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Putting the Practicum into Practice: Notes from Emergency Remote Learning

Educational Technology Exploration May 25, 2020 May 25, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, ISTE Standards

I have been part of the Digital Education Leadership (DEL) graduate program at Seattle Pacific University (SPU) for the last 2 years and this final quarter consists of a practicum experience. When school closures occurred, there was a sudden shift in my position and what this practicum experience would actually be. The final practicum became …

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Word-Of-Mouth = Evidence-Based: Merging word of mouth momentum with evidence-based EdTech implementation

Educational Technology Exploration March 15, 2020 March 15, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EDTC6106, EdTechSandbox, ISTE Standard 4: PD and Program Evaluation, ISTE Standards, word-of-mouth

While learning more about at ISTE Standard 4b, ISTE Standard 4: Professional Development and Program Evaluation Performance Indicator B, I started to wonder about the effect word-of-mouth has on EdTech implementation, strong professional development opportunities and program evaluations by teachers in our schools. It led me to the question, how can we move from ‘word of …

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Becoming a 21st Century Administrator

Educational Technology Exploration March 1, 2020 March 1, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, 21st century administration, EDTC6106, EdTechSandbox, ISTE Standard 4: PD and Program Evaluation, ISTE Standards

There are many ideas and conversations surrounding 21st Century Learners and 21st Century Teaching/Teachers. While learning more about ISTE Standard 4: Professional Development and Program Evaluation - Performance Indicator B - Design, develop and implement technology-rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment, I wanted to extend this learning …

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Doing – The Most Important Digital Age Best Practice for PD

Educational Technology Exploration February 16, 2020 February 16, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, digital age best practices, EDTC6106, ISTE Standard 4: PD and Program Evaluation, ISTE Standards, PD, spark lab

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”  ― Aristotle  Student needs and outcomes should be at the heart of how educators teach and grow but how can this happen in a thoughtful way that includes how digital practices have changed how we all (educators and students) learn, interact and consume information?  While looking more closely at the ISTE Standard 4: Professional Development and Program …

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Best Practices for Adult Learners When Designing Professional Development

Educational Technology Exploration February 2, 2020 February 2, 2020#ed6106, 01 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EdTechSandbox, ISTE Standard 4: PD and Program Evaluation, ISTE Standards, Leader

In order to determine what best practices are for designing Professional Development (PD) for adult learners, I first had to learn about and understand what adult learning principles are. Looking at Androgyny, defined as the method and practice of teaching adult learners; adult education, there are six basic principles and eight design elements of Andragogy (Park, Sunyoung; Robinson, Petra; and Bates, Reid (2016)). The tables below explain in …

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Revamping Professional Development Using Ed TEch Tools

Educational Technology Exploration January 19, 2020 January 19, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, ISTE Standard 4: PD and Program Evaluation, ISTE Standards

Educators attend Professional Development (PD) for a variety of reasons which span from personal interests to clock hour requirements to required attendance from district or administration. No matter what the reason is for why educators are in attendance at a PD, the hope is that knowledge will be shared, gained and then brought to life …

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A Foray Into Coaching ~

Educational Technology Exploration December 15, 2019 December 15, 201901 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, ISTE Standards

I recently read an article about coaching with the title, Instructional Coaching – A Springboard not a Scarlet Letter, and this phrase has stuck with me. While practicing coaching skills with a teacher at my school, I quickly realized that because we have a strong foundation of trust built, the conversation focused on how to deepen …

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Educational Technology Exploration 2019-12-08 11:21:27

Educational Technology Exploration December 8, 2019 December 8, 2019#ISTEcoachingstandards, 01 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EDTC6105, EdTechSandbox, ISTE coaching standard 2, ISTE Coaching Standard 3, ISTE Coaching Standard 6, ISTE Standards

ISTE-Coaching Standard 2: Teaching, Learning, and Assessment f. Coach teachers in and model incorporation of research-based best practices in instructional design when planning technology-enhanced learning experiences Standard 6: Content Knowledge and Professional Growth b. Engage in continuous learning to deepen professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions in organizational change and leadership, project management, and adult learning …

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The Coaching Cycle and Time Management

Educational Technology Exploration November 24, 2019 November 24, 201901 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EDTC 6105, EdTechSandbox, ISTE coaching standard 2, ISTE Standards

Establishing trust when starting a coaching relationship is key before all else but once this trust has been built and the framework is sturdy, what does the cycle of implementation and learning look like as well as the wrap up and reflection? Diane Sweeney has created the Results Based Coaching Tool (click link to have …

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A Pinch, a Dash and a Smidgen ~ Blending 21st Century Skills with Proven Practices

Educational Technology Exploration November 10, 2019 November 10, 201901 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EDTC6105, ISTE Coaching Standard 3, ISTE Coaching Standard1, ISTE Standards

I tend to be a simple cook. Generally, I make what I am familiar with, either from what I grew up eating or what I figured out how to make when I first lived on my own. I attempt to branch out but it takes extra time, focus and effort and life can feel too busy to try …

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