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Digital Storytelling Reflection of Learning
This final assignment of the course allows me to reflect on my personal and professional growth throughout the semester and share a creative telling of my educational technology philosophy through a digital story. For this project, I made a short video about the development of my educational technology philosophy. The following are different assignment components […]
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Faith in Technology
As a fan of Nautilus Magazine (a science publication that explores the intersections of science, culture, philosophy, art, etc), I was instantly drawn to this article by Greg Epstein titled, “Is Technology Worthy of Our Faith?” The article highlights some of the main points in Epstein’s recently published book, Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the […]
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Take 3 for Accessibility
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In the ed tech space, news abounds with accessibility headlines; see some news articles below. This might seem like an irrelevant topic, especially if you, like me, are of the privileged majority of people who have no limitations to accessing digital tools. As digital accessibility deadlines loom, […]
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Project Based Learning Inquiry Project
This project is a key assessment for the course and is a culmination of the concepts of problem-based learning, learning theory, technology adoption and integration, and other theories, models, etc from the readings and other materials used throughout the course. About For this project, I developed a Marlinespike Seamanship lesson. Marlinespike seamanship skills are essential […]
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Digital Citizenship Training Certified
I just became Digital Citizenship Training Certified through Common Sense Education. Common Sense Education helps parents and educators support students to help them thrive in a digital world. They offer a wide variety of resources. One type of resource is through professional development training courses where one can earn micro credentials like certificates and badges. […]
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Even More Musings on Assistive Technology, Universal Design, Equity, and Access
Have you ever learned something new and, shortly after that, you see or hear about that same thing? Me too! The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, also known as the frequency illusion, is a phenomenon where something you recently learned seems to appear everywhere. This happened to me this week. After completing the last assignment, a few different […]
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Steal Like a Teacher – S1 E2 – Le’Aunna Rhodes
Episode Intro Next up in this podcast series, I interview Le’Aunna (Le) Rhodes, Compliance Manager at Open Doors Academy in Cleveland, OH. Continuing the conversation in the digital equity space, we discuss the non-profit realm; regulatory requirements, compliance, and audits; the importance of supporting families; how schools received support during COVID; and more! Thank you […]
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Musings on Assistive Technology, Universal Design, Equity, and Access
This week, we were provided a wide variety of readings and resources covering the full spectrum of topics and issues about assistive technology, universal design, equity, and access. This module has been one of my favorites of this course so far this semester. I have always been interested in accessibility from a general sense, not […]
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Steal Like a Teacher – S1 E1 – Sara Vizina
Episode Intro Kicking off this podcast series, I recently interviewed Sara Vizina, a middle school and high school Spanish teacher in Cheboygan Public Schools in Cheboygan, MI. We cover a lot of ground in this 20 minute chat and discuss everything from rural northern Michigan schools, how COVID changed education, technology personnel to student ratio, […]
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Thoughts on “The Enduring Classroom” (Chapters 5-6) – The End
The timing of reading the end of this book aligned with a recent conversation I had with a friend. They were telling me about a book club they had attended, and the book discussed was The School I Deserve: Six Young Refugees and Their Fight for Equality in America by Jo Napolitano. Their brief summary […]