“Why Would One Create OER?”
https://hackscience.education/2020/02/28/why-would-one-create-oer/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Elevators Pitch on Scaffolding
https://hackscience.education/2020/02/25/elevators-pitch-on-scaffolding/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Carving Out Time for Authentic Learning
https://hackscience.education/2020/02/20/carving-out-time-for-authentic-learning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Clear hierarchical relationships between students and teachers, the role of teacher as isolated expert, stable literacy skills, and well-established authorities as mediators of curriculum are examples of the structures and organizations that have served generations of educators that are being challenged.
While efficient instruction may be a reasonable first step in creating connected classrooms, school and technology leaders must take steps to ensure progress continues as all students gain access to curriculum focused around increasing sophisticated and complex problems—problems they identify as relevant—in their schools.
Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at a community college in New England
Retired k-12 science/ math/ technology teacher/ technology integration specialist/ coordinator