Creating Podcasts: Within The Outsiders Unit – Exploring Personal Pursuits & Originality

My final blog post of the academic quarter in my graduate program in Digital Education Leadership is here, and I am eager to share my finished individual project: Creating Podcasts: Within The Outsiders Unit – Exploring Personal Pursuits & Originality. This is a topic that I previously explored in my post,  ISTE 7: Global Collaborator – … Continue reading Creating Podcasts: Within The Outsiders Unit – Exploring Personal Pursuits & Originality

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Module 5 – Encouraging Creative Communicators

  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”

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Doing math online (Module 5, Creative communicator, Global collaborator)

Module 5 is about investigating ISTE Student Standard’s 6 and/or 7: ISTE Student Standard 6: Creative Communicator – “students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.” ISTE Student Standard 7: Global Collaborator – “students use digital tools to broaden … Continue reading “Doing math online (Module 5, Creative communicator, Global collaborator)”

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ISTE – Global Collaborator – Assessing Podcasts and their Creativity

In my final week of reflection on ISTE Students Standards for my graduate work in Digital Education Leadership at Seattle Pacific University, I am focused on ISTE 7: Global Collaborator; specifically 7b students will us collaborative technologies to work with other to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.  Recently, I have been working on … Continue reading ISTE – Global Collaborator – Assessing Podcasts and their Creativity

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Bunco and MATLAB (Module 4, Computational thinker)

“One,” they say in approximate unison. “One.” “One. Two. Three. …Eight! Nine!” “One. Two. BUNCO!!!” they scream, with a curious comradery considering they’re playing against each other. “Nooo!” the other tables tease. “What was your score? Sweet, I’m the loser!” Once a month, my extended family gets together to play a game called Bunco. See … Continue reading “Bunco and MATLAB (Module 4, Computational thinker)”

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Administrators and Professional Development

ISTE 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. We have looked at professional development through the lense of an adult learner and through the perspective ofRead More

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ISTE – Computational Thinking -Interconnected Data Collection

This week of my reflection on ISTE Students Standards for my graduate work in Digital Education Leadership at Seattle Pacific University, I am focused on ISTE standard five and specifically; how can I implement interconnected digital data collection and analysis of the data collected to help facilitate problem-solving and decision-making in my classroom? ISTE Student Standard … Continue reading ISTE – Computational Thinking -Interconnected Data Collection

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Professional Development in a Digital Age

Computer science education has shifted its focus to improving human-computer interaction(HCI) to improve student learning. The invention of new technologies like “Blocky” programming, allows us to move beyond teaching computer interfaces– to improving comprehension and knowledge. Through the adding of tools that adapt to learners abilities and choices, technology designs are making it easier to… Continue Reading Professional Development in a Digital Age

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Slack.com – Communication management (Module 3, Innovative designer)

Module 2 is about investigating ISTE Student Standard 4: Innovative Designer – “students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.” In response to Innovative Designer Indicator 4b, “students select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process that considers design … Continue reading “Slack.com – Communication management (Module 3, Innovative designer)”

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ISTE – Innovative Designer – Deliberate Design in the Classroom to Promote Student Capacity

I initially began by asking myself – “how can my middle school students know and use a thoughtful design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems? Specifically speaking when creating an argument how can my student’s design and test their ideas to solve their genuine problems?”  I know there … Continue reading ISTE – Innovative Designer – Deliberate Design in the Classroom to Promote Student Capacity

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