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Steal Like a Teacher – Quick Clicks – February 2026
Welcome to another issue of Quick Clicks, a summary of education resources worth sharing. This month’s edition is a special one! For the entire month of February, I plan to share one discovery each day related to instructional design, ed tech, adult learning, and other adjacent ideas worth exploring. Here is the running list of […]
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Dusting it Off in the New Year
If you are reading this and thinking, “It has been a minute,” you are not wrong. Over the past year, I made an intentional decision to take little break from my Masters program for two semesters to focus on completing the coursework required for my merchant mariner’s license renewal. The break from school also gave […]
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Steal Like a Teacher – Quick Clicks – Issue 1
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Quick Clicks, a summary of education resources worth sharing. Here are some interesting things I have discovered over the last month: SXSW EDU SXSW EDU, the education portion of the well known South by Southwest film festival and conference, took place a few weeks ago in Austin, TX. This […]
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Steal Like a Teacher – Quick Clicks
I am excited to introduce a brand-new blog post series: Steal Like a Teacher – Quick Clicks! Last year, I launched the Steal Like a Teacher podcast series, inspired by Austin Kleon’s influential book, Steal Like an Artist. Kleon’s main concept is that that truly original ideas are rare, and creativity often arises from borrowing, […]
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Steal Like a Teacher – Episode 3 – Jeff Marini
Episode Intro Next up on the podcast, I interview Jeff Marini, Technology Integration Specialist at Wadsworth City Schools in Wadsworth, OH. We discuss his background, the importance of his role within the school district, tech coaching and professional development, AI, and more! Thank you for listening! Show Notes
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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. […]