Hi everyone! I'm exploring different ways to make online learning more engaging through interactive content. I've been experimenting with various formats like knowledge check quizzes and branching scenarios, but I'd love to hear what works best in your experience.

What's your preferred method of adding interactivity to your courses? Do you find quizzes more effective for knowledge retention, or do branching scenarios better engage your learners? Have you discovered any unique approaches that delivered great results?

Also, I'd appreciate recommendations for tools and platforms you use to create interactive content. Always looking to expand my toolkit!

I’m looking to pivot in my career and wondering what roles I may be qualified for. My bachelors is in Speech Pathology and my Masters is in Applied Behavior Analysis. I have 1 year of leadership and management experience. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

I understand that the WiFi standard chosen is very much dependent on what type of devices students are using and what the schools device refresh cycle is. I’m curious to get opinions on what people are typically seeing when it comes to picking a WiFi standard in K12 Education.

Typically, schools aren’t purchasing the high end devices that have these new radios. Does it really make sense to upgrade wireless to WiFi 6E or even WiFi 7 at this time? In my opinion, you shouldn’t have to upgrade your wireless infrastructure for 5-7 years.

Thoughts?

Hello everyone! I'm a college student trying to make parent/teacher communication more efficient. Have an opinion on parent/teacher communication? Please share it!

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Thank You!

As the title suggests, I’m curious as to what this community thinks in terms of good advice (or even advice to stay away from) with edtech and school technology.

Our district is looking at SchoolMint as an enrollment or online registration solution. To those who use it, what are your pros and cons of SchoolMint? Bonus if you use it with PowerSchool.

We currently use PowerSchool Enrollment aka Infosnap and are looking for a better solution for multiple reasons.

Any feedback is welcome!

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Hi everyone,

I’m a student currently working on a project for my Opportunity Recognition and Business Model Development course. Our team has come up with a social entrepreneurship idea: a Skill Sharing Platform where people can exchange skills and knowledge for free!

Here’s the concept:

You offer what you know (e.g., photography) and, in return, learn something you’re curious about (e.g., programming). It’s all about creating a direct value exchange between users, making learning accessible and empowering for everyone.

Think of it as Tinder for skill sharing—you’ll be matched with people based on the skills you want to learn and those you can teach.

We’d love your feedback and input! Does this idea resonate with you? Would you be interested in participating in such a platform?

Looking forward to your thoughts and ideas.

Thank you!

Hi everyone, I’m looking for academic literature or studies focused on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED), particularly ones that explore its implementation and teacher acceptance. I’m especially interested in research grounded in the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) but would also appreciate recommendations on studies discussing practical implementation or teacher perspectives.

Hi,

I’m here to share my recent frustrating experience with Course Hero, where I have worked as a contributor for over 10 years. My account was abruptly terminated, citing “repeated violations” of their Terms of Use. However, this claim is inaccurate. In the past 5 years, I’ve only had one minor issue (an incomplete answer flagged in June 2024), and the last issue before that was in 2019—clearly not a pattern of repeated violations.

The content they flagged this time was a statistical question I authored to help students. It was my original work, created with the goal of fostering learning. Despite submitting a formal appeal explaining my situation, I haven’t received any response. What’s worse, my account balance of around $300 remains locked, and I can’t withdraw my earnings.

After some online research, I’ve discovered that many other contributors have faced similar issues, with some waiting months for a response—or never hearing back at all. It seems Course Hero may block emails associated with terminated accounts, further preventing communication and resolution.

I’m posting this here to expose Course Hero’s unfair practices and to ask:

Have any of you experienced something similar with Course Hero or another platform?

What steps would you recommend to resolve this?

This situation has severely impacted my livelihood, and I feel it’s important to spread awareness about how contributors are treated. Thank you for reading, and any advice or support would mean a lot!

If you’d like to help, please PM me, and I’ll share my contact details

This article is generating a lot of buzz amongst the higher ups in my school: https://www.afterbabel.com/p/false-promise-of-device-based-ed

What are you thoughts on the points that it raises?

As a designer selling courses, I was blown away by how bad current LMS platforms are. Seriously, even top solutions feel stuck in 2010 — endless forms and clicks just to publish basic content. IDK about you, but educational software seems way behind in UX compared to modern tech tools. With my dev friends, we built as a side-project a platform for hosting courses, guides, and educational content. No endless forms or complex setups. Just easy sharing of knowledge.

Curious: does anyone here know how universities/colleges pick new learning tools? Who makes these decisions?

