Episode description

In this episode of Edup Ed Tech, we interviewed Amanda Bratten, Vice President of Content and Curriculum at Propello. Bratten shares her journey from PR to teaching, and how her desire to provide resources for teachers led her to educational publishing and eventually to Propello. Propello is an online teaching and learning platform that offers a full year of 6th to 8th-grade science content, with the ability to personalize and align lessons to standards.

The platform also offers translation into 100+ languages. Bratten also reveals that Propello is launching a middle-grades English Language Arts program, and encourages teachers to provide feedback to help improve their offerings. She concludes by discussing the future of EdTech, predicting a move away from printed textbooks towards more flexible, customizable digital resources.