Ed Tech Intro Resources
As noted in the course description, the purpose of this course is to provide a comprehensive overview of the field of educational technology. Guided by the standards that our field has evolved, candidates learn how to plan for impactful integration of technology, thereby putting theory into practice.
Module 7: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 is having a profound impact on the use of educational technology today. Collected here are pandemic resources organized according to home learning, school reopening strategies, tools, pitfalls, compliance tracking, and the ed tech industry.
Home Learning- ISTE Parents Guide to Home Learning. https://cdn.iste.org/www-root/Libraries/Documents%20%26%20Files/Books/ISTE_Parents_Guide_to_Home_Learning.pdf
- Poll: Their Kids Learned Less, But Parents Satisfied With Remote Education. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2020/07/what_parents_think_of_the_coronavirus_shutdown.html
- Hearn, Patrick. (2020). Google Assistant tackles back-to-school with new features for students at home. https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/google-assistant-launches-new-features-to-help-learn-at-home/
- Teaching from Home with Google. https://teachfromhome.google/
- What’s the plan? How K-12 school districts are preparing to resume and reopen. https://www.edsurge.com/research/guides/what-s-the-plan-how-k-12-school-districts-are-preparing-to-resume-and-reopen
- Back to School Rubric v2.0. https://thejournal.com/articles/2020/08/31/rubric-helps-districts-identify-areas-of-improvement-for-fall-return.aspx
- Four Things Districts Need to Know Before Moving Learning Online. https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2020/four-things-school-districts-need-to-know-before-moving-learning-online/
- Open access eBook: Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field. Special JTTE issue on remote teaching https://www.learntechlib.org/j/JTATE/v/28/n/2/
- Top used websites on school computers during pandemic. https://thejournal.com/articles/2020/06/15/youtube-rises-above-all-else-in-student-learning-at-home.aspx
- Corona Virus Real Time Data Visualizer. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
- On Standardized Tests, Students Face an 'Online Penalty' Switching from paper to online standardized tests caused significant drops in students’ scores—and vulnerable students were hurt the worst. https://www.edutopia.org/article/standardized-tests-students-face-online-penalty
- Equity stops virtual plans for remote exams. The College Board is dropping plans to administer the SAT college-entrance exam remotely. At issue, the College Board said, is that students would have required three hours of uninterrupted internet access, which may not be possible for all students. https://apnews.com/2f1a4b63b1309a2ba7910027208e5ccf
- Impact of Pandemic on Ed Tech Industry
- AECT's response to the COVID-19 virus. https://www.aect.org/aects_response_to_the_covid-1.php
- Google responds to COVID-19. https://teachfromhome.google/
- Hodges, C., Moore S., Lockee, B., Trust, T., & Bond, A. (2020). Educause Review. The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning. https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/3/the-difference-between-emergency-remote-teaching-and-online-learning
- Special issue free access: A Response to Emergency Transitions to Remote Online Education. https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/ils/special-issue-free-access-a-response-emergency-transitions-remote-online-education
- Bakhshaei, Mahsa; Seylar, John; Ruiz, Pati; and Vang, Mai Chou. (2020). Prevalence of Coaching and Approaches to Supporting the Valuable Role of Edtech Coaches during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey. http://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Natl-COVIDCoachingResponseSurveyReport.pdf
- Gallup Poll. (2020). Digital Tools and Equity Amid the Pandemic: Teacher, Parent and Student Perspectives. https://www.newschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/NSVF_DigitalToolsBrief.pdf
- Google Mobility Reports track how well communities are doing in obeying guidelines. https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/
