Tech Purchasing
Personalized Learning
'Red Flags' to Look for When Evaluating Personalized Learning Products
Educators are asking tougher questions to sort the real personalized learning potential from the empty promises of some ed-tech products and services.
Education Funding
Opinion
How School Leaders Can See Through Ed-Tech Hype and Make Smart Choices
Schools make bad edtech choices, writes EdSurge CEO Betsy Corcoran but they don't have to...with a little thought, reflection, and help from their friends.
School & District Management
Opinion
How Should Schools Purchase Ed. Tech?
Schools often buy technology for the classroom on the basis of marketing rather than careful analysis, writes Harold O. Levy.
Classroom Technology
District Technology, Academic Leaders Learning to Work Together
Effective purchasing, policymaking, and external communications are all dependent on good CAO-CTO relationships, said panelists at CoSN's annual conference.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Group Probes Ed-Tech Pricing, Buying
A new nonprofit organization has set out to help school districts compare the prices they pay for education technology and examine the fairness and logic of their procurement practices and contracts with vendors.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Districts Struggle to Judge Ed-Tech Pilot Projects
A study suggests that school officials and technology developers often fail to set clear standards for gauging the success of those trial runs and for gathering teacher and student feedback.
Assessment
Ed-Tech Pilot Tests in Districts Informal, Short on Student Feedback, Study Finds
Both districts and ed-tech developers would benefit from collecting more feedback from teachers and students from pilot tests of products, a study suggests.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Opinion
A Quick Letter to Ed-Tech Salespeople
One of my bigger frustrations is getting form letter emails from companies trying to sell our school district some form of educational technology. As we head into another school year, I thought I would offer a bit of advice to vendors out there who would like to work with our school district.
Classroom Technology
'Pricing Database' Envisioned for Districts to Compare Costs of Ed-Tech Purchases
A "pricing database" would allow districts to compare what they're spending on desktop and laptop computers and tablets.
Classroom Technology
News in Brief
L.A. Shifts Gears Over Computers-for-All-Students Policy
The Los Angeles Unified district cannot afford to provide all its students with a digital computing device, interim Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines has announced.
IT Infrastructure & Management
After Ed-Tech Meltdown, a District Rebounds
The Guilford County, N.C., school district and its vendor, Amplify, have shared the cost of getting a failed 1-to-1 computing initiative back on track this school year.
School & District Management
Ed-Tech Purchasing Defined by 'Pervasive Culture of Can't,' Says Report
The Center on Reinventing Public Education says districts need to clear away bureaucratic barriers and "imagined restrictions" in procurement.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Opinion
Last Minute Gift Ideas for the High-Tech Teacher!
Trying to find some last minute gifts for the high tech teacher in your life? Or wondering what to do with all of those gift cards you've been getting this holiday season? Here are some ideas sure to make your holiday bright!
Classroom Technology
News in Brief
FBI Seizes District Records for L.A.'s iPad Purchase
FBI agents have seized records related to the Los Angeles district's massive purchase of digital devices, in the latest and most dramatic sign of trouble sweeping over the technology project.