After several years of collaboration and coordination with over thirty two authors, I’m pleased to announce that “Designing Effective Blended and Distance Learning Environments in K-12" is officially published!
I’m excited to announce our new monthly EdTechTeacher show “What’s Next in EdTech” streaming live on Youtube! In each episode, we will highlight excited news and resources in the world of educational technology. Each fast-paced episode will be 15-20 minutes and include a show notes document that curates all of the resources mentioned during the episode.
I had the fortunate opportunity to engage in a fascinating discussion with Digital Learning Coach and Innovation Connection presenter Jed Stefanowicz. Jed shares his thoughts on his role as a digital learning coach and strategies to help students develop computational thinking skills through hands-on projects and robotics.
I recently had the opportunity to engage in a discussion with Kyle Wilson, a long-time friend, math coach and presenter at the upcoming Innovation Connection Conference on November 1st, 2021.
Summer is a time for educators to relax and recharge. I also find that it is a great opportunity to reflect on the school year, connect with other educators and explore new ideas for the upcoming year. This summer, I have the fortunate opportunity of leading five different 1-week experiences (3 live 1-hour sessions) with educators from around the world through the EdTechTeacher summer workshop series.
As part of the EdTechTeacher Summer Virtual Workshop Series, I will be hosting a 1 week “Teaching History and Social Studies with Technology” course. During this course, we will explore practical, dynamic, and creative ways to use technology to provide students with unique opportunities to demonstrate their understanding. The course offers innovative ideas and thoughtful approaches for incorporating G Suite for Education, web tools, apps, video, audio, images, maps, and emerging technologies applicable to World History, United States History, and Civics at the middle school, high school and college level. This course emphasizes active learning whereby students demonstrate understanding through interactive presentations, digital stories, screencasts, collaborative documents, virtual field trips, interactive maps, timelines, and more.
This Spring, educators and students across the world were thrust into distance learning scenarios within a matter of days. Now that we have some experience to reflect back on, let’s consider what practices worked best, which challenges persist, and how we can design more powerful and impactful learning experiences in the future. Given the current projections, educators must now prepare for several scenarios that will include a mix of on-site, distance and blended (or hybrid) learning environments.
