Planning with the End in Mind For my innovation project, I developed a course design using Fink's (n.d.) guide in order to create significant learning to be used for my blended learning of professional development of technology integration. At first, I was intimidated to write a whole course guide but then I fell back on my curriculum writing experience. The two are not so different, both start with you thinking of your end goal and then you work backward to determine the ski

Here's my reflection on A New Culture of Learning by Thomas and Brown. The three principals from A New Culture of Learning: * The internet has the most up-to-date information for learners. * * Peer-to-peer learning is most natural for learners. * * Collaboration happens in a collective of learners. * Application within my Innovation Plan: - Online resources for teachers to reference. - Working within the collective to build understanding. Resources ChangSchool. (2015, Dec 14)

How crazy am I? 26 Kids, 26 Passions, 2 Teachers, and 1 Lab Every summer my school district hosts the Know Your Impact conference. Three days of breakout sessions covering a different pillar each day. On the 3rd day, we have a student spotlight "expo" where each campus has a group of students displaying the technology that they have used the past year. It is made up of GT (Gifted and Talented) students, Makerspace projects, STEM classes, and CTE (Career Technology Education)

It helps if we are thinking of the same thing when we hear the word innovation. My favorite explanation is from George Couros (2015), he defines innovation as “a way of thinking that creates something new and better.” He believes that “innovation can come from either “invention” (something totally new) or “iteration” (a change of something that already exists), but if it does not meet the idea of “new and better,” it is not innovative… It is a way of considering concepts, pro

EDLD 5303 is unlike any class I have taken because this class was a gift of time, time to work on my e-portfolio and to explore myself as a learner. I only had one assignment and that was to develop an e-portfolio as a way to house and display examples of our work and learning as we pursue our master's degree. We were encouraged us to develop our blogs, learn more about COVA and CSLE, and explore the importance of an e-portfolio to a learner. A benefit of this class was getti