their schools and district.
Always free, LearrnPlatform’s database of edtech products, including teacher grades, is the largest in the country. It is broken down by categories including feedback, usage, impact, and price to help teachers select the best tool for their classrooms and share with peers.
Vancouver Public Schools’ Digital Evaluation Team developed this exemplar evaluation of Imagine Learning to provide specific information about the evidence used to make procurement and scale decisions.
Edtech Pilot Framework