M.Ed.

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 to help me further develop my knowledge in technology aspect of my study while also…

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 looking at the concept of strategies to support innovation. The resource we were assigned was…

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 in Secondary Classrooms.” We introduced a basic overview of our website with a definition of…

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 Flow Theory before this activity so it was such an interesting topic to learn about. …

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 two topics that stood out to me the most were the ISTE Standards, the SAMR model and Accessibility, and the Gamification and Games-Based Learning part. We started the class off with…

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 connected with our topic. While we included a lot on our website, including Self-Regulated Learning,…

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 through it on our own time, which is what we were tasked to do. The…

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 video in our groups and answering some questions posted on a slide deck for our…

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 al., 2025). They walked us through their issue, their exploration of different tools, and then…