The Big Question:

On Adolescent Creativity in Online Learning The final assignment for EDU800 was an “elevator pitch”—an exercise in developing the ability to clearly and succinctly communicate our current interests at any given time. Wow. It was hard—not the writing of it; the delivering of it. We were asked to create and post a two-minute video outliningContinue reading “The Big Question:”

Higher Order Thinking in an Online World: Toward a Theory of Web-Mediated Knowledge Synthesis

ANNOTATION: Higher Order Thinking in an Online World: Toward a Theory of Web-Mediated Knowledge Synthesis Deschryver, M. (2014). Higher order thinking in an online world: Toward a theory of web-mediated knowledge synthesis. Teachers College Record, 116(12), 1-44. Access to the web is nearly ubiquitous at home, work, and school. Most people use the web for straightforward information-based tasks, butContinue reading “Higher Order Thinking in an Online World: Toward a Theory of Web-Mediated Knowledge Synthesis”

 Creating technology-enhanced, learner-centered classrooms: K–12 teachers’ beliefs, perceptions, barriers, and support needs

PHOTO: iStock ANNOTATION: An, Y. J., & Reigeluth, C. (2011). Creating technology-enhanced, learner-centered classrooms: K–12 teachers’ beliefs, perceptions, barriers, and support needs. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 28(2), 54-62. Twenty-first century educational thinking moves beyond what Reigeluth (cited in paper, 1994, 1999b) referred to a factory-model “sorting” role, to achieve a higher-order learning role better designedContinue reading ” Creating technology-enhanced, learner-centered classrooms: K–12 teachers’ beliefs, perceptions, barriers, and support needs”