Category: Educational Technology

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

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  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

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Connecting the Dots: Is there room for creativity in professional development?

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Dot-to-dot puzzles. My kid loves them. Always has. Now in sixth grade, his favorites still start off 1-2-3, but now they’re cranked up to 11. Extreme puzzles like this one:   This giraffe puzzle (sorry to spoil the surprise… it’s a giraffe) has over 1300 dots to connect, but the concept is still the same […]

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What in the World is Game-Based Education? The Good, the Bad, the Dysentery

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I grew up in the golden age of educational gaming. I don’t know that any games have matched the cultural and educational impact of the 8-bit majesty of The Oregon Trail (play the 1990 version here: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990) or the full-color wonder of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (play the 1985 version here: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Where_in_the_World_is_Carmen_Sandiego_1985) […]

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

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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 […]

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How To Email Your Professor | A Guide For Students

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As a person in Technology Services and a graduate student, I receive and send a lot of email. Actually, you could say that about most roles: “As a person in [insert field here] , I receive and send a lot email.” While the communication ranges in form, from responding to panicked requests, inquiries about classroom […]

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