January 16, 2018
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The landscape of education has changed. The days of limited personalized technology is quickly going away, even to the point of being encouraged. Personalized technology could include smartphones, tablets, laptops and the continual improvements on wearable technologies like watches and glasses.
April 1, 2017
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Supportive iPad Professional Learning According to Gulamhussein (2013) to create an effective professional learning plan, it should include the follow features:1. Extend duration for allowing for learning new strategies and implementation2. Support for implementation stage to address specific challenges3. Active learning with varied approaches4. Model the skills to be learned for further understanding of new…
Apple Teacher Professional Learning Plan The great desire to use the tools that are provided by the district in an effective and useful manner. When I was a teacher, I felt it was my duty to utilize the tools that a district provided for me to best of my abilities to encourage, engage, and…
February 18, 2017
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Reflection on Online Course DevelopmentInitially starting an online course, development can be focused with the ADDIE model of instructional design (See Figure A). As this model takes into consideration the design, implementation, and redesign of courses, a nascent course would do well to use as part of the initial design process (Bates, 2015). Just as…
February 12, 2017
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The past four weeks have gotten me to question and think about what is possible with online teaching, and content creation. Benjamin Franklin is attributed to saying, Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. I fully agree with this sentiment, and it makes me question my current…
The progress of my course on iTunes U is coming along nicely. Again, as I use the tool and develop the course within the app, I am impressed by how easily all the pieces are falling into place. “Creating Reflective Digital Learning Experiences” is found on iTunes U. You can enroll in the course here: EnrollTo…
Progress of iTunes U Course Development Currently, I am in the second week of producing “Creating Reflective Digital Learning Experiences: iPads in Education”, an iTunes U course being developed to increase use of iPad in the classroom. As I am a learner as well, I look forward to learning with the other learners. iTunes…
January 22, 2017
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The goal of my innovation plan is the effective use of iPads in the classroom, and to increase students outcomes with the use of iPads. Karen Hinnett writes the reflective process “helps students to understand what constitutes quality work and to develop evaluative skills.” (2002) As such, I am creating a course on iTunesU to…