By: London, Sam, Stephanie, and Angela
As far as educational technology goes, TikTok may not be the first tool that comes to mind. Yet this social media platform has become the focal point of investigation over the past two weeks as my teammates and I embark… Continue Reading →
Reflection can be a wonderful thing, sifting back through memories to seek a moment in time, possibly aggrandizing what you’ve found to help ease the labour involved in the process of its inception. My time in LRNT525 has felt very… Continue Reading →
The project: Implementing Google Classroom as a Learning Management System for K-8 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The problem: How schools facilitated the transition from in-person to virtual teaching and learning through the use of a virtual learning management system. Was… Continue Reading →
Distributed Leadership Theory & Theory O Change Strategies using the Luecke Method In 2020, the shift to emergency remote teaching and learning for K-12 education systems revealed impacts that required urgent action. Most noticeable of these impacts were equity-based, such… Continue Reading →
Leadership is a term that fluctuates in definition based on who you ask. It is contextual in that it reflects the needs of the environment and those who belong to the community which it serves. It is reciprocal in that… Continue Reading →
By Alisha Hadley, Karen McMurray, Luis Rodriguez & Angela Frawley Reflection on Process The Team E process to come to a consensus was collegial and reiterative. We discussed our understanding of the rankings and definitions of characteristics, and we actively reflected on… Continue Reading →
Design Manifesto Five Guiding Design Principles The following five design principles are a product of teamwork built on problem-solving during the Design Thinking Challenge: A Solution to Teacher Burnout and Well-Being during the COVID-19 pandemic. As York and Ertmer note,… Continue Reading →
For this Team Design Challenge, London and I partnered up to address teacher burnout and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a part of our solution we created a slide deck for professional development, Design Solutions for Teaching E-Learning Burnout… Continue Reading →
Yeah, that’s right, Ms. Frawley’s Got Design Superpowers… Middle school teachers often receive comments about how it takes a certain type of special to teach the 12 to 14-year-old age group. I like to think of this “special” as more… Continue Reading →