How do adults learn according to neurological research? How then should professional learning be designed and implemented? How does facilitating active learning and providing feedback lead to building the capacity of educators? ISTE Coaching Standard …
As I continue to explore the theme of professional learning, I am using this week to look closer at what active learning is and how meaningful feedback can influence professional learning. I am using the ISTE Coaching Standards as a … Continue reading
When it comes to classroom management and instruction, actively engaging learners in the learning process is important. Now, what do you envision when you think about the students in this case? Are they adults? If not then maybe they should be because teacher professional development and learning opportunities need to continue moving away from “do …
Who, When, Where, Why, What, How? Who, when, and where we teach are often set by extenuating circumstances. Whereas why we teach is both deeply personal and different for every educator. What we teach can be set by state level standards, curriculum guides, and a number of other external factors. Sometimes we have some level …
Design professional learning based on needs assessments and frameworks for working with adults to support their cultural, social-emotional and learning needs. My last blog post centered around impactful professional development and how to evaluate the effectiveness of professional development. For … Continue reading
Guiding Questions Recently, I was asked to ponder the following questions: What is an example of professional development that has worked for you? What is an example of professional development that has not worked for you? What does research say about planning professional learning? The first two questions are relatively easy to answer as they …
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For our EDTC 6106 module 5 I am going to be focusing on ISTE Coaching Standard 4: Professional Development and Program Evaluation: Performance Indicator B: Design, develop, and implement technology rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment. When thinking of technology […]
This week we are continuing with ISTE Coaching Standard 4, Indicator B: Design, develop, and implement technology rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment. I really
Project Evaluation of Edmodo Certified Trainer Course (ECT) at Edmodo – 2017-2018 This project is being conducted by Autumn Ottenad, Community Growth Manager at Edmodo. I am trying to figure out if the new Edmodo Certified Trainer (ECT) program which I recently revamped taking it from six to four weeks is successful because Edmodo wants…
As I begin to wrap up my studies in EDTC 6106 Educational Technology Leadership for the DEL program our last inquiry asked us to explore; what does the ideal technology-rich professional learning program look like? From there I began to contemplate Computational Thinking again which is a common thread throughout my studies in SPU’s DEL program. As…
