Mea Culpa At the beginning of my post “New Tools + New Methods = Better Results… Maybe” (Course 4, Week 2), I lambasted the authors of A Rich Seam, Michael Fullan and Maria Langworthy,...
Getting Deeper and Failing Forward
The Before Times In the years before the pandemic, I assigned my 2nd graders work on certain sites to help reinforce skills, like adding fractions or reading comprehension. These sites were essentially substitutes for...
“Demonstrate Your Learning”
I love technology, and I like teaching people about technology. I think if the student has the cognitive development to understand it, I think I can teach it to them, no matter what the...
New Tools + New Methods = Better Results… Maybe
Let me get this out of the way first. “In a recent nationally-representative Gallup survey in the United States (US), 59% of adults aged 18 to 35 said they developed most of the skills...
What’s The Aim Of The Frame?
I’m sure there are a plethora of technology integration frameworks besides SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition), TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge), and the TIM (Technology Integration Matrix), but few of them are as...
Things That Make You Go “Ahhhhhhhh” aka How PowerPoint Presentations *Could* Be
There is no greater demonstration of the beauty of simplicity, or conversely, the ugliness of complexity, than PowerPoint presentations. (Although I use Google Slides almost exclusively, I’ll use PowerPoint, the trademark name, as much...
Can You Hear Me Now?
In week 5 we’re trying to answer these questions: How might we use structured discussions and technology to allow all student voices to be heard and valued? How might we help to dismantle systems...
Getting (Info)Graphic
I got ambitious. Way too ambitious, and it paralyzed me. I wanted to show internet usage by minors (under 18 years old, at least in the US) around the world by GDP, so I...
Coaching the Teachers: Final Project
COETAIL – Project #3 UbD – Final draft Why did you choose the option you chose? Option 2: Create a 2-4 hour professional development program At first glance, I would have been happier doing...
It’s Better Than Herding Cats
So partner and group work during a pandemic, how does that work exactly? Oh, I’m sorry, I forgot to mention I was teaching 2nd grade, we were in person most of the year, and...
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