Overcoming Learned Helplessness in the Digital Age

Exploring growth mindset and productive struggle as strategies to move learners from learned helplessness to learned industriousness in the digital age.

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Designing Professional Development to Improve Student Learning

“You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.” – Michael Jordan Retrieved on Aug 23, 2021 from  successstory.com The article Bridging the Gap: Technology Trends […]

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Eradicate digital Helplessness

Standard: 3d. Personalize support for educators by planning and modeling the effective use of technology to improve student learning. Question: How to evaluate and improve learned helplessness in a digital environment through personal coaching? When I first started researching this topic, I hoped to find some treatment solution for the learned helplessness. But soon, it […]

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EDTC 6104 Community Engagement Project – Professional Development Workshop for Resilient Pedagogy

For this quarter’s Community Engagement Project I have been tasked with creating a professional learning presentation or workshop on a topic of my choice which would be used to engage and provide professional growth for a selected audience. This project is meant to demonstrate my understanding of the performance indicators for ISTE Coaching Standard 3. …

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“Put me in, Coach:” A Brief Look at Best Practices for Instructional Coaching in Higher Education

In 2020, Apple TV’s comedy series Ted Lasso starring Jason Sudeikis became an unlikely hit after its debut season, earning rave reviews, excellent ratings, and a platform as a quirky source of inspiration for coaches–and really just ordinary people–everywhere.  The premise of the show has fictional American football coach, the mustachioed Ted Lasso, recruited to …

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How can a technology integration framework help educators find the most suitable digital learning tools and content for their unique teaching context?

Professional development for educators can take many forms. One kind of professional development is the creation of a coach/educator partnership, where communication and collaboration takes place over a period of time. This model is consistent with ISTE standard for coaches 3b which states “Partner with educators to identify digital learning content that is culturaly relevant, […]

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Enhancing Student Engagement and Digital Classroom Learning

Enhancing student engagement and digital classroom learning through culturally sustaining pedagogical approaches from an Asian context.

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Evaluating Inclusive Ed Tech

it can be difficult to determine which assistive technology tools have solid value for educators and students. Having a robust system in place for decision making is essential.

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