For the past two weeks I’ve been exploring the role adult learning principles should play in planning educational technology professional development for teachers. This work caused me to reflect on my own professional development session design – asking myself, what principles do I consistently apply and which ones should I employ more? Knowles’ Six Principles of Adult Learning […]
Image adapted from UCBHCA: Training of Facilitators Manual for the Functional Adult Literacy Training Manual Overview Throughout my studies on digital education leadership, and specifically what it means to be an effective instructional coach and to design great professional development, I have continually been reminded that many of the teaching and learning practices used with […]
As teachers, we are expected to differentiate learning for our students. We collect data and make instructional decisions based on the needs of our students, academically, socially, emotionally, behaviorally… we strive to meet them where they are and support the individual learning as much as possible. Personalizing our instruction fosters engagement and therefore, increased success […]
ISTE Coaching Standard 4 provides three benchmarks for technology coaches to conduct needs assessments, develop technology-related professional learning programs and evaluate the impact on instructional practice and student learning. My focus is on per…
It’s a New Year, 2017, and time to start fresh. Continuing my Masters in Digital Education Leadership, this quarter we are focusing on how to incorporate ISTE Standards for Students in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment. In 2016, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) release new student standards. Module 1 asks us to look … Continue reading “EDTC 6102 Module 1”
Recently, I had the chance to view a 1977 Mel Brook’s movie called High Anxiety. In that movie, Dr. Richard Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) receives repeated therapy for his fear of heights. However, none of these sessions take him through any real authentic and meaningful steps for countering the fear. He continues to have episodes of […]
Technology can bring benefits to the classroom, and can be used to provide authentic learning activities. One way to help educators is to show them how to effectively use technology in their classroom, in the same way as we would our students, in authentic learning activities that are integrated as part of professional development. Increasing… Continue Reading Technology embedded Professional Development
Those in the profession of education are all too familiar with buzzwords, those bits of jargon that often come and go as topics of conversation and professional development. While these words can often feel a bit exhausting, one that has seemed to stick, and for good reason, is “differentiation”. Since I started studying the pedagogy […]
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) revamped and rereleased the student standards for technology in 2016. Throughout this quarter in my M.Ed. program will be reflecting on the 2016 standards, considering one standard at a time, carefully reviewing that particular standard and asking a question to guide our investigation in order to apply the learning … Continue reading “Module 1: Empowering Students to Set and Achieve Learning Goals for Improved Outcomes”
ISTE Standard 4: Professional Development and Program Evaluation b. Design, develop, and implement technology rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment. Essential Question: How should we design professional development that utilizes educational technology? My Question: What components build the foundationRead More
