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Screencasting in the Classroom: Using Video for School Based PD with Staff and Students

James August 23, 2017 August 23, 2017Content Knowledge and Professional Growth, Digital Age Learning Environments, EDTC6104, PD, Professional Development, Projects, Screencast, Teaching Learning and Assessment, Video, YouTube

Community Engagement Project For the final project in EDTC 6104 – Digital Learning Environments I’m reflecting on my Community Engagement Project. Using screencasting in the classroom for instruction with students or PD with staff members. I attempted to identify a learning need for a community of educators and design a workshop and presentation to distribute … Continue reading “Screencasting in the Classroom: Using Video for School Based PD with Staff and Students”

Module 3: Troubleshooting for All

James August 6, 2017 August 6, 2017Digital Age Learning Environments, EDTC6104, ISTE3, ISTE3 for Coaches, PD, Problem-solving, Professional Development, Troubleshooting

Introduction to ISTE 3E and 3G This week for my M.Ed. Digital Education Leadership program blog post at Seattle Pacific University. I’m reflecting on a different part of the ISTE coaching standard #3. For this module we are considering indicators E and G of Standard 3. Initially those two indicators and topics seemed unrelated but … Continue reading “Module 3: Troubleshooting for All”

Module 2: Collaboration Across Districts in Technology Selection

James July 23, 2017 July 23, 2017Digital Age Learning Environments, EDTC6104, ISTE3, ISTE3 for Coaches, PD, Professional Development, Professional Development and Program Evaluation, Teaching Learning and Assessment, Tech Adoption, Technology Adoption

Collaboration Across Districts in Technology Selection ISTE Standard 3 for Coaches This week for my reflection on ISTE Coaching Standard 3 we were using this question to frame our investigation: How do we evaluate, select, and manage digital tools and resources for teachers and students that meet accessibility guidelines and fit within our institution’s technology … Continue reading “Module 2: Collaboration Across Districts in Technology Selection”

Module 1: Blended Learning in PD

James July 10, 2017 July 10, 2017blended learning, Collaboration, Content Knowledge and Professional Growth, Digital Age Learning Environments, EDTC6104, ISTE3 for Coaches, PD, Professional Development, Professional Development and Program Evaluation

This quarter we will consider how to best create and support digital learning environments through the lens of a technology coach. In module 1 we are focusing on performance indicators a & c under ISTE Standard 3 for Coaches. Those two indicators ask how collaboration and classroom management can be used effectively to maximize the … Continue reading “Module 1: Blended Learning in PD”

Module 5: Designing Meaningful PD for Teachers – What’s Out There?

James June 6, 2017 June 6, 2017EDTC6103, ISTE5, PD, Professional Development, Professional Development and Program Evaluation, Twitter

Designing Meaningful PD for Teachers – What’s Out There? by James Bettis From my interpretation of the standards, ISTE 5 is about how teachers model lifelong learning and engage in learning to benefit their school or community through the use of digital tools. I wanted to find what districts might do to craft the best … Continue reading “Module 5: Designing Meaningful PD for Teachers – What’s Out There?”

ISTE 4: Teachers Who Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Ethical Use – Can We Try Different?

James May 22, 2017 May 22, 2017code.org, Content Knowledge and Professional Growth, Digital Age Learning Environments, Digital Citizenship, EDTC6103, Ethical Use, Ethics, ISTE4, PD, Professional Development, Professional Development and Program Evaluation, reflection, Teaching Learning and Assessment, technology integration

The Standard ISTE for Teachers Standard 4 states that “teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices” (ISTE 2008). To me that seemed like quite a charge. It’s a huge responsibility for teachers, but it is one that is … Continue reading “ISTE 4: Teachers Who Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Ethical Use – Can We Try Different?”

Module 3: Collaboration with Parents, Student Motivation, and Success

James May 7, 2017 May 7, 2017Collaboration, DeeperLearning, Digital Age Learning Environments, EDTC6103, ISTE3, PBL, Project-Based Learning, Teaching Learning and Assessment

Collaboration and Success This week we were looking at the ISTE Standard for Teachers, #3 and specifically it seems to deal with parent communication or collaboration with parents, peers or the community. So based on my interpretation of the standards and conversations we had in our class that led me to two related questions. How … Continue reading “Module 3: Collaboration with Parents, Student Motivation, and Success”

Deeper Learning and Formative Assessment Module 2 EDTC 6103

James April 24, 2017 April 24, 2017assessment, Content Knowledge and Professional Growth, Digital Age Learning Environments, EDTC6013, formative assessment, ISTE2, Socrative, Teaching Learning and Assessment

Deeper Learning for All This module asks how a teacher can best design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments from ISTE Standards for Teachers #2. I am becoming more and more passionate about the idea of making learning relevant for students through the use of digital tools. I’ve always had a desire to … Continue reading “Deeper Learning and Formative Assessment Module 2 EDTC 6103”

Module 1 EDTC 6103 Video Integration into Google Classroom

James April 10, 2017 April 10, 2017Content Knowledge and Professional Growth, Digital Age Learning Environments, digital literacy, EDTC6013, ISTE1, Screencast, Teaching Learning and Assessment, Video, YouTube

During the Spring quarter in the Digital Education Leadership M.Ed. program at SPU we are investigating the ISTE Standards for Teachers. Our first module asked us to reflect on and investigate ISTE Standard 1. The standard led to the question; how can teachers use their knowledge of content, teaching, learning and technology to advance student … Continue reading “Module 1 EDTC 6103 Video Integration into Google Classroom”

Individual Project: The Literary Essay as an Online Review

James March 19, 2017 March 19, 2017Content Knowledge and Professional Growth, Digital Age Learning Environments, Digital Citizenship, EDTC6102, ISTE2, literacy, Teaching Learning and Assessment, Understanding by Design

My individual project is the last blog post of this quarter in the Seattle Pacific University Digital Education Leadership M.Ed. program. In this post I will reflect on the process of backward planning using the understanding by design (UbD) format and reflect on what facets of understanding my students may display at the end my … Continue reading “Individual Project: The Literary Essay as an Online Review”

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