As an educator who is working on an innovation plan that involves developing a technology-enhanced project-based learning curriculum for newcomer emergent bilingual students, I believe that having a focus on learning and creating significant learning environments is essential for the success of my innovation plan. For me, a focus on …
As the Fall semester draws to an end, I’ve had the opportunity to take two additional courses in the Applied Digital Learning master’s degree program: EDLD 5313 – Creating Significant Learning Environments and 5389 – Developing Effective Professional Learning. These courses challenged me to design and implement a significant learning …
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A growth mindset is the belief that an individual can develop and improve their skills and abilities through effort and learning, as opposed to a fixed mindset that assumes that one’s traits are innate and unchangeable. According to Carol Dweck, a Stanford psychologist and the author of Mindset: The New …
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“The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning.” – John Dewey, Experience and Education Learning is a natural and lifelong process that involves the interaction of an individual with him or herself, their immediate environment, and the larger society to which they …
Bridging two worlds is a phrase that can describe both the challenge and the opportunity of learning in the twenty-first century. As the world becomes more complex, uncertain, and diverse, learners need to be able to navigate and integrate multiple sources of information and knowledge to solve problems, make informed decisions, and adapt to change.
As odd as this might sound, when I first started teaching, I was extremely fortunate to not have been provided with a prescribed curriculum to follow. At the time, all I had was the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and a scope and sequence which ordered the TEKS into …
