K–12 Teachers Want More Input in Ed Tech Tool Selection

Team LOKGEN July 13, 2022

There is a discrepancy in the types of educational technology tools that school administrators and teachers select, and teachers want more say, according to the results of a survey that ed tech company Clever conducted with 1,500 administrators and educators at the end of 2021.
Clever discovered:
K–12 Teachers Feel Left Out of Ed Tech Selection
Survey results found that teachers and administrators do not agree on how much involvement teachers have in the ed tech selection process. Despite 85 percent of administrators stating that their teachers are frequently or sometimes involved in choosing…

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