Catching Up With Our Earliest EdTech Influencers
Before there were “influencers,” and before there was TikTok, there was EdTech: Focus on K–12 magazine’s “Must-Read IT Blogs.” The premise: Curate a list of the most active, helpful and engaging educational technology specialists and teachers — and yes, what are now commonly referred to as influencers — to help EdTech’s readers keep tabs on the latest best practices, trends and technology coming online in an era when classroom tech was evolving rapidly. These ed tech pros had cultivated large fanbases of blog readers and social media followers, and EdTech’s annual list connected them to even…
Before there were “influencers,” and before there was TikTok, there was EdTech: Focus on K–12 magazine’s “Must-Read IT Blogs.” The premise: Curate a list of the most active, helpful and engaging educational technology specialists and teachers — and yes, what are now commonly referred to as influencers — to help EdTech’s readers keep tabs on the latest best practices, trends and technology coming online in an era when classroom tech was evolving rapidly.
These ed tech pros had cultivated large fanbases of blog readers and social media followers, and EdTech’s annual list connected them to even…
