As much as instructional leaders and Professional Development instructors know about best instructional practices, we often fall back on traditional “sit and get”, lecture style delivery methods, powerpoint marathons and packets of information when working with adults. It’s easy to … Continue reading →
In today’s science classroom, students and teachers have access to more knowledge construction tools than ever before. How can teachers leverage tools to support science students in their process of knowledge construction? Nearpod is one tech tool that covers a lot of bases and is worth a shot for teachers in technology-enhanced classrooms who are looking … Continue reading “Knowledge construction in the technology-enhance science classroom with Nearpod”
Re-Thinking Technology Professional Development During this module in our class focusing on professional development and program evaluation we were asked to consider the role that adult learning principles play in the planning of educational technology professional development. I found that to be a fascinating question not only because I had never heard of the adult … Continue reading “Still Re-Thinking Professional Development: Module 2”
For this module, we examined the ISTE Student Standard 3 “Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others”. From this standard I had …
Intellectual access: Using digital archives in an introductory literature course Learning the discipline of literary analysis and interpretation and how these activities deepen one’s ability to think, read, and write critically about life is what a college Introduction to Literature course is about. In … Continue readingIntellectual Access
A “real” dictionary is not something today’s students rely on heavily when writing papers and studying. Our students get most of their information online and their world is rooted in digital information and experiences. “Twenty-first century students are no longer thumbing through printed encyclopedia sets to locate information, but rather are relying on Internet-based text.” […]
Repeat after me, “I will watch this video…” Painful, eh? According to the description of the above video, it was taken during a PD session for the Chicago Public Schools’ “Office of Strategic School Support Services’…
The search for technology solutions that build 21st century skills to empower students continues with the concepts of “knowledge construction” and “content curation”. The ISTE standards for students defines knowledge construction by the ability of students to, “…critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful … Continue reading Effective Tech Tools in Content Curation for Research
This week we are continuing to look at ISTE Coaching Standard 4b: Designing, developing, and implementing technology rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment. What does that mean exactly? Reflecting on years of various forms of PD I’ve attended, I …
My main question by the end of my last module post was something like: What features are essential for platforms which are hosting a PLC? This module follows up on that question. Recall that this quarter is all about investigating ISTE Coaching Standard (CS) 4: Professional development and program evaluation. For Module 2, I’m looking specifically at ISTE CS … Continue reading “Essential features of community platforms (Module 2, ISTE-CS 4b)”
