Educators have been scrambling to provide educational opportunities for students during school closures. Many districts have asked educators to continue to give students classwork and learning activities, both to help maintain a sense of normalcy in this time of uncertainty, and also to prevent learning gaps that may negatively affect academic success in subsequent grade […]
As requested by educators, I began creating lessons that align to a lesson design process I had developed specifically for remote/distance learning. The distance learning protocol of Set the Stage, Content, Collaboration, Synthesize Learning resonated with educators who sought examples of what this may look like. As schedules allowed outside of my day job, I […]
Distance learning is a reality that arose unexpectedly as a necessity for public health and safety. As such, students have experienced a shift in the way they receive educational opportunities. Educators across the globe have been scrambling to rework their entire mode of instruction, from a face to face model to one that often relies […]
It warms my heart to see reports of educators and students who are connecting with each other via virtual platforms. Teachers are holding meetings with their students using video conferencing, students are engaging in academic conversations in safe online spaces with both text and video, and principals are reading books from authors who have given […]
As the number of school closures across the globe continue to rise, remote learning has come into the forefront. The term sounds promising – students continuing to learn from a distance. Fortunately, technology can serve to support remote learning. Students who have access to devices and wifi can choose from a wide variety of online […]
An increasing number of educators are being asked to include technology in their lessons. I have seen the term technology included as a component of teacher evaluations, within state level teaching standards, and embedded within national content standards. I teach a class to intern teachers that is entitled “Technology in the Classroom”. It is a […]
A teacher approached me last week and asked, “Can you please show me how to use quizizz in my classroom?” I commended the teacher for her desire to implement a new technology tool for the benefit of her learners. The teacher laughed and said, “Oh, it’s not me! The kids keep asking for it!” The […]
This week I had the opportunity to participate in an epic EdTech event, our county’s annual #TechRodeo. This is the 4th annual iteration of this one day conference for educators. My support staff and I felt prepared and relatively relaxed in the days leading up to the event, mentioning to each other, “It’s not our […]
As a musician and poet, I see the power of time on task. In order to continue to develop as an artist, to become a reflective creator, it is necessary to consistently produce art. As I sit down at the piano on a regular basis, I begin to see more patterns in chord changes and […]
Over a million teachers have participated in the hour of code, a global movement to provide opportunities for students to experience coding, to engage in computational thinking. In my current educational role, I have witnessed hundreds of students coding during this annual event, nearly all in classrooms in which the teacher has little to no […]
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