Intentional Technology Use in the Classroom
“How do I decide when technology adds value and when a low-tech/no-tech approach is more effective?”
Schools spend more on edtech every year, yet the OECD's 2026 Digital Education Outlook found that technology is still predominantly used to replicate existing teaching practices rather than redesign learning. Meanwhile, over 40% of teachers worldwide report feeling inadequately trained in digital pedagogy (ISTE, 2023). This pathway ensures teachers can make deliberate, research- and evidence-grounded decisions about when technology genuinely enhances learning and when other approaches serve students better.
7 series
2 foundation · 3 applied · 2 electives
Digital Stewardship Specialist
Your Learning Path
The course is composed of the following series. Complete each and personalize your learning by choosing an elective. When you are ready, submit your capstone and coursework to earn your certificate.
F
— Timeless knowledge that grounds everything
History of Digital Learning
Trace the evolution of digital technology in education — from radio and television to personal computers, the internet, interactive whiteboards, 1:1 devices, and AI — and critically evaluate the recurring patterns of hype, adoption, and actual impact on learning outcomes.
Technological Impacts on Human Development
Examine how digital technologies — screens, social media, AI tools, and always-on connectivity — affect cognitive development, attention, memory, social-emotional growth, and learning capacity across age groups, drawing on developmental psychology, neuroscience, and educational research to form a balanced, evidence-based perspective.
A
— Put foundations into practice and apply what you've learned in your own classroom.
Everyday EdTech for Educators
18 partsBe your own IT support (most of the time).
Included in this series
Technology Integration: When, Why, Whether
Develop a decision framework for technology integration. The edtech market pushes tools faster than teachers can evaluate them. Teachers need a stable decision framework, not a revolving door of app recommendations. The question isn't 'how do I use this tool?' but 'should I use this tool for this purpose?'
Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy
Deepfakes, algorithmic echo chambers, AI-generated misinformation, and digital addiction are not future problems — they're today's classroom reality. Teachers are the frontline of media literacy education. This series equipes you with the tools you need to help students navigate digital life.
E
— You will pick 1 elective(s) that best matches your context and interests!
Multimedia That Works
Apply Mayer's multimedia learning principles to create and curate video, audio, and visual content that genuinely enhances learning — and teach students to create their own multimedia as evidence of thinking, not just 'cool projects.'
Teaching Students to think WITH AI (Not Just Use It)
Equip teachers to help students develop the literacies, critical evaluation skills, and productive human-AI collaboration strategies — so students use AI to stretch their thinking rather than shortcut it.
Capstone & certificate
Capstone reflection
Review your artifacts, notice patterns in your growth, and describe where you started, what you practiced, and where you are headed.
Where I started
What I learned through practice
Where I'm going
Your certificate includes
Certificate title: Digital Stewardship Specialist
Documented learning and application time
Series completed with competency statements
Alignment with professional teaching standards
A shareable record of your work
Portfolio — cover page, competency map, artifacts, and capstone reflection together describe what you did and what changed in your practice.
Digital Stewardship Specialist
A portfolio-friendly record of your work across our Evaluating AI in Education course.
Build understanding through snacks, materials, and mini-experiments across each series.
Document classroom try-outs and reflections as artifacts you can reuse in a PLC.
Connect research to practice with structured prompts in every learning series.
Earn a certificate title backed by documented hours and completed series.
See how foundations, applied work, and electives add up to one coherent story.
Assemble portfolio pieces—competency map, artifacts, and capstone—for district conversations.
