At first glance, literacy and computer science may not appear to have much in common. However, students of all ages can benefit from thinking like a programmer as they work to decode text they are reading, or as they structure writing. Consider your struggling readers. Might they be more likely to engage in ELA if […]
In November of 2022, ChatGPT was released and reached over 1 million users in just 5 days. Educators began to express concern that students would ask generative AI tools to write essays for them. It is 2025 and trepidation about this technology remains. As a classroom educator, I loved to engage my elementary aged students […]
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This week I had the opportunity to observe an edtech coach teaching digital citizenship lessons for classrooms full of students. While the topic of the learning revolved around the use of technology, not one student utilized a digital device during the lesson. In an age in which students are surrounded by screens throughout the day […]
For years I have been asked by educators and administrators what technology skills students should master according to their grade level. Initially, I hesitated to provide explicit answers to this question, as I believe that educational technology itself is philosophically a means for engaging with academic content, it is not an end in and of […]
As an Xennial and edtech specialist, I am comfortable utilizing digital media in my personal and professional life and I seek to utilize varied media to stay abreast of how current events may be affecting our current learners. However, I also realize that my experience and attempts to stay current is not enough to provide […]
The neuroscience of UDL and Daniel Pink’s research on intrinsic motivation both reveal the positive effects of ensuring that students have autonomy and ownership in the learning process. But what does this look like in the classroom? After all, we are called upon to engage learners in academic content, aligned to standards that oftentimes lead […]
This week I led upper elementary aged students in a daily writing prompt activity. I facilitate this protocol often in classrooms grades 1 – 12 and have set specific supports in place to provide access for struggling learners. The prompt is open ended and therefore naturally differentiated for varied levels of writing. Reading is not […]
In spring of 2020 when many of the educators I work with shifted to distance learning, countless hours were spent preparing digital lessons for students. Educators created screencasts, built activities in learning management systems, and converted paper/pencil tasks to digital methods for students to access at home. Technology, in distance learning, was not merely an […]
Health guidelines in alignment with the COVID19 pandemic have resulted in transient attendance from both educators and students. Last week I was in a classroom in which 17 students were not present in class. In another school I serve, nearly 40% of the student body was absent. Educators are covering quarantined colleagues’ classrooms during their […]
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