Januszewski & Molenda define educational technology as the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources (2008). This 24 word definition encompasses a lot of different aspects of education. After reading the first chapter of Educational Technology: A Definition with Commentary and began … More EdTech Definition Graphic
This week’s assignment gave me the opportunity to analyze my school district on the technology maturity model. It was interesting to take a step out of my role as a teacher and look at things from the viewpoint of a technology director. I was also able to learn more about the responsibilities schools have in … More School Evaluation Summary
The trend that I chose to create an artifact on was related to teacher professional development. Too often during my teacher in-service days I listen to a presenter drone on about a new practice we need to implement in our teaching. I have learned to dread these days, especially after I have attended conferences like … More Tech Trends
For my APA style annotated bibliography I chose to look into game based learning and open badging. Mozilla’s OpenBadges is an area that I am hoping to learn more about in the coming months so getting a chance to look at what is being done with these was quite interesting. I also got a few … More APA Style Annotated Bibliography
Understanding how RSS works and keeping a series of RSS subscriptions through a website like Feedly is a great way for teachers to quickly and easily stay updated on different websites across the internet. RSS goes beyond simple bookmarking since it also updates you whenever there are changes to your websites you subscribe too. Further, … More RSS In Education
Through this project I was able to learn about a variety of different topics including multimedia principles, what the digital divide is, and how this growing issue is having impacts on people not just in the US, but globally. Below are some specific pieces of information related to this project that I would like to … More Digital Divide / Digital Inequality
AECT’s Code of professional ethics in educational technology is a broad guide for how technology should best be used in educational settings. My learning of how AECT’s code was developed and applied was first done through reading chapter 11 of Educational Technology: a Definition with Commentary (Junuszewski and Molenda, 2008) and then participating in an … More Code of Professional Ethics in Educational Technology
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