Sorting Through the Noise to Reflect on Inclusion in Remote Learning

Finding articles and recommendations from reputable sources about the myriad of ways in which online learning has left low income students, minority populations, and students of color behind is easy. However, digging through them to unearth the data needed to help build a picture on which to reflect often proves frustrating.

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Building relationships, a reason to act with integrity.

ISTE for Coaches describes the curation of the digital profile as the “ability to represent oneself online based on activities and connections or tagging through social media posts, photos, public online comments or reviews.”  Selecting, and organizing what we want to say and reveal about ourselves will directly impact the kind of relationships we develop, […]

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Say What?!?!

The digital generation (those born after 1990) has grown up in a world that even George Orwell could not imagine in his renowned novel, 1984.  Not only is everyone consistently connected – albeit virtually – we are using language that … Continue reading →

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Helping Students Create and Protect Their Online Identities

What we do on the internet follows us right into the physical world. Likewise, what we do in public in the physical world can easily end up on the internet. We’re only a tweet, a public action, or a live mic away from notoriety. Sometimes this can be a great thing. Other times, not so…

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“Enthrall Me With Your Acumen”

How do we help teachers and students discern which online sources are credible? … Continue reading“Enthrall Me With Your Acumen”

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Click with Respect: Improve digital citizenship education to reduce cyberbullying

With the advancement of network technology, communication between people (especially youth) is more through the online platform and digital media. Communication through the Internet and digital media has indeed brought a lot of convenience and breakthroughs in geographical boundaries. But at the same time, this way of communication lacks the human emotion that cannot be […]

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Digital Wisdom & Circumnavigating “The Algorithm”

In his 2013 essay “From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom,” author Marc Prensky claims that an important aspect of exercising digital wisdom involves actively seeking out alternative perspectives, and capitalizing on the enhanced access to these perspectives that technology affords. Though I agree that wisdom in any sphere of life is directly associated with actively …

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Module 2: How do schools color in the digital lines?

Introduction EDTC 6101 ISTE Standard 7c: Support educators and students to critically examine the sources of online media and identify underlying assumptions. When schools are looking to protect their students in their digital environments, administrators start with the laws that are in place that their teachers, schools and districts have to follow. CIPA, the Children’s Internet Protection Act, …

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Centering Equity within the Four Roles of Peer Coaching

Inquiry Question: How do coaches successfully center equity within each of the four coaching roles?  For the fall course of my SPU Digital Education leadership program, EDTC 6105 focuses on educational technology leadership, specifically through peer coaching. As I continue to learn more about being a successful peer coach and grow in my own experience, I think about the multitude of roles and responsibilities…

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Is Coaching Remotely Necessary in the Era of Remote Learning?

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” —Mother Teresa “Educators often say that education is frustratingly isolating. And if you talk with them about collaboration, you quickly learn that they know it …

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