PART ONE: COURSE REFLECTION One of the remarkable thing about Edtech 541 is the amount of thinking, planning, and designing that has already taken place for the classes I will begin teaching tomorrow (August 17). Honestly, the requirement to choose one class and group of students to focus on while we created our products proved… Read More EDTECH 541 Course & Blog Posts Reflection
Students at Blytheville High School: New Tech are issued a Chromebook to use in a one-to-one technology, project-based learning environment. According to legislation entitled Universal Design of Learning (UDL), technology must “give all individuals equal opportunities to learn” (Roblyer, 2016, p. 405). The Chrome operating system used by each Chromebook offers many accessibility features to… Read More Adaptive & Assistive Features on Chromebooks/Chrome OS
It is hard to believe that it is already time to be REFLECTING on Edtech 501; it seems we just started the course! While I consider the challenges and artifacts that I faced while taking 501, I cannot help but see a connect between the two. Although my summer has been full of professional develop… Read More Edtech 501 Reflection
Roblyer stated in Integrating Educational Technology in Teaching, “a curricular “war” has long raged between those who believe that students must be taught to memorize certain basic math skills and those who feel that the focus should be on deeper conceptual mathematical knowledge and insights” (2016, p. 311). The first big challenge of integrating technology… Read More Obstacles to Technology Integration in Math Classes
In some aspects, educational technology seems like a very broad term that could describe any hardware or software used in learning or teaching. In other ways, this term seems limiting because it does not seem to take into consideration the planning, using, and evaluating of technology in the classroom. The expectation of practicing ethically cannot… Read More EDTECH Graphic
Voicethread Link http://ed.voicethread.com/app/player/?threadId=6956465 Think for just a moment about living in a gated community, or perhaps within the walls of a great castle. What are the benefits of living in such conditions? For the most part, you would be familiar with those living around you. Furthermore, you would be protected from dangers looming on the… Read More Social Networking and Walled Gardens
Dear Students, As your teacher and facilitator, it is important to me to remind you of the dangers of the internet. Although I am fully aware that you may be more tech savvy than me, that does not remove the risks present to you while you are online. For your safety and reputation sake, please… Read More Internet Safety
The process of evaluating the technology maturity of a school revealed the many aspects required to successful integrate technology. It’s a balance between teaching practice and technical technique. Each of the filters within the Maturity Benchmark contains the behavioral actions of stakeholders and the resource technology in place to guide these actions. In the context… Read More School Evaluation Summary
Tyler Isbell: EDTECH Learning Log 