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Simply Primary January 20, 2019 January 20, 20191. Visionary leadership, 2. Teaching, learning, and assessments, 3. Digital Age Learning Environments, Digital Age Learning Environments, EDTC 6102, Teaching, Learning, and Assessments, Visionary Leadership

Every year we ask students to create book reports that reflect their learning of comprehension skills and demonstrates their public …

An ED Tech Instructional 5 Step System Facilitating Student Learning with Multiple Solutions: By Liz Buffington

educating4results January 20, 2019 January 20, 2019Differentiation, Edspark Learning, EDTC 6102, Educational Technology, Instructional Planning, ISTE 1.d, Tech Ed, Technology Literacy, Toolkit

Educators are often overwhelmed or saturated with educational tools that are presented as learning systems that will positively impact the learning the students in the classroom. Solutions focusing on differentiation, scaffolding, and increasing test scores are used to gain entrance into the classroom by the companies and organizations that provide educational technology systems. In… Continue reading An ED Tech Instructional 5 Step System Facilitating Student Learning with Multiple Solutions: By Liz Buffington

Teaching Visual Literacy through Infographics

Lauren N. Borrero March 18, 2018 March 18, 201803 - Digital age learning environments, EDTC 6102, ISTE Student Standard 6

One of the most exciting ISTE Student Standards is #6, Creative Communicator. I believe that the goal of any educator, whether in the classroom with students or supporting learning via a coaching role, is to assist students in becoming independent critical thinkers who can clearly express themselves. For this week’s project, I chose to focus […]

Rethinking Hands on Math with Understanding by Design

Tech Savy Kinders March 18, 2018 March 18, 2018Digital Citizenship, EDTC 6102, Understanding by Design

This quarter for our class EDTC6102 we had to create or modify a lesson that integrated technology in a meaningful way using the Understanding by Design model by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe. After being assigned this project, I knew …

Using infographics for traditional types of reports in elementary school

Ed Tech Dowd March 17, 2018 March 17, 2018Creative Communicator, EDTC 6102

While technology and access to information has dramatically changed the way our students learn and the way we teach, there are some “classic” learning experiences that still have a place in the classroom in my opinion. One of these learning experiences is the traditional reports that students typically do in elementary school such as state, […]

Credibility, Citation, and Curation: a 21st Century Take on Research Skills

Lauren N. Borrero March 17, 2018 March 17, 201802 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, EDTC 6102, research

Throughout this quarter in the Digital Education Leadership MEd program, I’ve been working on a unit plan that encompasses the Understanding by Design teaching model, Common Core English Language Arts Writing standard 8 which deals with research skills, and ISTE Student Standard 2c which asks students to consider the rights and obligations of using others’ […]

How can teaching students about loops help them understand automation and use this understanding to solve problems more efficiently?

Ed Tech Dowd March 5, 2018 March 5, 2018Computational Thinker, EDTC 6102

Computational Thinking and Automation ISTE Standard for Students #5 is “Computational Thinker: Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.” There are four indicators listed under this standard and the last indicator reads: Students understand how automation works […]

Exploring Computational Thinking via the Backpack Redesign Challenge

Lauren N. Borrero March 4, 2018 March 4, 201802 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, EDTC 6102, ISTE Student Standard 5

When tasked with exploring computational thinking skills, I must admit that my first reaction was to question the practical application for those of us not teaching computer science. What role can computational thinking play when teaching history or English? It turns out that computational thinking can support problem-solving in a variety of subjects. We use […]

Becoming Innovative Designers

Tech Savy Kinders February 19, 2018 February 19, 2018EDTC 6102, Innovative Designers, ISTE Student Standard 4

This week we examined ISTE Student Standard 4: Innovative Designer- Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions. To best fit this standard for a Kindergarten …

PBL Meets ELA: A Case Study

Lauren N. Borrero February 18, 2018 February 18, 201803 - Digital age learning environments, EDTC 6102, ISTE Student Standard 4, Project-Based Learning

Project Based Learning (PBL) is one of the hottest buzzwords in education. The term brings to mind students hard at work researching or creating, groups crafting tangible projects worthy of display during Open House night, and teachers beaming as students take the lead in their own learning. PBL is a goal many teachers aspire to […]

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