The question is: is their a resource that can help educators leverage technology to improve individual and collective student learning goals; and also address how achievement of these learning goals are shared and demonstrated, digitally? I want to explore this question by framing it through ISTE Standard for Educators 6 which reads: 1) ISTE Standard […]
The question is: is their a resource that can help educators understand the ways in which learning varies among their individual students, and include their students in the development of learner-driven activities and environments that will result in learning success? I want to explore this question by framing it within two of the ISTE Standards […]
There is a lot built into this question, and I want to explore this question by framing it within two of the ISTE Standards for Educators. Namely, in reference to ISTE Standard for Educators 1, how can educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that […]
As the Chief of Staff for a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse – I understand the true value of community collaboration, especially as it relates to the protection of children. Over the past 10 years, I have worked with various child protection professionals, and educational experts, to […]
Overview This project will focus on developing the knowledge and skills of elementary school educators to build safe learning environments for children who have experienced trauma. This project will focus on determining what information, digital tools and digital resources are beneficial in constructing a trauma-informed classroom. Students, who consist of elementary school teachers, will critically […]
In my previous blog, I explored the possibilities for students and/or child protection professionals to design a simulation tool to identify and solve problems associated with the intervention, prevention and treatment of abuse. I want to expand upon that idea, but this time explore: Can digital tools be used to improve the work of child […]
In my previous blog, I explored the idea of child simulations helping children who have experienced abuse communicate and share their testimony of their abuse. I want to expand upon that idea, but this time explore how child protection professionals can identify, create, or enhance a variety of interactive and innovative child protection simulations to […]
I have focused my career on helping children who have been abused speak out about their abuse. From helping in the development of the first evidence-based curriculum for student’s pre-K through 12th grade, to the connectivity of that program with the nation’s largest child abuse hotline, intervening and preventing child abuse is the core purpose […]
I have asked the question: how do we as educators create empowering experiences, especially for children who have experienced trauma, that will help them realize that they do not have to excel at every academic subject to be a good student or worthwhile? As I began exploring this subject, I discovered some possible solutions, leveraging […]
I want to leverage the value applications within digital education to enhance my work in helping children heal and grow from abuse and Adverse Childhood Experiences. Through this course, I identified three guiding values that I wanted to focus on in shaping my practice as a digital education leader. Those values were Safety, Respect and […]
