Researching, evaluating, and purchasing the right educational technologies can be a daunting and exhaustive process for school districts – with curriculum and technology leaders carrying the weight of the burden. Selecting software solutions that drive accountability, student outcomes, and teacher success while ensuring data security, compliance, and integration with current…
This guest post was authored by Dr. Kecia Ray and originally posted by CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 – 6:51pm. Sometimes, timing is everything. Recently I found myself talking with an edtech leader who had just purchased technology that didn’t end up working the…
This post is from guest blogger Amber Lindsay, President & CEO of iKeepSafe. iKeepSafe is a trusted partner of Veracity Verification Solutions. This past year presented an array of unique challenges and opportunities, when over 40 million K12 students moved to some form of distance learning and more than 30…
In partnership with CoSN (Consortium for School Networking), a recent roundtable of experienced educators, edtech strategists, and industry thought leaders gathered to discuss the greatest disconnect in edtech and K-12 today. Members from various backgrounds shared insights and recommendations for building trust and instilling confidence with buyers to improve the…
The EdTech Landscape: A sea of offerings Assessing instructional needs, discovering products in the market, and evaluating these products for best fit have been recognized by organizations such as Digital Promise as top challenges within school districts for many years. Among these challenges, educators must navigate a sea of EdTech offerings -…
As marketers, we spend countless hours tending to customer advocacy initiatives to build our products’ reputation through peer reviews, testimonials, case studies, etc. Today’s buyers can quickly and easily gather information independently via digital channels, meaning our sales teams have fewer opportunities to influence customer decisions and our reputation tactics are more important than ever. In fact, according to Gartner “…when B2B buyers are considering…
The following post is written by guest blogger Jim Yurasits, Director of Testing, Data, and School Improvement at Orange County Public Schools (VA). I have been working in public education for 34 years as both a teacher and an educational administrator. During that time, I have had to decide which software to…
The quest to identify, evaluate, and select the appropriate education technology solutions to meet district needs is a daunting one, to say the least. Many resources are invested, and unfortunately, purchases made do not always produce the desired results. Like any other technology investment, buyers expect value realization and often…
