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Learning Artifacts

A Principal's Reflections

I routinely speak about the need for students to produce learning artifacts that demonstrate conceptual mastery. Knowledge often comes to us via transcribed content or artifacts, which is derived from other''s knowledge. best practices Common Core educational technology Innovation pedagogy'

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Improving Instruction in a Digital World

A Principal's Reflections

Allowing students choice over which tools they will use to create artifacts of their learning that demonstrate conceptual mastery builds a greater appreciation for learning while simultaneously preparing them for the real world. Pedagogy first, technology second when appropriate.

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Recognizing the Digital Assets You Have at Your Disposal

A Principal's Reflections

Blog posts are a great option to get into the nitty-gritty of change. Hyperlinks A simple strategy to add more context to tweets and social media updates is to add a hyperlink to supporting research, mainstream media pieces, blog posts, or other resource sites. If you are not blogging, it’s time to get over the hurdle.

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Reinventing Writing by @Coolcatteacher

A Principal's Reflections

This often produces a disastrous effect as the pedagogy does not support the use of the technology tool in arriving to or assessing learning outcomes. The missing link is guidance on how these tools can be used effectively and appropriately to allow students to create artifacts of learning to demonstrate conceptual mastery.

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How Video Analysis Helps University of Alaska Southeast Build Teacher Agency

Edthena

With these recorded video artifacts, teaching candidates reflected on their own teaching, as well as received feedback on their practices from peers and coaches. Check out our blog post: 12 Questions to Ask When Reflecting on Culturally Responsive Teaching Video reflection and analysis support culturally responsive practices, too.

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Use these Powerful Video Focusing Techniques to Accelerate Teacher Learning, Encourage Deep Reflection, and Facilitate Rich Discussions

Edthena

These pedagogies then can be broken down into more specific teaching moves, which helps teachers better see how they can support students in analyzing a text. Compare is a useful focusing technique for discussing the similarities and differences across multiple teaching artifacts. Compare: Use Multiple Pieces of Evidence to See Growth.

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Why Grammar Instruction Stinks, and How We Can Change That

Cult of Pedagogy

By day, I compared notes with other writing teachers through the National Writing Project , and by night, I read a large list of books on writing pedagogy. Over the years, these questions became obsessions of mine, and nearly a decade ago I started a writing instruction-focused blog to seek out answers.

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