Debbie Tannenbaum 23rd year in teaching and 5th year as a technology coach. She brings a consistent, realistic, and authentic light into the world of instructional technology. Her approach has a single target: improve learning experiences for students. Technology is a tool to help us facilitate a learning environment that will encourage students to be creators, not consumers.
- The shift from COVID was a forced innovation. Teachers are now much more welcoming to the idea of coaches and technology.
- Technology can help facilitate a Universal Design for Learning philosophy of teaching. It provides students multiple ways to access the same content and skills.
- Digital natives versus digital literacy. Our students are not digitally literate if we do not teach them.
- We need to teach students icons and skills to navigate devices independently.
- As the teacher, start using the phrase “activities are for you or for me. If it’s for you, I can’t promise I will provide you feedback. If it’s for me, I will. However, you can always ask for my feedback.”
- It doesn’t need to look perfect, sounds perfect, or be perfect. Especially when students are making videos.
- Real authentic paths and experiential learning: choice boards, webquest, student-centered.
- Project Zero from Harvard: Thinking routines, scaffolds to help reveal student thinking
- Become a connected educator, leverage social media and different organizations like www.teachbetter.com.
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