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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.

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?

The First Moonwalk

Education Ward September 11, 2022 September 11, 202201 - 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 6101, ISTE 4.7.c, Netsmarts, research

Every year I ask my third and fourth grade students to practice using Keywords when searching the internet by putting up a series of progressively less Google-able questions.

Minority Representation & Local School Boards

Books and Mrs Bush November 28, 2021 November 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, Doctoral Research, equity, Inclusion, ISTE 1: Change Agent, local issues, minority representation, research, school boards

The demographic differences between elected school board officials, the people they serve, and the electorate that chooses them has an impact on educational outcomes for students and mitigating those differences may support greater student achievement for minority students who represent an increasing portion of the student body.

Diigo as a tool for collaborative learning and research in higher education

Katie Clum April 15, 2021 April 15, 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, annotation, Collaboration, Collaborator, Connected Learner, digital tool, Higher Education, Learning Designer, research, social bookmarking

There is significant opportunity within higher education environments–indeed, all education environments–to lean into a constructivist educational philosophy and approach knowledge as something co-created by both instructors and students. Furthermore, as higher education courses and programs are increasingly offered in hybrid and fully online modalities, finding authentic ways for students to increase their social presence and …

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Global research collaboration and the pandemic: How COVID-19 has accelerated networked learning in higher education

Katie Clum March 4, 2021 March 4, 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, Collaborator, Connected Learner, COVID-19, Digital Tools, Global Collaboration, Higher Education, networked learning, research

According to the National Science Foundation (2019), one out of every five academic research articles are written by authors hailing from more than one country. This fact suggests that the value of international research collaboration was recognized and sought out well in advance of the global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, but perhaps it’s only just …

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The Changing Nature of Research in Higher Education

Katie Clum February 4, 2021 February 4, 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, Change Agent, Connected Learner, digital literacy, doctoral degree, Higher Education, information literacy, research

Research in higher education looks very different today than it did even ten years ago. Academics who, not so very long ago, were well acquainted with physical library study spaces and large collections of peer-reviewed academic journals, find themselves in a digitized world of research with unprecedented access to information and virtual repositories of human …

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Before We Begin: Rethinking What We Know About Kids and Tech

Teaching Sixes October 25, 2020 October 25, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, ISTE 2: Connected Learner, research, technology, teens

As educational institutions move toward ensuring inclusion and equity for students in populations that have been historically underserved, it behooves us to step back and consider what we currently know about technology use and access among youth in general. We need a clear view of the technology landscape in which

The Paper Predicament: Standard 12 – Teachers evaluate and use technology for teaching and learning.

boasc May 25, 2019 May 25, 201901 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EDTC6433, memory, Novels v E-Readers, research, Teaching with Technology, technology, The Paper Debate, TL 12: Teacher Leaders evaluate and use technology for teaching and learning.

Original Post: December 13, 2013; Updated May 25, 2019 In the past, our school conducted annual paperless weeks. During these weeks each department is asked to think “outside the paper box” and integrate technology into our teaching practices. During one … Continue reading →

Creating a Culturally Inclusive Classroom – Standard 5: Plans for improving the cultural sensitivity of an educational setting.

boasc May 19, 2019 May 19, 201901 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Cultural Sensitivity, diversity, EDU6525, research, Scope & Sequence, TL 05: Teacher Leaders establish a culturally inclusive learning climate that facilitates academic engagement and success for all students.

In reading Banks (1996), Chapter one, “The Canon Debate, Knowledge Construction, and Multicultural Education” examines the basic ideas of multicultural education and how as educators can incorporate knowledge construction into our curriculum. The debate between viewpoints, as Banks (1996) presents, … Continue reading →

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