Tag: postCOVIDeducation
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For My Final Trick, I’ll Make a Completely Blank Blog Disappear….
I have always enjoyed writing. You might even call it the Ace up my sleeve. Even as a kid, when life became too much I would slip away and write stories about an alter ego named Chelsa Parks (yes, that spelling is correct) who went on adventures and solved her problems through her work as…
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More Questions Than Answers This Week…
This week’s reading brought up more questions than answers…not necessarily a bad thing when one is anticipating developing research questions for upcoming projects! Both the Valverde-Berrocoso et al. and the Hrastinski articles gave me a lot to think about. I took copious notes on concepts I want to investigate further. Valverde-Berrocoso et al. (2020) intrigued…
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Politics and Education? Didn’t See That Coming
I’m starting to believe that doctoral work is not about what you know, but rather all about being surprised at how much you do not know. It’s humbling and exciting all at once, and more than a little overwhelming. This week, I wanted to dive further into the concept of using digital storytelling in education…
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Thoughts on SRL (Part 2)
Based on part 1 of this week’s post, I decided to do a deeper dive into SRL, or Self-Regulated Learning. As I mentioned, this topic brought up memories of my time spent in A.C.E. schools where I thrived in a self-regulated education model that rewarded motivation and achievement. As a sidenote, concentrated efforts to find…
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The Learning Sciences: Then and Now
“The best practices discussed are built on the idea that students of all ages are not blank slates when they come to the classroom; instead, instructors can build on how minds look at the world based on what those minds have experienced in it so far.” Sawyer’s (2006) introduction to The Cambridge Handbook of the…
Now What? (Education and Technology in a Post COVID World) 