ISTE Coaching Standard 4: Professional Development and Program Evaluation How do you get adults to be involved in the planning and evaluation of their online instruction? My interest in this question stems from the fact that I want adults to take more interest in the process of their learning. Specifically speaking getting in on personalized … Continue reading Personalization of Adult Learning in Technology Training
ISTE Coaching Standard 4: Professional Development and Program Evaluation How do you get adults to be involved in the planning and evaluation of their online instruction? My interest in this question stems from the fact that I want adults to take more interest in the process of their learning. Specifically speaking getting in on personalized … Continue reading Personalization of Adult Learning in Technology Training
Students frequently carry out informal research. They consult Google when not sure about a math formula or ask Siri what the weather will be like tomorrow. This research is quick and requires no vetting. For many students, this is the only type of research they’ve been exposed to. It should come as no surprise when […]
The Big6 Research Method is a framework to guide secondary students through the research process from developing a question to effective researching to presenting evidence of learning. It places an emphasis on the process over the result so it works wonderfully as a tool to build information-gathering skills. The following step-by-step guide takes students through […]
Something I feel like I’ve learned through my work in this program (Digital Education Leadership (MA) at Seattle Pacific University), which has drastically changed the way I approach and/or think about technology, is what it means for “technology to work for me.” It’s definitely a phrase I’ve heard, though I don’t know that I could identify … Continue reading “What does it mean for “technology to work for you”? (Bonus blog)”
This quarter, our blogging efforts are focused on ISTE Coaching Standard (CS) 4: Professional development and program evaluation. Our investigation prompt for Module 1 was “how should we design professional development that utilizes educational technology?” which led me to two main questions: 1. What counts as PD? 2. What platforms are the best for hosting a PLC? 1. … Continue reading “What counts as PD? And on platforms to use with PLCs. (6106 Module 1, ISTE-CS 4a and 4b)”
For this module we were tasked with investigating ISTE Student Standard 1: Empowered Learner – “Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences”. Looking at …
Professional Development for Teachers and My Question This post marks the start of the winter quarter in my M.Ed. program in Digital Education Leadership. This quarter our class is Professional Development and Program Evaluation. It seems like it will be very timely for me to focus on professional development again as some of our district … Continue reading “EDTC 6106 Module 1: Choice in Professional Development”
Formal keyboarding is now being taught in many elementary schools, sometimes beginning in Kindergarten. One of the main reasons for teaching typing this young is the standardized tests that are now taken on computers. As educators, we want our students focused on answering the question, not spending their precious time and mental energy struggling with […]
Being a successful professor means preparing students to be successful. Delivering classes centered on just accruing knowledge on a particular topic is no longer the primary task of professors. Gone are the days of the large lecture halls, professor front and center exhibiting their knowledge for students to somehow absorb. Scholars are now calling for … Continue reading Incorporating Feedback Loops to Develop An Empowered Student
