Why EdTechPowered?
Let me say this loud and clear: I didn’t start this website to be polite.
I started it because I was tired of waiting for someone else to build what teachers actually need in EdTech—and even more tired of watching AI get hyped while Special Ed educators get left out of the conversation.
I'm a seasoned special educator, an AI advocate, and a woman who’s spent over a decade making miracles happen in classrooms that didn’t have the resources, support, or time they deserved. Sound familiar?
I’ve sat in PD sessions where someone with zero teaching experience told me how to “personalize learning” with some shiny new tool.
I’ve watched co-teaching get reduced to “you help the low kids.” And I’ve seen AI tools pushed into schools with zero regard for equity, ethics, or real-world classroom chaos.
So yeah, I created EdTechPowered to change that.
What This Site Is—and Isn’t
This isn’t some cutesy teacher blog full of Pinterest-perfect bulletin boards and “classroom hacks.”
This is a platform for power moves—for real conversations about how AI and EdTech can actually serve educators, not sideline them.
This is a space for:
Breaking down what’s real vs. hype in AI and education
Giving teachers and leaders tools that actually work
Helping EdTech companies understand the realities of classrooms, especially SPED.
Elevating the voices of those who’ve been ignored in tech-driven decisions: teachers, students with disabilities, multilingual learners, parents, paraeducators.
What I’m Not Going to Do
I’m not going to water down the truth to protect the feelings of people who’ve never set foot in a public school classroom.
I’m not going to “wait my turn” to speak on panels or in rooms where the same five voices keep getting called “experts.”
And I’m definitely not going to pretend that being an educator right now isn’t hard as hell.
But here’s the thing: we can do better—with the right tools, the right people at the table, and the courage to build something bold.
Why Now?
Because teachers are drowning in initiatives they didn’t ask for.
Because students with IEPs, 504s, or home languages other than English deserve more than AI-generated worksheets.
Because real innovation doesn’t come from Silicon Valley—it starts in a classroom, during lunch duty, between IEP meetings.
And because I got tired of thinking, “someone should build this,” and realized:
I am someone.
What You’ll Find Here
Toolkits for educators and EdTech companies to build with inclusion in mind
Unfiltered blog posts about teaching, tech, burnout, boundaries, and breakthroughs
Resources for anyone trying to bring ethical, equitable AI into education
A growing community of badass educators, leaders, and builders who aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo
Final Word (For Now)
If you’re here to play small, I’m not your girl.
But if you're here because you know deep down that the way we've done EdTech—especially for SPED, ELLs, and underserved learners—has to change?
If you want tools that empower instead of overwhelm?
If you want truth, strategy, and a little fire?
Then welcome. You’re in the right place.
Let’s disrupt with purpose.
Let’s lead with integrity.
Let’s build what we actually need.
—Ekaterina
Founder of EdTechPowered.com | Special Education Leader | AI in Education Advocate