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Fact and Fiction

Education Ward March 13, 2023 March 13, 202301 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Citizens, EDTC 6102, ISTE 2.3, research

This project will look at ways to teach research and citation skills to third through fifth grade students by way of teaching their teachers. I will begin this outline by clarifying what specific skills and information I believe my teachers will need in order to be successful at teaching these media literacy skills to their students. I will then outline what ways I will assess the teacher’s understanding. Finally I will outline the specific lesson and tasks that will take place over my 2 hour training.

Brick by Brick

Education Ward March 5, 2023 March 5, 202301 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Citizens, EDTC 6102, ISTE 1.7.d, Teaching Methods

What if you could visit the international space station with your students to show them what a module looks like, how science is done in space, and have them create […]

Growth Mindset and Computer Science

Education Ward February 25, 2023 February 25, 202301 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Computer Science, EDTC 6102, growth mindset, ISTE 1.5.d

99 little bugs in the code, 99 little bugs. Take one down, patch it around 117 little bugs in the code. @sertig What a growth mindset is and isn’t. […]

Research Assistant

Education Ward February 5, 2023 February 5, 202301 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EDTC 6102, ISTE 1.3.D, research, Teaching Methods

How is AI changing the speed, efficiency, and skills necessary to conduct research and what does that mean for training our next generation?

Tap Anywhere to Begin

Education Ward January 22, 2023 January 22, 202301 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Citizens, EDTC 6102, ISTE 1.1.d, Teaching Methods

This screen awaits a classroom full of brand-new Kindergarten students on their first day of school. These 5-year-olds may not yet be able to identify letters or numbers, but their […]

Validating Borrowed Text

boasc March 28, 2021 March 28, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, CRAAP, EDTC 6102, ISTE Standard 3: Knowledge Constructor, OPCVL, Source Evaluation, Teaching with Technology, whoishostingthis.com

Creating validity of online sources tends to be an issue for students and educators alike. There are so many ways that writers can go astray if we do not take the time to evaluate our sources. The first exposure I … Continue reading →

Reflection.

boasc March 27, 2021 March 27, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EDTC 6102, ISTE Standard 1: Empowered Learner, Reflective Writing, Teaching with Technology

There are so many connotations of this word; including, but not limited to, an effect produced by an influence; a thought, idea, or opinion formed, or a remark made because of meditation; and consideration of some subject matter, idea, or … Continue reading →

Frost Madness

boasc March 17, 2021 March 17, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EDTC 6102, High School English, ISTE Standard 1: Empowered Learner, ISTE Standard 3: Knowledge Constructor, ISTE Standard 4: Innovative Designer, ISTE Standards for Students, Poetry Madness, Robert Frost, Student Digital Literacy

As I sit in my office on campus for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic, it is ironic to re-evaluate my Robert Frost poetry unit and create one that allows students to increase their digital literacy … Continue reading →

Off Campus Visits ~ Virtually

boasc March 7, 2021 March 7, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EDTC 6102, High School English, Inviting an Author to Class, ISTE Standard 7: Global Collaborator, Teaching with Technology, Virtual Field Trips

Five days from today (03/12/2021) will mark one year since I have been in a physical classroom with my students. One. Year. It is so hard to believe! During this time of required distance learning, the expectations of students have … Continue reading →

Literary Literacy

boasc February 21, 2021 February 21, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EDTC 6102, ISTE Standard For Students 4, ISTE Standards for Students: 1c "Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways”, literacy, Self-Advocacy, Technology in the classroom

Literacy, capacity to communicate using inscribed, printed, or electronic signs or symbols for representing language. As you can see by this image, literacy is more than our basic three “Rs” of education (reading, writing, & arithmetic). Understanding today’s language requires more … Continue reading →

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