This week we looked at ISTE standard 6, students as Creative Communicators. Looking at Standards 6a and 6c, this led me to question, how can I create opportunities for my students to strive to meet state standards while incorporating a variety of digital tools as methods of differentiation? Evidence of Learning Beyond Paper and … Continue reading “Module 5 – Encouraging Creative Communicators”
This week we were asked to look at ITSE student standard #5, Computational Thinking. According to Jeanette Wing’s 2006 article, computational thinking is “a way of ‘solving’ problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior by drawing on the concepts fundamental to computer science” (Barr, Harrison, and Conery, 2011). Computer Science is a foreign language for … Continue reading “Module 4 – Supporting ELLs as Computational Thinkers”
This week we were asked to look at ISTE Student Standard 4 – Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions. Looking more closely at 4d, I questioned, how can I support students to persevere and work with open-ended ambiguous problems. … Continue reading “Module 3 – Innovative Designer”
The internet can be overwhelming for adults to search, let alone asking 7-11 year olds to do their own online research. Add in barriers such as limited English, unfamiliarity with using a keyboard, first time using the internet, language proficiency, first year of formal education and still learning what it means to participate in a … Continue reading “Module 2: Supporting ELLs as Knowledge Constructors”
It’s a New Year, 2017, and time to start fresh. Continuing my Masters in Digital Education Leadership, this quarter we are focusing on how to incorporate ISTE Standards for Students in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment. In 2016, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) release new student standards. Module 1 asks us to look … Continue reading “EDTC 6102 Module 1”
Digital Readiness Project
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My Mission Statement: I will promote and facilitate using a digital platform for educators supporting English Language Learners. Through collaboration, I will mentor colleagues on how to create and integrate digital resources effectively to navigate the digital world safely with their students. Society expects students to be tech savvy and able to navigate computers, yet … Continue reading “Digital Learning Mission Statement”
My journey through Grad School. My first class already has me creating a blog. This is something completely foreign to me. As I embark on this journey I am both excited and nervous. Over the course of the next two years, I will be acquiring skills to better infuse technology into my practice as well … Continue reading “My Grad School Journey Begins”
