CalCurriculum’s new Digital Product Feature Guidance helps leaders identify digital product features that can drive their instructional visions for math forward. The tool is designed to support curriculum adoption committees, district leaders, and teacher leaders in the process of selecting materials that align with instructional goals, address real classroom needs, and are most effective in day-to-day instruction.
The Digital Product Feature Guidance is a practical tool to help adoption teams make more confident decisions about which instructional materials offer the needed features to support their students and teachers. The guidance draws on up-to-date educational research and best practices in edtech integration. Product features were selected for the tool based on a combination of their potential for impact and how they address real teacher and student needs. In this way, the tool is designed to be both informative and actionable.
The tool can also support decision-makers in surfacing digital features they may have not considered yet. By exploring the categories and examples, adoption teams may discover new product capabilities and broaden their understanding of what curricular programs might offer.
Check out our blog here for a deeper dive into what’s in the tool, and how to use it. If you’re interested in utilizing the Guide in a spreadsheet format, you can make a copy of the Google Sheets version here.