Create an EDTECH Definition Graphic AECT's definition of educational technology: "Educational technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources." This week we explored the definition of educational technology in order to create and infographic about educational technology. We had to … Continue reading Week 15: EdTech Definition Graphic →

In this activity we were to rate our school technology environment. We were to use the Maturity Benchmark Rubric found here. We were to rate our school on the Maturity Benchmark Survey to gather the necessary info to evaluate our school's technology program. Technology Maturity Benchmarks The Technology Maturity Benchmarks are based on criteria identified in the … Continue reading Week 13 and 14: School Evaluation Summary →

My artifact answers the question "How can we assist teachers in the general ed. classroom to have all the resources they need to support SPED students as well as enable SPED students to achieve their full potential in the general ed. classroom?". I felt for a teacher to have all the various resources she would … Continue reading Week 11 and 12: EdTech Innovator Artifact →

For this artifact, we used our new knowledge of Flipped Classrooms and the Homework Gap to create content for a Google Slides presentation addressing a fictional scenario. Scenario Your principle has just returned from a leadership conference and is excited about implementing flipped classroom strategies throughout the school. She has also received grant money to … Continue reading Week 8 and 9: Flipped Classroom Presentation →

Educational technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources" (Definition and Terminology Committee of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2008, p. 1). During this week we explored the definition of educational technology and its ramifications for us as … Continue reading Week 6 and 7: EdTech Professional Ethics Animation →

Through the creation of this artifact we were introduced to content curation. We also were to compose a lesson plan for the first part of our artifact. We were to identify the learning objective. We were to use content curation tools to help our students meet our learning objectives. The link to my lesson plan … Continue reading WEEK 4 and 5: Collect, Organize, and Share Content the “EDTECH Way” →

For this assignment we learned how to correctly apply APA style to a journal article, along with how to install and use Zotero, a free and open-source bibliographic software management tool. We composed an annotated bibliography on the research we conducted. I chose to research the topic of how assistive technology can assist students in … Continue reading Week 2 and 3: ED Tech Research →

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