October 10, 2018
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What if there were never any practical parts to certification tests? A part of the test that checks your manual skills and not just your ability to answer multiple choice questions correctly. For instance, you are working toward your ASE certification in auto mechanics. You study your books, go to your classes, and then the…
Gmail can be the perfect teacher’s assistant. With communication being a major component of any teacher’s job, Gmail can be the assistant in making communication a breeze. The following is my list of tools that if you are a teacher, you should be using in Gmail. Canned Responses Teachers many times the same email…
March 4, 2018
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Find Your Own Professional Learning Teachers are professionals. We have studied, passed numerous certification tests, and are expected to be constantly gaining new continuing professional learning. As a professional, it can be expected that this continuation of learning be supported by their employers, but also self-driven by the educator themselves. How does a working educator…
November 12, 2017
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Digital Learning and Leading Journey Change, transformation, innovation are all task that requires effort and tenacity. Many times this transformation occurs when you don’t think that a transformation needs to or can occur. Where the change happens in such gradual instances, that only by looking back at the journey can one see the transformation. That…
October 21, 2017
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Photo by Ken Treloar on Unsplash Journey of COVA & CSLE in Digital Learning and Leading A Masters in Education degree program that develops both digital knowledge and leadership abilities (2017), is how Lamar University describes their Digital Learning and Leading degree program. Before entering this degree program, I really wrestled what direction I wanted to take. My…
October 7, 2017
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Reflection on DigCit Learning Digital citizenship is one of the topics that can be taken for granted. One could assume that they are good digital citizens because they don’t troll others, don’t leave rude comments on YouTube videos, and attribute their sources when posting media. What I have found is that there is more…
October 2, 2017
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Cyber Stage of BullyingAn important component of Riddle’s nine elements of digital citizenship (2015), is digital ethics. Have empathy for the other person on the screen, can help people keep their actions ethical and moral. As the internet and digital communication are many times anonymous, there can be the disconnect between the communicators. This…
September 16, 2017
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Stimulus from Digital TattoosA phone dings, a tweet chirps, or a Snapchat clicks. A student’s, and probably mine as well, the brain lights up with a small dose of dopamine. A response to the operant conditioning of having constant access to technology, social lives, and information. In an article in Psychology Today, Dr. Weinschenk posted…
September 2, 2017
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Define and Elicit Digitial Citizenship As students become more inundated with personal learning devices, such as cell phones, tablets, and laptops, it is the job of all educators to prepare them with a basic understanding of what it means to be a good digital citizen. Digital citizenship seems to be a varied idea of what it…
July 5, 2017
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Sackcloth textured by freephotocc from pixabay.comSupporting Daily iPad Use – Action ResearchAs Dr. Mertler writes in his book Action Research: Improving Schools and Empowering Educators, “master teachers” are teachers that “constantly and systematically reflect” (2017, p. 20) These teachers see that there are constant grounds for improvement and strive to become better professionals. These teachers and…