Tuesday, June 26 - 5 Reasons Why Every Student Needs to Think Like a Designer Presenter: Michael Cohen (The Tech Rabbi) Session resources: https://thetechrabbi.com/ This session focuses on how to address ISTE standard 4 (Innovative Designer). How can we design instructional experiences that tap into the different kinds of design? Graphic, interior, product, instructional, user experience, … Continue reading #ISTE Session: 5 Reasons Why Every Student Needs To Think Like A Designer
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#ISTE18 Session: Promoting Inventiveness in the Classroom
Tuesday, June 26 - Promoting Inventiveness in the Classroom Presenter: Kathy Schrock Session resources: Link 1; Link 2 (http://www.schrockguide.net/inventiveness.html by Kathy Schrock) Defining Iventiveness Invention: the creation of a product or introduction of a process for the first time Innovation: occurs if someone improves on an existing product or process Inventiveness: the form of creativity … Continue reading #ISTE18 Session: Promoting Inventiveness in the Classroom
#ISTE18 Session: From Research to Practice, Designing the Spaces Kids Need
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 No presenter names listed on the web site. No session resources posted. **Note: I don’t proofread live blogs due to the intensity of these conferences. So, apologies in advance for typos or ramblings!! Just trying to capture the learning here, people! This one is especially rambly because the presenter talked REALLY … Continue reading #ISTE18 Session: From Research to Practice, Designing the Spaces Kids Need
#ISTE18 Session: 4 Edtech Ways to Differentiate in a Student-Centered Classroom
Monday, June 25 - 4 Edtech Ways to Differentiate in a Student-Centered Classroom Presented by Shaelynn Farnsworth and Steven Anderson Session resources Resources part 2 **Note: I don’t proofread live blogs due to the intensity of these conferences. So, apologies in advance for typos or ramblings!! Just trying to capture the learning here, people! Differentiating assessment … Continue reading #ISTE18 Session: 4 Edtech Ways to Differentiate in a Student-Centered Classroom
#TriConf17 Day 3
Keynote (Michael Fullan) Description here Various links: GPS approach to grading 21st century skills: the 6 Cs Michael Fullan's web site Ontario's report card templates "Deeper Learning: 10 Ways You Can Die" Updating Curriculum and Assessment (Heidi Hayes Jacobs) Links: Presentation slideshow Global Partnership hub (tons of great resources re: global challenges/partnerships) Bold Moves for … Continue reading #TriConf17 Day 3
On how the Internet reaffirmed my faith in humanity.
I like to think that I'm like Kurt Vonnegut in a lot of ways. I might not smoke unfiltered Pall Malls or have a mustache, but, like Vonnegut, "I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.” Because I am an eternal and hopeless optimist, … Continue reading On how the Internet reaffirmed my faith in humanity.
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