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”
As I continue my Masters in Digital Education Leadership through Seattle Pacific University, I continue to challenge my understanding of teaching, technology, and how to successfully integrate technology in a high poverty school. Part of my task this week was to continue looking at ISTE Coaching Standard 3e and 3g. Which led me to ask … Continue reading “Empowering Computational Thinkers with Troubleshooting Tips for Technology – EDTC 6014 Module 3”
To continue exploring ISTE Coaching Standard (CS) 3: Digital age learning environments, this week we are looking at three of its indicators: CS 3b – “maintain and manage a variety of digital tools and resources for teacher and student use in technology-rich learning environments.” CS 3d – “select, evaluate, and facilitate the use of adaptive and assistive technologies to … Continue reading “Text-to-Speech Adventure: Making Technology Work for You (Module 2, ISTE-CS 3b, 3d, 3f)”
Thought Question: How can I choose digital tools that are assistive and adaptive technologies but still support student learning? Ensuring that the digital tools we choose to share with our students are ADA acceptable and keep equity and accessibility in mind, I am curious about what assistive truly means. As 13% of students are working … Continue reading Accessibility & Adaptability – Text-to-Speech – EDTC 6104 – Module 4
This quarter in my graduate work in Digital Education Leadership at Seattle Pacific University, I am exploring Digital Learning Environments by focusing on the exploration of ISTE Coaching Standard 3, which charges technology coaches to create and support an efficient digital age learning environment to maximize the learning of all students. To explore this standard, … Continue reading Rethinking an Ideal Learning Environment – EDTC 6104 – Module 1
How can I participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning? (National Education Technology Plan 2010) The word networking to me as a public school educator is such a foreign concept. An idea meant for young entrepreneurs and marketers. Even more for those who are just … Continue reading Growing your Professional Learning Networking – EDTC 6103 – Module 5
This week we are looking at ISTE-TS 4: Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility – “teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices.” In past blog posts I have discussed ways in which digital citizenship is or can be particularly relevant to a … Continue reading “Digital citizenship clicker questions in math, and Mendeley (Module 4, ISTE-TS 4 digital citizenship)”
This week in my exploration of ISTE Teaching Standards with my graduate program in Digital Education Leadership at Seattle Pacific University, I am examining ISTE Teaching Standard 3 to understand how teachers can… “exhibit knowledge, skills and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society.” Embedded in this standard is … Continue reading ISTE Teaching Standard 3: Model Effective Use of Current & Emerging Digital Tools
In my exploration of ISTE Teaching Standard 2 this week, I am looking to explore the different digital tools that are out there for formative and summative assessments. It is important to find something that will not take more time for grading and allow for real-time feedback for the students. The article from Edutopia’s Teaching … Continue reading EDTC 6103 Module 2 – ISTE Teaching Standard 2 Design & Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences & Assessments
This quarter in my graduate studies in Digital Educational Leadership at Seattle Pacific University, I am exploring the ISTE Teaching Standards as a follow up to my study of the ISTE Student Standards last quarter. I am beginning with a look at ISTE Teaching Standard 1, which centers on facilitating and inspiring student learning and … Continue reading ISTE Teaching Standard 1 – Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
