Culturally Responsive Teaching: Enhancing Student Engagement and Digital Classroom Learning

Enhancing student engagement and digital classroom learning through culturally sustaining pedagogical approaches from an Asian context.

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“Assessment in higher education during COVID-19 and beyond: Will it ever be the same?”

Perhaps the word “unprecedented” has been overused in recent months, but it consistently seems to be the most fitting word to express the seismic shifts in all areas of life that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. As K-12 and higher education institutions worldwide have grappled with rapid pivots to online teaching and learning (and …

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Student Flourishing in the Virtual Classroom

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly accelerated the rate at which schools and universities of all shapes and sizes have had to move to online teaching and learning modalities, even if only as a short-term conduit for allowing formal education to continue in these unprecedented times.  There is also no doubt …

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Online Student Portfolios – A Community Engagement Project

As part of my course work this term in my masters program at Seattle Pacific University, I had to create a project that incorporated ISTE standard 2 Digital Citizen and used the stages of backward design thinking as described in … Continue reading →

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Giving Students a Voice

ISTE Coaching Standards Coaching Standard 3- Digital Age Learning Environments: Technology coaches create and support effective digital age learning environments to maximize the learning of all students. Indicator b: Maintain and manage a variety of digital tools and resources for teacher and student use in technology-rich learning environments. How can I help teachers maintain and […]

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Designing Authentic Learning Opportunities to Support Engagement and Learning

ISTE Educator Standard 5 This week I decided to dive into ISTE Educator Standard 5, “Educators design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability.” I wanted to explore the authentic learning activities and instructional design aspect from the indicators: 5b Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and […]

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Evidence, Feedback, and Reflection

ISTE Educator Standard 1 Learner: Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning. Educators: 1a. Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their effectiveness. 1b. Pursue professional interests by […]

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