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Making in Elementary: Finding the Balance

Teach Tech for All January 20, 2019 January 20, 20192. Teaching, learning, and assessments, 3. Digital Age Learning Environments, EDTC6102, ISTE Coaching Standards, ISTE Student Standard 1, makerspace

As part of the Teaching, Learning, and Assessment 1 class in theSPU Digital Education Leadership program, I wanted to investigate best practices for designing meaningful elementary makerspace projects that balance student engagement, empowerment, and self-efficacy while avoiding the frustration that can be caused by open-ended projects and challenging technology. Background Making in Education In his … Continue reading “Making in Elementary: Finding the Balance”

Constructing Meaning with Chromebooks and OERs

Pixels&Praxis January 20, 2019 January 20, 2019blog

Empowering Learners

Educational Technology Exploration January 20, 2019 January 20, 2019Digital Age Learning Environments, Digital Citizenship

Q: What are tools, technology and curriculum that we can use to teach K-5 students how to use, understand and leverage technology to set goals, monitor and reflect on their learning in a way that makes sense for them developmentally? One digital platform that I had heard about and then researched further in order to …

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An ED Tech Instructional 5 Step System Facilitating Student Learning with Multiple Solutions: By Liz Buffington

educating4results January 20, 2019 January 20, 2019Differentiation, Edspark Learning, EDTC 6102, Educational Technology, Instructional Planning, ISTE 1.d, Tech Ed, Technology Literacy, Toolkit

Educators are often overwhelmed or saturated with educational tools that are presented as learning systems that will positively impact the learning the students in the classroom. Solutions focusing on differentiation, scaffolding, and increasing test scores are used to gain entrance into the classroom by the companies and organizations that provide educational technology systems. In… Continue reading An ED Tech Instructional 5 Step System Facilitating Student Learning with Multiple Solutions: By Liz Buffington

ISTE-1 Empowered Students

Helen S. Gong January 20, 2019 January 20, 2019blended learning, BYOD, EDTC6102, ISTE-1 Empowered Students, ISTE-1 For Students

Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences. In the digital world, it is the 21st-century skill for students to learn how to appropriately leverage digital technology to support learning activities and achieve learning goals which make some schools pilot …

Active Learning & Professional Development

Lauren N. Borrero January 19, 2019 January 19, 201904 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, coaching, EDTC 6106, ISTE coaching standard 4, Professional Development

Recently I implemented a brand-new digital tool to aid my high school students in organizing their research and citing their sources properly. The tool had just recently been purchased by my school and this was the first time both my students and I would be utilizing the tool for a major project. To roll out […]

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