Personal Theory of LearningThis artifact establishes my understanding of historical theorists, as well as how I fit my ideas of learning. My essay features the evolution of learning theories, and the research behind how we learn as humans. Learning is active, social, cultural, and ever changing. I created this personal theory based on my research and analysis of a variety of theorists. To view this essay, click on the picture icon above.
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Starting a Book Club Padlet ChatThis activity demonstrates my ability to design interactive learning opportunities through a technology application. The 21st century classroom fosters choice, collaboration with peers, and differentiation. The pedagogical format follows a workshop method, but gives students the opportunity to demonstrate understanding with the support of a technology platform. To view the lesson, click on the picture icon above.
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Remixed MediaThis video highlights my creative ability skills and engage learners through new media! My video creation "remixes" a video clip to teach about copyright laws, and the importance of citing authors and resources used. This takes a seemingly simple concept in a way that can be creatively presented to students or other professionals. To view my video, click on the play icon above.
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Universal Design for Learning & IntersectionalityIn this artifact, I demonstrate my ability to design a presentation that can be utilized in professional settings. This presentation was created to be shared with a grade-level team or professional development. The topics provide insight on the approach of a Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and Intersectionality.
This speaks towards meeting the needs of all students and recognizing the identities of students that enter your classroom. To view the presentation, click on the picture icon above. |
Professional Learning NetworkThis project presents my ability to reflect on experiences and communication with other professionals in the education field. Our Professional Learning Network (PLN) tells a story of how we connect, share, and encourage each other through multiple platforms. Using technology tools such as Padlet can allow you and others to reflect on your own network maps and gain insight on how you PLC has changed throughout time. To view the blog post, click on the picture icon above.
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Educational BlogMy blog highlights my ability to utilize social media technology platforms to highlight topics of interest for me in education. My main focus is to engage and inform other professionals within this field, and my learning throughout the past few years. My goal is to design a platform that can connect with important and relevant research, along with my own experiences as a classroom teacher. To view my blog post page, click on the picture icon above.
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Cooking with TPACKThis video showcases my ability to reflect on technology integration among content and teaching skills. TPACK is a technology integration framework that combines technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge. This project introduces a learning experience, but more importantly demonstrates the skills needed to correlate a technology tool equally among instruction and content.
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Personal Narratives with ScratchThis activity demonstrates my ability to integrate a coding platform with subject-area skills. My project incorporates the technology platform, Scratch. It also allows students to demonstrate their personal narrative skills through creating an animated story on Scratch. They will have the opportunity to add content specific skills in narrative writing such as a story arc, transition words, etc. To view my teacher artifact click on the picture icon above.
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Mad-lib/Digital Storytelling with Micro-bit and MakeCodeThis lesson establishes my ability to integrate narrative writing skills with a physical computational tool! My activity incorporates the technology platform, MakeCode that connects to a Micro:bit. This activity is a combination of computational thinking skills, narrative writing skills, and most importantly creativity! To view my artifact and full lesson, click on the picture icon above.
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