EdTech Resources

EdTech Resources

Blogs/Vlogs/News

Ed Surge One of the oldest Edtech sites, good articles and great jobs board

Edutopia  George Lucas Educational Foundation, interesting insights.

E3D News  News site covering educational games, training, and Edtech.

Getting Smart  Innovative education  

Inside Higher Ed  General information on higher ed with good Edtech articles.

Web 20 Classroom Great informative blog and newsletter 

Common Sense Education A non-profit with a great educational reviews by parents and teachers

Useful Websites and Apps

MIT App inventor – Help to create an app

Podcasts in the Classroom – How to start a podcast

Scratch – drag and drop programing to make Educational games

ISTE Artificial Life in Education The Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom , in 3 languages, for teaching AI in the classroom. (free)

Conferences 

SXSW EDU (South by Southwest Education) March 6 – 9 2023, Austin, TX

CUE (Computer using Educators) March 16 – 18, 2023, Palm Springs, CA

AWE (Augmented World Expo) May 31 – June 2, Santa Clara, CA

ISTE LIVE (International Society for Technology in Education) June 25 – June 28 2023, Philadelphia, PA

FETC (Future of Education Technology) Jan 22 – 25, 2024, Orlando, FL

General Resources

TeAchnology Free and easy online resources for teachers

US Dept of Education 

Research.com  Online Education Statistics

2022 EdTech Industry Statistics  

Learning Policy Institute

Pen America/Pen International – Non-profit organizations protecting freedom of expression and freedom of the press

Books Unbanned – Brooklyn Public Library’s site for tracking and reading banned books

Education Data:

California – Assessment plus many other topics

Texas Assessment 

Common Core

CA Esser Funds

US Department of Education Assessment

Offices of Educational Technology – The office of the Department of Education that oversees technology. You will find good articles as well as the National Education Technology Plan.

NCES– The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

Projections of Education Statistics – NCES projections for K-12 schools

Household Pulse Survey Data Tables  – The US Census Household Pulse Survey is designed to quickly and efficiently deploy data collected on how people’s lives have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. 

Household Experiences during the Coronavirus Pandemic – From the Pulse Survey

Teacher shortages in the United States

Books

Failure to Disrupt 

Tech Like a Pirate

Weapons of Math Destruction

The Pedagogy of the Oppressed