References Roblyer, M. D., & Hughes, J. E. (2019). Integrating educational technology into teaching: Transforming learning across disciplines (8th ed.). Person Education. Davis, T. C., & Autin, N. P. (2020). The cognitive trio: Backward design, formative assessment, and differentiated instruction. Research issues in contemporary education (5) 2, 55-70. Transcript: Roblyer & Hughes (2019) explain that we are currently within the personal, adaptive learning era of education, and as such, differentiation to match learners’ needs and interests is imperative. Teachers can work towards balancing the demands of standard based curriculum while still catering to the needs of individual learners, in part by considering backward design. The standards serve as end points within units and working backwards from these points can help teachers des...
I found several aspects of this class particularly beneficial and applicable to my teaching. One of those was creating and posting to the blog. I attended a training from George Couros who wrote The Innovator’s Mindset (2015), a few years back. I recall him saying that it was likely to make many teachers uncomfortable, but regardless, he asked us which our future students would be more likely to write in their lives beyond school: an essay or a blog? He was right—I was uncomfortable with this! As a language arts teacher, I still feel that an essay is inevitable and that all students need to be able to write. However, I have begun to see the real-world applications of having them do that writing in the form of a blog. My current students only have limited access to technology, but I am kicking myself for the wasted opportunities in previous 1:1 classes . I simply did not utilize technology to the extent that I should hav...
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