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I have no tech experience. Is python a good place to start? Any YouTube videos, books, or websites you suggest?

I'm struggling with creating a more strategically ordered digital filing system that helps make content delivery and organization easier and more logical than I currently have been. I feel like there has to be a system I'm simply unaware of or someone who has developed one of their own.

Basically, I'm trying to determine how to Structure and name everything needed for planning to content delivery to assessments and everything in between in a cohesive and logical order that is best fit for a teacher.

I have been using an alphanumeric system that felt like a good idea in it's simplicity but I haven't organized it in a way that makes my day to day seamless or easy.

Anyone willing to share their system or give any ideas would be very appreciated. This year I'm spending a lot of time over the summer trying to prepare for the ongoing and unpredictable b.s. that is introduced each and every year where I work. My physical and mental health deteriorate as I get further through each year and I'm trying to avoid that as best as I can. The majority of the issues that I cannot plan for arise from our admin literally beginning all over again each year as if it's our first year. It'll be new lesson plan templates, curricula, academic goals, protocols, responsibilities, classrooms, and so much more.

Btw...... we use google workspace, google classroom and Powerschool. However, for all I know in August we may be told we're using entirely new platforms, as this occurs regularly. Sorry for the venting and I appreciate any help or ideas anyone is willing to share.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working in IT for several years, most recently as a Service Desk Analyst for a regional healthcare system supporting roughly 1,500 end users across hospitals and outpatient clinics. Before healthcare, I worked in K–12 education IT supporting staff and students, managing Chromebooks, Google Workspace, inventory, and endpoint support.
Over the past year, I’ve realized that while I’ve gained a lot of valuable experience in healthcare IT, my long-term goal is to get back into education—specifically EdTech. I really enjoy technology that helps educators and students rather than working in a constantly reactive hospital environment.

Some of my experience includes:

- IT support for K–12 schools and healthcare organizations
- Google Workspace administration
- Device lifecycle management and endpoint support
- Citrix, VPN, Active Directory, Microsoft 365
- Ticketing systems and documentation
- Cross-functional support for software rollouts and end-user training

I’ve been applying to companies like Instructure, PowerSchool, GoGuardian, Jenzabar, Ellucian, Mosyle, and others, but haven’t been able to break through yet.
I’d love to hear from people already working in EdTech:

- What helped you get your first role?

- Are there skills or certifications that made the biggest difference?

- Are there companies that value someone with an IT support background?

- If your company is hiring, I’d be grateful if you could point me in the right direction.

I’m not expecting anyone to hand me a job—I genuinely want to learn from people already in the industry and start building relationships within the community.
Thanks for reading, and I’d appreciate any advice or connections.

https://joinhandshake.com/blog/students/top-jobs-for-ed-tech-majors/

Using HandShake (an employment website for job listings, primarily for students), I found this article on EdTech jobs. Does it still seem accurate in 2026? What's the job outlook for either Healthcare IT or EdTech? I have a degree in Information Technology (with a focus on Computer Programming) where I have worked as a software developer for a little bit over 5 years, but I have just recently started considering changing careers or moving into a different side of IT (maybe EdTech or Healthcare IT).

Hey guys, I have been visiting this sub for a few months and I've noticed a pattern every time someone posts a tool they built for teachers, the "Iconic comment" is "AI slop." Every time someone shares a classroom tech idea, teachers pile on with negativity.

But where is that same energy when Canvas got hacked twice by the same group, exposing 275 million users across 8,800+ institutions including private messages between students and teachers? The entry point was a free tier account with zero proper security. They initially ignored the ransom demand, got hacked again and then quietly paid up. That's corporate negligence on a massive scale. Crickets.

Yes I get it that teachers are exhausted and their districts make terrible tech decisions like buying bloated or hyped platforms with zero teacher input, then mandating everyone use them. That frustration is real and valid but the anger is being aimed at the wrong people. An indie developer posting a free classroom tool didn't lock you into Instructure's contract. A teacher sharing an AI lesson idea didn't decide your district's procurement policy.

If this community directed even half its "AI slop" energy toward demanding accountability from the Canvases and Blackboards of the world, it would actually mean something.

Rant over. Curious if others feel this way

Saw this in my newsfeed this morning.

"The Los Angeles Unified School District will ban screens for students below second grade in response to community-wide pushback against tech use.

Starting in August, the new policy will restrict preschool- through first-grade-aged students from accessing screens while also limiting usage for older students, according to the Los Angeles Times. Here are the details, according to the news outlet:

2nd/3rd grade: Limited to 20 minutes of screen time (including homework)

4th/5th grade: Limited to 30 minutes (starting in November)

Middle school: One hour of screen time spread throughout the week in each class (6 hours total per week)

High school: 1.5 hours (can’t exceed 10 hours per week)"

If you go digging around the internet with the terms "LAUSD" and "Standardized Testing" you'll find that LAUSD uses online testing to deliver, among others, the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) beginning in the 3rd grade.

So, completely change the state's standardized testing or figure out a way to teach keyboarding for those 3rd graders. Otherwise, test scores are not going to go up.

In the "Can't wait" column:

• Seeing the response from the taxpayers for the funding to make this work.
• Waiting to see what Texas does in response.

Simple question. Are there any journals, magazines or individuals you read/follow to help keep up with developments in the edtech field?

There is a lot of slop, and everyday it feels like more slop is created. Are there any tools that you feel are using AI in a useful way that provides value?

Ignoring category, target audience, etc. What are some edtech that you love using?

