One Digital Education Leader’s Reflection of Teaching During COVID-19

For my EDTC 6108 Practicum I applied my Digital Education Leadership knowledge and experience into supporting students, families, and coworkers transition to at home learning, in response to COVID-19. In the following blog post I will reflect on my experience supporting students, families, and coworkers by listing: takeaways I have had, questions I still have, […]

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Technology and Professional Development

For our EDTC 6106 module 5 I am going to be focusing on ISTE Coaching 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. When thinking of technology […]

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Building Capacity for Adult Development

For our DEL classes module five 6106 topic, we are learning about the role of administration in “designing, developing and implementing technology rich professional learning programs.” This focuses on ISTE Standard 4 Performance Indicator B: “Design, develop, and implement technology rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best […]

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Digital Best Practices and Pineapple Charts

This week for our Module 3 DEL inquiry we were focusing on 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.”  One of our guided questions, “what […]

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Four Pillar Practices That Support Teacher Learning and Development with Adult Learning Theories Serving as Foundational Underpinnings

For our EDTC 6106 module 2 blog post I wanted to apply my understanding of adult learning theories to the context of professional development for educators. Work by Ellie Drago-Severson peaked my interest during this module. Her current title is: Professor of Education, Director, Ph.D. Program in Education Leadership at the Teachers College Columbia University. […]

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Adult Learning Theories

For our EDTC 6106 course. We are focusing on 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.   While thinking about this standard, besides my own experience […]

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Reflecting on Coaching in EDTC 6105

For my EDTC DEL 6105 course this quarter I worked on a community engagement project, where I coached a peer to help them integrate technology into their classroom. ISTE Coaching Standard 1 Visionary Leadership states that “Technology Coaches inspire and participate in the development and implementation of a shared vision for the comprehensive integration of […]

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Learning Targets

What are Learning Targets: If an essential question is the grand quest in a video game, the learning targets are the levels. Learning targets (LTs) are short term, student-friendly goals or statements that clearly state what you expect students to know and be able to do at the end of the lesson(s). In Visible Learning, […]

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How Can I Make Essential Questions Matter?

  For our module 4 in our EDTC 6105 class, I wanted to dive deeper into essential questions and learning targets. ISTE coaching standard 2f focuses on coaching teachers in and model incorporation of research-based best practices in instructional design when planning technology-enhanced learning experiences. Two practices that support students learning are essential questions and […]

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Don’t Forget Discourse

For module 3 in our EDTC 6105 course I focused in on ISTE Coaching Standard 2f: f. Coach teachers in and model incorporation of research-based best practices in instructional design when planning technology-enhanced learning experience.  When integrating technology into learning in the classroom there are many instructional design aspects that come into play. One such […]

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