Teachers want to help students learn faster and better by using simple tools that help them achieve that.

You have to understand content, teaching, and technology on nearly equal terms, and when you don’t it all has an awkward way of illuminating the holes in a teacher’s expertise. And trust me, teachers will respond to that, because that’s their main purpose. Further complicating matters is the difficulty of effectively integrating technology in the classroom. This is hard for some educators (who do it well) to appreciate. Co-creating products with teachers can help to break the resistance.

Teachers resist using tech in classrooms because EdTech innovators often fail to address teachers' needs when creating products. So let’s have a look at the possible reasons why teachers might be reluctant to technology and, of course, some solutions: They don’t understand it.