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Data & techology posts

Sown To Grow’s Machine Learning Roadmap to Personalized Learning Strategy Recomm

How and why are we using AI at Sown To Grow?

We believe in using technology only where it can support an educator's practice. AI is a powerful tool, but it must be employed thoughtfully. We unpack how we use AI at Sown To Grow.

Disha Gupta

January 28, 2020

Sown To Grow accepts the Top Student Support Product Award at FETC

Sown To Grow Awarded Top Learning Environment & Student Support Product

Sown To Grow's Weekly Emotional Check-In was was awarded the 2024 Top Learning Environment & Student Support Technology Product by District Administration & the Future of Education Technology Conference.

Kelsey Aijala

January 25, 2024

Sown To Grow's student check-in & reflection process, and the data it produces.

IES Grant to Expand Sown To Grow’s Work Empowering Proactive Social-Emotional Support in Schools

Sown To Grow receives a research grant from the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences to develop technology that can aid teacher classroom practice and the ability to provide personalized, proactive student support.

Will Bielinski

June 15, 2022

The Case Against Automated Student Data Dashboards

Tremendous insights can emerge from collecting and analyzing student data, but automating data does not serve students. Giving students access to their own data and teaching them the skills to notice trends & act on insights deepens learning.

Rupa Gupta

August 16, 2018

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Why Student Data Should Be Students’ Data

Students can make gains in taking ownership of their work when they’re given access to their data around that work. Reflections from a former district data integration & reporting administrator. Originally published on Edutopia.