Culminating Passion Project: A Global Collaboration with Field Experts

Throughout this semester in our EDTC 6103 course, my cohort members and I worked to complete global collaborative projects. For my project, my 4/5 students completed a culminating passion project, where they selected a topic of interest, researched that topic and generated interview questions for experts, conducted interviews with field experts, designed final products, and…

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Personalized Learning Enhanced Through App Smashing with Flipgrid

Inquiry Question: How can technology coaches collaborate with educators and use digital tools to develop personalized learning environments for their students? As I navigate through the current teaching environment of remote learning, and as I begin to reflect on the beginning of a new school year in the fall, I am thinking about how educators…

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Cultivating Community, Fostering Empathy, & Enriching Learning with Podcasting

  ‘https://anchor.fm/cory-cummings Inquiry Question: How can educators use technology to enrich project-based learning, foster empathy, and cultivate a collaborative community that inspires others? Community.  Empathy. Authentic, meaningful learning. As educators, these are things that we are constantly looking to model, foster, and strengthen in our classrooms. Right now in remote learning, these are also components…

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Enhancing Assessments to Drive Instruction with Pear Deck

Inquiry Question: How can educators use technology to enhance assessment design, allowing for increased student engagement, a differentiated learner experience, and effective data-collection, to drive their instruction? Remote learning has provided me with an intentional opportunity to critically reflect on the assessments I use with my students and evaluate how they can best be used…

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Building and Engaging in Meaningful Professional Learning Communities with Twitter

Inquiry Question: How can educators build and engage in a professional learning community that shares best practices, inspires others with innovative ideas, and supports members in participating in a variety of levels?  Professional learning communities are a vital component to providing educators with professional growth, support, and inspiration. I am always curious to learn from…

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Cultivating Collaboration and Authentic Learning Experiences with Screencastify

Inquiry Question: How can educators collaborate with students and leverage their expertise to improve their instructional practices to benefit future learners? ISTE Educator Standard 4’s second indicator, focuses on the ideas of collaboration and co-learning with students. In researching my inquiry question for this module, I began exploring how educators can cultivate collaboration with their…

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