Beyond the medical disparities affecting youth in under-served populations, social changes due to the pandemic such as the move to remote learning have a disproportionate affect. How can student choice and empowerment help students learn?
Increasing Family Engagement Through Digital Portfolios This summer I’ve stepped outside of my comfort zone. In my own building, I worked as the Site Coordinator for summer school, my first time truly managing other staff and being in charge of a building. With my Masters program through SPU, I’ve submitted my first proposal to a … Continue reading “Community Engagement Project – EDTC 6104”
This week we continued to explore ISTE Coaching Standard 3. In particular, looking at how digital tools are selected and evaluated, followed by maintenance and management of technology-rich learning environments. So how do we evaluate, select, and manage digital tools and resources for teachers and students that meet accessibility guidelines and fit within our institution’s … Continue reading “Selecting Digital Tools that Fit our Needs – EDTC 6104 Module 2”
Engaging in Professional Growth and Leadership Being an ELL teacher can feel isolating at times. I can’t count the times I’ve been excited about PD days only to look through available workshops and feel none of them really apply to my needs or objectives. We are a minority group of educators. Our students come from … Continue reading “EDTC 6103 Module 5 – Professional Growth and Leadership”
This week we were asked to look at ISTE Teaching Standard 4, “Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Encouraged by Jason Ohler’s article on Digital Citizenship, I set out to see how I could support my … Continue reading “EDTC 6103 – How do we promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility?”
For my reflection this week, I’ve been asked to look closely at ISTE Teaching Standard 3. Unlike my previous focus of incorporating digital tools in the classroom, this standard has me searching for ways to improve communication with parents. The particular pull out students I serve all have primary languages translatable by other support staff … Continue reading “EDTC 6103 Module 3: Modeling Digital Age Work and Learning”
This week’s assignment excited me, looking at formative assessment tools. This year I am part of a team from my school, that is participating in a district wide training on how to strengthen formative assessments in our building. I’ve been feeling the progress is slow, and although it’s a two year project, I feel I … Continue reading “EDTC 6103 Designing Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments”
This week we began a new quarter looking at a new set of standards. Moving away from ISTE student standards, we are moving into standards for teachers, looking closely at ISTE Teaching Standard #1, Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity. I was inspired by AJ Juliani’s blogpost, 10 Commandments of Innovative Teaching, and how it … Continue reading “EDTC 6103 Promoting Student Inquiry through Community Partnerships”
Overview This quarter we’ve been focusing on Digital Citizenship and ISTE student standards in conjunction with backwards planning, using the Understanding By Design model by Wiggins and McTighe. For my final project this quarter at SPU, I have modified a 5th grade English Language Arts lesson to better meet the needs and interests of my … Continue reading “Creating Online Graphic Novels”
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”
