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Rough Waters: Helping Adolescents Navigate Digital Information Sources

Teaching Sixes February 7, 2021 February 7, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, adolescence, COPP, critical thinking, digital literacy, ISTE 1: Change Agent, ISTE 2: Connected Learner, Learning, social media

How can digital tools effectively help secondary students critically evaluate the credibility, perspective or accuracy of digital sources or information in real time?

Problem Solving: Computational Thinking =The New Critical Thinking

educating4results March 4, 2019 March 4, 20194th Industrial Revolution, Compliance-based learning, computational thinking, constructivism, critical thinking, Ed Surge, EDTC 6102, ISTE 5.c, Project-Based Learning

The What of the learning is found within ISTE Standard 5c as students “break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem- solving”. This leads me to question, how can education systems intentionally teach our students to solve problems *differently* than we were taught? Barr, Harrison,… Continue reading Problem Solving: Computational Thinking =The New Critical Thinking

Growing 21stCentennial Learners: Can rubric and standards-based assessment co-exist with open-ended learning?

educating4results February 17, 2019 February 17, 2019#Single Rubric, 21st century learning, Battelle for kids, Compliance-based learning, critical thinking, Cult of Pedagogy, EDTC 6102, Educational Technology, growth mindset, Impact on Student Learning, ISTE 4.d, NEA, problem solving in the classroom, rubrics, Seattle Pacific University, Standards and Assessments, Tech Ed, The 4 C's, The Four C's

I recently had an opportunity to evaluate my belief that compliance-based learning is often perceived as the death of critical thinking skills while evaluating ISTE Standard 4 (Innovative Designer). I wonder, can the educational standards-based culture support innovative thinking as our students “exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended… Continue reading Growing 21stCentennial Learners: Can rubric and standards-based assessment co-exist with open-ended learning?

21st Century Skills to Connect Teachers and Coaches: Module 3

James November 13, 2017 November 13, 201721st century learning, 21st Century Skills, critical thinking, Digital Age Learning Environments, EDTC6105, Instructional Technology Coach, ISTE C - Standard 2, ISTE-C Standard 1, peer coaching, Teaching Learning and Assessment, Visionary Leadership

Module 3 of EDTC 6105 and my definition of the problem For this week my program is focusing on 21st century learning. The topic alone brings a lot of questions forward, what is 21st century learning? Does it matter to teachers and students? How do you measure 21st century learning? My search for resources didn’t … Continue reading “21st Century Skills to Connect Teachers and Coaches: Module 3”

Andragogy, Pedagogy, Heutagogy… Holy Goji Berries! My Brain is Full.

JustinHaney.org January 31, 2017 January 31, 20174. Professional development and program evaluation, 5. Engage in professional growth and leadership, andragogy, critical thinking, EDTC6106, Educational Technology, ISTE Coaching Standards, Knowles, PD, Pedagogy

exploring “andragogy” and the work of Malcolm S. Knowles I debate with myself. A lot. At times this seemingly unending stream of thoughts leads to unease and pinch of insomnia. I like to feel at peace with my thoughts, but I’ve really struggled with my latest unit of study. Andragogy, pedagogy, professional development and […]

Students as Contributors Adding Value to our Communities

Communicate. Collaborate. Create. November 27, 2016 November 27, 20161. Visionary leadership, 2. Teaching, learning, and assessments, 21st century learning, 4C's, 6. Content knowledge and professional growth, Collaboration, Communication, creativity, critical thinking, iste coaching standard 1, ISTE coaching standard 2, ISTE Coaching Standard 6, ISTE Standards for Coaches, Learning Activities, PBL

Many years ago, I worked in a school where student learning involved solving real-world problems. One example is when third graders interviewed city transportation officials as well as school district operations managers, parents, and staff to design a new parking lot and traffic pattern for the congested unsafe lot. They used math to design model […]

P21, Peer Coaching & Picture Books

JustinHaney.org November 19, 2016 November 19, 20161. Visionary leadership, 2. Teaching, learning, and assessments, critical thinking, EDTC6105, ISTE Coaching Standards, literacy, P21, peer coaching, picture books

Addressing 21st Century Skills and promoting critical thinking in a fifth grade classroom can be a tall order when faced with a deeply scripted curriculum. While project-based learning (PBL) is often seen as a catch-all approach to develop the 4-Cs (Collaboration, Communication, Critical thinking, and Creativity), the harsh reality is that fully implementing PBL is […]

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