Category Archives: Big Picture

Ed Tech Resources

I enjoyed presenting at the OSU College of Education’s first ever Ed Camp Unconference in October. Check out this Padlet online sticky note! It contains resources used to dive into lively conversation about educational technologies, critical digital pedagogy, digital literacies … Continue reading

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Digital Literacies, Frameworks, Standards and More!

What frameworks do we use when considering technology integration to support learning? What does digital literacy mean in education? Our January Learning Educational Technologies (LET) meeting focused on discussion surrounding these types of questions. Here are some highlights and resources. Did … Continue reading

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Explore Learning Technology Resources

Want to explore some learning technology resources? In our last LET Community meeting, we shared some of our favorites. Here are a few that represent an array of topics. Professional, Continuing, and Online Education Update is on Jennifer Bachmann’s daily … Continue reading

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The Brainwaves Video Anthology

Check out the Brainwaves You Tube Video Anthology by Bob Greenberg.  It’s loaded with short videos that feature leaders in global education. Here’s one with Sir Ken Robinson where he talks about his new book, Revolutionizing Education from the Ground … Continue reading

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Social Media in Education Discussion

I love this part of my job!  Students in my Tech for Educators course had an interesting discussion on the topic of Social Media in K-12 Education.  They discussed uses of Twitter, Facebook, and Blogs.  Concepts of “friending” students and parents, where to … Continue reading

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Why Does Sugata Mitra Anger So Many Educators?

I think you will find this Ed Tech Talk entitled, Why Does Sugata Mitra Anger So Many Educators, interesting!  If you aren’t familiar with the work of Sugata Mitra, view some of his TED Talks here. Participants in the Ed Tech Talk include Dave Cormier, Jeff … Continue reading

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Migrant Youth Voices

“Always be yourself unless you can be Batman.  Then always be Batman.”  This is the segue into my NCCE 2014 presentation.  The basic concept of the presentation is giving underrepresented students a voice, bringing out the super hero in them, and allowing … Continue reading

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Beginning Conversations

At the licensure meeting in January, I shared the Alan November video below along with a Prezi presentation entitled Beginning Conversations.  If you missed either of these or would like to explore more on your own time, here’s an opportunity. … Continue reading

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