Technology Selection
Generate ideas
What are students using?
What are other teachers using?
Seek information from journals, social media, and other online organizations.
Time
How much time will it take ME to learn to use the tool?
How much time will it take my students to learn to use the tool?
Will the tool increase efficiency in the long run? Is it worth the time investment?
Lesson
Content
Pedagogy
What skills and strengths do they have related to tech?
Begin with the end in mind
Will I use tech to introduce, review, or assess a topic?
Qualities of Great Tech
Safety: data collection, FERPA, closed/open
puffery: look for reviews from teachers
age appropriate: design, ads, capabilities
accessibility: all students, ADA, IDEA
engagement
What can be automated by tech to save time?
What do I do daily? Attendance, lunch count, grading...
Who are my students?
What is the learning goal and expectations of the standard?
What technology tools would link well with the verbs in my standards?
Logistics
Does my school have the hardware, software, and bandwidth to support the tool?
How will my students access this tool? Shared account, personal login, or website access?
How often will my students (or myself) use this tool?
What classroom management implications do I need to consider?
Will I need parent permission for access?
What federal, state, and local guidelines do I need to follow?
Keep track of technology I have used, have seen others use, or I would like to try out.
Consider prerecorded lessons for review "on demand."
Assessments: What assignments can be converted to a digital format?
Scheduling, calendar invites and syncing
Email sorting/categorizing
Review: Tutoring support with self-paced programs
Review: student intervention needs
How can I organize lessons using a digital tool for access and sharing capabilities in the future?
How can technology support differentiation and accommodations?
Push calls? Reminder apps for parent communication?
What tech (apps, websites, tools...) does my district approve? What have they purchased?