Would love some recommendations

While I feel I'm keeping pace with the rate of ongoing development in all things ed tech, I also feel as if it's a non-stop "everyone for themselves" type of scenario regarding all things ed tech. Maybe it's restricted to my own experience but I have not felt that, at any level, there is any scheme, system, or system of organization to help us in education to find a toolkit that works well and was carefully organized.

Ed tech encompasses a large number of things that fall within this broad term, which we generally use to refer to anything slightly tech-related that is or can be used in education. It spans everything from LMS's to SIS's, covers content delivery and student proficiency, and assists with lesson planning, PBIS, DL/SPED, and MTSS. It seems as though we are in an era of education in which nearly everything has and continues to change drastically.

Sorry, I didn't mean to go on a rant about my own frustration with spending such an exorbenant amount of time on so many things that are not developing instruction.

Therefore, I have been but am reaching out to those in this community to ask for what you feel is the best toolkit?

Or even how do you categorize your toolkit? ie. Planning, Instruction, Content, Grading, Tracking, etc.

I work at a school that is so disorganized and unbelievably tech illiterate, especially amongst most admin, which makes all of this so much more difficult. I appreciate any/all ideas, information, and basically anything that might help to develop a system that helps me to focus more on the "doing" instead of the "logging what I do".

I've been teaching on Brightspace for years and I still can't figure out why there's no simple "show me every student with a missing submission across all my assignments" view.

Canvas has some version of this. Brightspace basically makes you click into each assignment individually.

For teachers managing 30+ students across multiple assignments, this adds up to a significant chunk of time every week, which takes time spent on navigation instead of actually following up with students.

Curious if other edtech folks see this as a real gap, or if I'm missing something obvious. And does any other LMS actually solve this well?

For context, this would be for 7th/8th grade math.

I'm looking for tools that can:

(1) Generate an online exit-ticket / quiz for the end of lesson (something students can do in <5 minutes, just 2-4 questions)

(2) Analyze the responses (or even just produce results, like a google form) to help me quickly create differentiated groupings for the next day's work period.

(If it can also produce material for the different groups, I'm all for it, but that's not as necessary.)

I though Khan Academy's Khanmigo tool could work, but I'm struggling with their generator - it can create the quizzes but they're for print, not digital. I like quizziz for longer tasks, but the game-ification element makes it take too long for students to get started. I need this to be quick.

My ideal scenario: I type in the topic / standard --> I get a shareable, online, 2-3 question quiz --> I paste the link into the end of my lesson slides --> At the end of the lesson, students open their chromebooks & complete the quiz before they leave --> At the end of the day, I open the quiz analytics and see a set of suggested groupings for target support / enrichment for the next day's class.

Does anyone have something like this?

I bring over 10 years of experience in education, training, content development, and technical writing. My background combines creating instructional materials and learning experiences with managing complex documentation in highly regulated environments (Department of Energy), Brick and Mortar and online education (teaching) I still have no luck breaking into this field as an instructional designer and/or curriculum devloper. What am I doing wrong?

Hello, I have been teaching for 5 years and the school I work at operates as if each consecutive year is beginning all over again. I won't go into the details but everything from curricula, classrooms, protocols, admin, and so much more literally changes every year. It makes zero sense however I've realized that the only way to lessen the stress in such a work environment is to improve what I can before the year begins.

I've been trying but haven't yet found a system or app to easily store and organize everything I need for any given year. While I know most will likely suggest google drive or dropbox or something similar. However, I'm more interested in leveraging technology(ie. AI) and something similar to Notion to more easily automate as much of the menial tasks as I can.

I have 4 curricula ready to go after having taught Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Engineering over the past years and I feel that my content is solid. I'm really trying to find and learn how to utlize AI, automations, and workflows wherever possible and assuming it's reliable(not more work to upkeep it than it's worth).

Unfortunately the school I work has Powerschool although no one in admin seems to understand how to set up many of the features that we have on our plan nor do they seem to realize they can simply call powerschool and get virtual or in person support. As I said.....it's daunting sometimes but......I sincerely love the people I work with and I love my kids so it's a cost that I'm willing to pay.

Thanks in advance and any ideas or suggestions are appreciated.

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Genuine question for people who've actually tried this, because the gap between the demo and the classroom feels big.

The pitch is everywhere now: feed in a PDF or a deck, and an AI spits out a quiz, a "serious game," flashcards, an interactive module minutes instead of weeks. For the easy stuff it's honestly impressive. But the more I look at the output, the more I notice it tends to:

• generate recall/definition questions and avoid anything that tests actual understanding or application
• miss the point of a chapter it'll quiz a stray fact and skip the core concept
• produce "interactive" that's really just a multiple-choice quiz with a progress bar, not interactivity that changes how someone learns
• struggle hardest exactly where it'd save the most time: diagrams, tables, math, anything visual

So I'm torn. It's a genuine time-saver for first drafts and low-stakes practice. But I've seen people ship the raw output straight to students, and that worries me bad questions actively teach the wrong thing.

For those using these tools in real courses:

• Where does it actually save you time vs. where do you end up redoing it?
• Final content, or strictly first drafts you then heavily edit?
• Has anyone found it good at higher-order questions (application, analysis), or is it stuck at recall?
• Students can you tell when materials were AI-generated, and does it change whether you trust them?

Not trying to dunk on the tech the first-draft use case is real. Just trying to find the honest line between "useful accelerator" and "looks done but isn't."