Educational Technology
Opportunities abound for software designers and developers to create
Impactful tools for teachers, school leaders, students, and their families. And, iDesignproject helps developers, startups and entrepreneurs addresses key questions about the education ecosystem and highlights critical needs and opportunities to develop digital tools and apps for learning. Crowd-sourced from knowledgeable educators, developers, and researchers who are willing to share what they have learned, and our mentoring is designed to help entrepreneurs apply technology in smart ways to solve persistent problems in education.
Opportunities for technology to transform teaching & learning
1. Improving mastery of academic skills
2. Developing skills to promote lifelong learning
3. Increasing family engagement
4. Planning for future education opportunities
5. Designing effective assessments
6. Improving educator professional development
7. Improving educator productivity
8. Making learning accessible to all students
9. Closing opportunity gaps
10. Closing achievement gaps
Excellent opportunities exist for software designers and developers who want to use their talents to create impactful tools for teachers, school leaders, students, and their families. Our goal is to connect you to the resources needed throughout the cycle of a project – from concept ideation, to generating seed funding, to research and development and evaluation, and ultimately to scalable impact in education. Supporting learning through mobile devices; designing learning opportunities that use emerging educational technologies and instructional approaches; facilitating making thinking visible with technology.
