Evaluating and Assessing Tools in the Digital Swamp (Solutions) - understand technology s utility in the classroom and which digital tools your school or district needs

If you concentrate on how certain digital tools can incorporate technology, pedagogy, and change knowledge, you will be well equipped to traverse the digital swamp. With this book, educators will wade through digital innovations in order to uncover tools that truly accelerate student achievement. The Digital Swamp Index will help nonexperts ascertain school models abilities to deepen learning outcomes and to effectively implement technology into education plans. Explore how to use the index to address the revolution occurring in education, which is generating a new nature of learning.

Benefits
-Learn technology s background as an educational innovation.
-Ask evaluative questions that correspond to how digital tools can act as accelerators for deep learning.
- Learn how to use the Digital Swamp Index to consider what it means to get a green, amber green, amber red, or red rating on the index scale, and read about examples of these color ratings across the spectrum.
-Distinguish the main forces of the Stratosphere agenda.
-Gain guidance in using the index as a tool when conducting a workshop.
-Discover six strategies for staying alive in the swamp.

Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Alive in the Swamp
Chapter 2: The Digital Swamp Index
Chapter 3: Using the Index
Chapter 4: The Learning Revolution in Education
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