What is Analytical Technology?
Believe it or not, many tech savvy teachers are already using many different analytical technologies in their classrooms. To put it simply, analytics is when you collect data, and technology is well, technology; websites, software, hardware, etc. This emerging trend is all about the best and more efficient ways to collect data via different tech resources so that a teacher can make the most out of each student's learning. There are many different software companies and websites on the market for schools to use to collect this data. Some of those examples are INTUITEL , Chalk , Triumph Learning (formerly Waggle), Khan Academy , and moodle . The purpose of analytical technology is the hopes of making learning individualized for each student. The goal is that a teacher can gear their lesson towards the progress that each student is making and even though teachers have always used data to drive their instruction, this is creating...