As I am working through the capstone project for my Master of Education in Digital Leadership, the following phrases from ISTE Coaching Standard 2b kept nagging at me: “technology-enhanced…research-based…learner-centered” Tennessee Department of Education’s 2016-2017 Blended Learning Pilot Report View full PDF report “The task force defined blended learning as the combination of strong human teaching […]
Educators design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability. Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs. Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning. Explore and …
This week’s blog post will center on ISTE Standards for Educators #2 Leader: Educators seek out opportunities for leadership to support student empowerment and success and to improve teaching and learning. More Specifically indicator 2c: Educators will be able to model for colleagues new digital resources and tools for learning through: Identification Exploration Evaluation Curation […]
ISTE Educator Standard 1 Learner: Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning. Educators: 1a. Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their effectiveness. 1b. Pursue professional interests by […]
Is compliance the death of autonomy? Is autonomy the key to building our leaders through a sense of constant and meaningful leadership? I recently sat down with my mom who happens to be a career and management coach. People employ her to gain and share perspective on how they can grow as professionals within numerous… Continue reading Learners = Leaders & Leaders= Learners
With advances in brain imaging, neuroscientists can now observe what happens in students’ brains while they are learning in real time. As a result, neuroscience and education researchers are collaborating in ways that benefits both disciplines and may have far reaching effects in how students are taught. In this Module in our class Teaching, Learning, … Continue reading “Neuroscience and Learning”
While taking Seattle Pacific University’s EDTC 6103 Teaching, Learning, and Assessment 2 class, we are asked to investigate the following …
During the first quarter of the Digital Education Leadership (DEL) Program, we were asked to have a Twitter account. I was not looking forward to this. I resisted this. I replayed in my mind all the negative Twitter experiences I had heard about from the news and from friends. I had decided long ago, I …
Learner : Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning. Educators: 1a. Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their effectiveness. 1b. Pursue professional interests by creating and actively …
How can educators in my district collaborate with colleagues to curate and share resources with each other? I work for a district that has 20+ elementary schools and I find that it is difficult to collaborate with other educators in my grade level across the district to share resources and ideas. In the six years …
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