For context: several teachers are already using our platform, some making $20k+/month. Would love to make it work for educational institutions too.

Hey everyone!  I am an IT student who recently got into technical writing (tutorials and technical articles), which is how I earn my bread and butter right now. I like the work and feel like I could do more, however the amount of my output is currently limited from my customer’s end (who is in the EdTech industry, which is why I am posting it here).

 I am still unsure if this is the right sub to ask, but nevertheless:

To anyone out there who is owning a SaaS business: I would like to understand your perspective more, in order to be able to acquire further customers and deliver good work according to their needs.

• What are your needs and biggest challenges in marketing?
• Who are your customers?
• What is your next milestone and how do you want to arrive there?

I wished I could formulate the answer more specifically, but that is where I hope you will come in – I’d be very thankful for anyone who shares their experiences!

It does not matter, if it is something that you lack time for or are not sure yet how to solve, any input is appreciated!

Hello!

I'm looking for wireless screen-casting dongle to use in school:

1. Must connect to screen HDMI (can have additional power requirement via USB or EU outlet)

2. Must connect to external wifi for Internet connection

3. Client could connect to dongle via wifi and gets internet connection, because dongle is connected to external wifi

Now comes the hard part:

4.1) Dongle connection password must change each time user disconnects or from time-to-time (aka once a day). Connection information could be shown via wifi-qr-code.

4.2) OR connection password information will NOT be shown on the display, when no client is connected. Then I could pre-configure connection for teachers tablets and students will never know dongle wifi password.

Anycast, Mirascreen would be cheap solutions, but they don't offer 4.1 or 4.2...

And in experience, students most certainly will start trolling, when they could connect to the device, for example someone has connected previously and now casts from the corridor...

Anyways, maybe something like that exists and you could recommend me :)

Thank you in advance!

Are you using platforms like Accredible, Sertifier, or similar for issuing digital certificates and badges? If yes, how's your experience been with them? If not, I'm curious, what's your go-to method for managing course certificates? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

I’m currently working at a well known Edtech brand. We just went through our first ever round of lay offs. I’m shocked and upset (probably naive too). But I’m worried the industry is just going to collapse at this point. Anyone else working in edtech, and how do you feel? My company said they were one of the last companies in the industry to do lay offs.

Hello! I manage a bunch of classrooms all around the world, and one of the challenges we've had in many locations, is that culturally, students speak very softly. We've been trying for years to try and change that, but at this point, it makes sense to meet them where they're at.

So, we're looking for recommendations on classroom amplification systems where the students are amplified, not the teacher. I'm seeing a few, but they are all focused around the teacher. I would love for there to be microphones that could be placed on each table that would pick up the student voices and then they're connected to speakers.

I've never looked for something like this before, and so I would love any input or guidance from others who have done this before on where I should look to help me find the right systems to use.

Thank you!

Hello! I'm a district administrator in the southeast US, but I am also a graduate student studying how K-12 schools handle strategic planning data.

If you're a school administrator, principal, IT director, or data director, I'd love your input on a 15-20 minute survey about:
💰Current enrollment & budget projection practices
📈Data dashboards, Ed-Fi integration, and combining data from different sources
📋Strategic planning challenges
📊Predictive analytics and creating reports for stakeholders

Your insights will help inform my class project on data challenges in K-12 schools. Important Note: This survey is being conducted for a graduate course assignment and is not an IRB-approved research study. Your responses will be used solely for academic purposes.

Interested in participating? Please comment or DM me for the survey link! Thank you for helping a fellow education professional! 🙏
#K12Education #EdLeaders #EdTech #DataAnalytics

Hey there I am curious if anyone here has insights or recommendations for funding accelerators and incubators focused on edtech startups specifically I am looking to learn more about programs in the United States Canada Europe and Mena region

I am interested in programs that provide mentorship networking funding opportunities specialized support for b2b

Hey all,

We have McGraw Hill Wonders(reading) and Reveal(Math) grade K-5. As the technology director my primary focus has been break fix, data, and device maintenance and I’m looking to try to make an impact with student achievement.

Ultimately our staff typically reverts back to paper/pencil workbooks which are purchased by the district alongside the digital content.

I dove into the admin tools and reporting for McGraw Hill and it seems to be pretty robust.

Are there any districts who have these curriculums and feel like they utilize all the online content for students and reporting for admin to its fullest? From what I can see if the online content is used we can see mastered standards, proficiency level by standard, etc. since we assess and do so much out of the system the data is not accurate in the online reports.

