Is our technology helping us, or is it getting in the way of our well-being? The buzz of a notification. The endless scroll. The quiet pressure to be “always on.” If you’ve ever wondered whether your phone is making life…
This week, we went through three of the group's final presentations for the course. The one that stood out to me the most was group 1, whose overall focus was “Tech Integration Through Collaborative Leadership: Faculty Engagement Plan” (Chaddah et…
This week's class was short, which was nice after having longer classes due to the presentations. We looked at this week how different tools can help facilitate the pedagogies we use in our classrooms. We were tasked with watching a…
This week, we finished the 2nd presentation for the rest of the groups in the class. One group unfortunately could not present in class, but was able to record and organize their presentation in a way that we could go…
This week, we continued with our group project presentations. We made it through 4 different groups, including my own. As a continuation from the post about the first presentation, this presentation focused more on some different pedagogical frameworks that best…
This week, we discussed innovative pedagogical approaches and also experienced a game-based learning activity. We looked at a number of different topics including: The ISTE Standards, SAMR, and Accessibility Open-Access Publishing as Pedagogy WebQuests Gamification and Games-Based Learning (the Game…
This week, while we did not have an official class time, my group met to work through the activities for this week. We were tasked with looking at the concept of Flow Theory and UDL. I had never heard of…
This was a fun week as we got to see what the different groups are planning to research for their final project. My group’s presentation went well. The topic we are doing is “Enhancing Engagement and Differentiation through AI Chatbots…
This week, we discussed the issues in edtech innovation and expanded on some of the content from last week's class. We did an activity where, in breakout rooms, we were assigned a topic to focus on, and my group was…
This course is looking to be a very interesting one! Taking this course for me personally, was really important as my focus in study has been around AI and education and digital wellness, so I figured this would be able…