Unveiled in 2008, the NYC Department of Education’s Achievement Reporting and Innovation System (ARIS) is an online platform designed to help teachers and administrators improve student learning by providing student data, documentation, and other information. One particular component—ARIS Connect—was designed specifically to help educators improve their practice by sharing resources, posting questions, and giving one another feedback, both within schools and across the district.
Our study investigated how educators perceive and use ARIS Connect and other so-called “Web 2.0” tools for sharing and collaborating. The brief aims to provide insight into the type of online collaboration that educators find most useful, and includes recommendations for NYC and other school districts as they develop the next generation of tools aimed at improving classroom instruction.
