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Exploring Education

by Heather Nelson

Various discoveries I'm making along the way to my Master's in Instructional Technology

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Episodes

  1. Dynamic Communication

    Sources https://byotnetwork.com/2016/06/28/communication-for-personalized-learning/ https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ842694.pdf https://www.brown.edu/sheridan/teaching-learning-resources/teaching-resources/classroom-practices/classroom-communication/tips...

  2. Individualized Paths

    Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESlNrwgljb8 https://www.thepltoolbox.com/learningpathways.html https://practices.learningaccelerator.org/strategies/promoting-personalization-through-learner-pathways http://www.life-slc.org/nsf/linkd/files/Barron.NSSE.tracing.learning.pathways.%202010.pdf

  3. Lifelong Professional Learning

    This episode focuses on venues for professional development for educators, as well as ideas for creating your own venues for learning.

  4. Coaching Journal 4: Progress

    This episode focuses on my experience coaching a first year teacher through a new strategy to meet a goal. Specifically, we focused on checking progress towards the goal and reflection on the overall coaching experience.

  5. Coaching Journal 3: Modelling a Strategy

    This episode covers my experience with the second step of Jim Knight's Impact Cycle: Learn. This portion of the Impact Cycle is all about teaching your coachee a new strategy to use to meet their goal.

  6. Flexible Educational Resources

    This episode does have some mention of violence. Stay safe.

  7. Coaching Journal 2: Identifying a Need

    This episode has two major parts. 1. My reflection on coaching an individual teacher using Jim Knight's Impact Cycle. (Specific to ITEC 7460) 2. My reflection on the Professional Learning Community I've started for my department. (for my Master's Capstone)

  8. Authentic and Adaptive Assessment

    Sources: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/pare/vol2/iss1/2/ https://citl.indiana.edu/teaching-resources/assessing-student-learning/authentic-assessment/ http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/...

  9. Coaching Journal 1: Enrolling Teachers

    Strategies from Jim Knight's The Impact Cycle for enrolling teachers into technology coaching for my Capstone project.

  10. Growth and Mastery Mindset

    Sources: https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/growth-mindset-in-students https://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=ar_misc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-swZaKN2Ic https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED490412

  11. Asset-Based Language

    Sources: http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el200609_weiner.pdf https://teachereducation.steinhardt.nyu.edu/an-asset-based-approach-to-education-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters/...

  12. Expanded Collaboration

    Sources: https://www.gettingsmart.com/2018/10/why-you-should-create-a-collaborative-classroom-this-year/ https://catlintucker.com/2017/08/grade-interviews/ https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/community-schools-effective-school-improvement-report...

  13. Learner Agency

    An Overview of planning for learner agency in a high school journalism class Resources: https://udl-irn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/McClaskey_K2016PersonalizedLearning.pdf https://barbarabray.net/2018/05/08/continuum-of-choice-choosing-the-learning-path-to-find-passion-and-purpose/...

  14. Executive Functioning

    Link to student survey: https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ShareFormPage.aspx?id=JkvAr5sI1ky58Co_KAkTvtg02SrHnO1NquqSskh9zfxUOVRESlFWT1NFV09UQkdPOUlIVVpOVEgwUS4u&sharetoken=ffWjuwFSrLlYw63np5nZ Resources: Harvard Center on the Developing Child. "Executive Function Activities for Adolescents."...

  15. Planning for Personalization

    Resources: https://bagwell.kennesaw.edu/current-students/docs/Personalized_Learning_Vision_for_Georgia.pdf https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/apollo-personalized-learning/

  16. Mastery-Based Education

    Sources: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct10/vol68/num02/Lessons-of-Mastery-Learning.aspx https://www.springpointschools.org/blog/2016/01/five-key-lessons-mastery-startup/ http://www.redesignu.org/sites/default/files/uploads/Making-Mastery-Work-NMEF-2012-Inline.pdf...

  17. Tools for Personalized Learning

    Links to the tools mentioned: EdPuzzle ClassFlow SeeSaw ExplainEverything

  18. Read Woke!

    Follow the creator of the Read Woke Challenge @cicelythegreat and @readwokelibrarian on social media!

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Various discoveries I'm making along the way to my Master's in Instructional Technology

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