Support Pedagogy in the Classroom with Educational Technology

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In the classroom, pedagogy rules — or, at least, it should, according to Weston Kieschnick, education consultant, podcaster and author of the books Bold School: Old School Wisdom + New School Technologies and The Educator’s Atlas: Your Roadmap to Engagement. EdTech: Focus on K–12 spoke with him about his vision for integrating tech into teaching so students can thrive.
EDTECH: In your book Bold School, you write, “Technology is awesome. Teachers are better.” What inspired you to say that?
KIESCHNICK: Technology emerged in our schools, and we got really excited about it, justifiably so. It…

Asynchronous learning, an educational model in which students learn on their own schedule, is exploding in popularity in K–12 schools. As the number of devices…