Our curriculum leaders are old school and I’m trying to figure out how to get them to understand the benefits of utilizing the online content.

My assumption is that the more data we have on our students the easier we can know what our students truly need help with and I feel like these tools can help that.

I’m curious if everyone else’s experience with this specific curriculum and if you feel like utilizing these online tools help us help our students better.

As a lot of educators are exploring new tech, I’ve been curious about how AI is being used to simplify everyday tasks like creating lesson plans, grading, or even generating engaging content. I recently tried a tool that helps turn slides into videos, which seemed like a time-saver, but I’m sure there are other innovative approaches out there.

What tools or strategies have you found most useful for integrating AI into your teaching workflows? Would love to hear your experiences!

We have recently banned all cell phones in our school, which has been great for improving social connections and classroom focus, but has put us in a bind for video creation, as students primarily used their phones for recording in the past. We would like to invest in a class set of iPads instead of relying on phones. These would be for middle school students (Grades 6-8) and high school students (Grades 9-12) to use. My IT Director thinks we should get regular iPads. Another school I visited recommended we get iPad Airs at the minimum so we can future proof ourselves for any new features that might emerge with Apple Intelligence in the next couple of years. I personally have been considering iPad Pro 11" models due to the better camera and hardware performance. My IT director has balked at the cost of these, which I understand, but we luckily have access to decent funding and can afford any of these options. I'm curious for broader feedback though - will it make a big difference in having the iPad Pro vs the iPad Air?

Hello,

I am a teacher who is thinking about moving into EdTech. What sorts of skills should I try to acquire before I make the move? Do EdTech companies generally look to hire former teachers?

For context, I have a Bachelor's in Secondary Education, and I will soon be done with an MBA as well.

Any advice helps :)

My team and I need a calendar/scheduling software that allows institutions to book overlapping time slots to share their testing times with us. We are on standby via phone for any help they need based on this calendar. Sometimes 5-10 institutions will take our test at the same time. We have tested Google Calendar, Microsoft Bookings, Calendly, and Zcal, amongst others. Zcal does allow overlapping appointments, but there is no calendar view on the back end and when I try to connect it to a Google or Outlook calendar, it blocks overlapping appointments. Previously, over 100 institutions sent us individual emails and we added each one to our Outlook calendar manually.

Our established EdTech platform is looking to explore International markets in the 2025 year. We have a small but growing presence in the US and are familiar with all the Conferences in the US and Canada.

We are definitely going to BETT in London. We are strongly considering EduTech Asia in Singapore.

Do y'all have any recommendations for:

Latin America Ed-Tech Conferences?

Middle Eastern Ed-Tech Conferences?

African Ed-Tech Conferences?

The larger the better, considering the travel costs from the US involved. Thanks for any advice.

I saw a similar question about an alternative for FlipGrid posted here in the past. But it is 5 years old and I'm sure the landscape of virtual forums has changed in that time.

Our PTO is hoping to host a virtual talent show where we have students upload short (<=3 min) videos of their talent to a virtual platform and then release them at a specific time for the students, teachers and parents to view from home. I imagine the entire process (a few weeks for uploading videos and about a week of availability for viewing) would all be less than a month.

Last year we used FlipGrid for free as the school district had already paid for this service. But we no longer have FlipGrid and need to find an alternative. Everything I am finding in my search is either not secure (e.g., uploading videos to something like Google Drive) or waaaaay too involved and expensive for our short-term purposes (e.g., Padlet).

Any ideas what forum might be a good fit for a short-term project like this? I think we can spend some PTO money on this project, but not hundreds of dollars.

Thanks for any ideas you can share!

I recently partnered with someone who claimed to be a “technical co-founder” for our project, but the experience has been eye-opening in all the wrong ways. As an example, I coded the background of this graph in just a few minutes, while it took this person an entire week to add a few sloppy, hand-drawn lines (see attached image). The result? A graph that’s confusing, poorly executed, and lacks any hint of professionalism.

If you’re looking for a true technical partner, make sure they can actually deliver quality work efficiently. I’ve found that some people are more focused on gaining attention online than genuinely contributing. They may talk big about their “technical” abilities but end up producing subpar results that undermine the project.

For those using platforms like YC to connect with co-founders, remember: actions speak louder than words. Ask for examples of their work, set deadlines, and make sure they’re capable of meeting them. Don’t get stuck with someone who’s a wannabe or simply needs validation; your project deserves better.