Instructional package for delivering a "Creating a Twitter PLN" workshop

Introduction This package (PDF; 1.7mb) was created in fulfillment of course requirements for 6401 Instructional Design at George Washington University under the instruction of Prof. Ryan Watkins as part of the Graduate Certificate in Education and Human Development in eLearning. We were challenged to proceed through the instructional design process from beginning to end on [...]

Posted by milesmac on May 2nd, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Pedagogy

Annual Reflection on Professional Learning 2013

Policy GBI of my district requires each educator to submit evidence of reflection on practice, or Annual Reflections on Professional Learning (ARPLs). They are meant to reflect a public collective dialogue about teaching and learning, Apart from the obligatory conversation with my administrator, there wasn't much more to it than that. In fact, and I can [...]

Posted by milesmac on May 2nd, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Pedagogy

Take what you have and get on with it

"If I only had ___", or, "wouldn't it be nice to have ___", "We can't do that unless we get___." These are familiar refrains in any situation, not just education. Those of you from Canada may recognize James Barber of The Urban Peasant cooking show in the 90s. He was well-known for enabling viewers in [...]

Posted by milesmac on April 11th, 2013 | 4 Comments Posted in Pedagogy

Interactive Projection Systems: Meg Athavale of @POMOInc

Emerging Technology New Media Consortium’s (NMC) 2010 Horizon Report identified both augmented reality and gesture based computing as new technologies likely to achieve wide-spread adoption within the next half decade. In the past year I have been exploring applications in K12 learning and student engagement for Augmented Reality, particularly Minecraft Reality to pull 3D creations out of [...]

Posted by milesmac on April 9th, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Pedagogy

Instructional Design Cartoon Style: Learner and Context Analysis

Instructional design is full of terms for every element of a learning experience. Occasionally I use little sketches to help me visualize and understand these concepts.  Don't use this for studying or as an authoritative source of information on instructional design. This comic illustrates elements of Context Analysis: Learner Analysis Learning Context and Learning Context [...]

Posted by milesmac on March 12th, 2013 | No Comments Posted in #GWETL, Pedagogy

I can EXPLAIN it to you, but I can't UNDERSTAND it for you

Ubiquitous mobile devices and connectivity change technology from something we intentionally do, to something we seamlessly live. We no longer have to go to the computer lab or office to access information. All information is at our fingertips. We need to question what is really important for students to learn given that information is immediately [...]

Posted by milesmac on February 24th, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Pedagogy

Have your own domain? Check this email management strategy.

Flooded by E-Mails Facebook notifications, Pinterest updates, MOOC updates, Twitter interactions, letters from friends and family, loyalty program updates, wealthy Nigerian widows. It doesn't take long for the in-box to be flooded with mail. Some is for information only, others require action while others are safely ignored. How do you manage it all? Multiple E-Mails Separate accounts [...]

Posted by milesmac on February 22nd, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Pedagogy

7 Oaks PD Day with Lionel Laroche

View as slideshow Miles MacFarlane@milesmac PD Day Today for #7Oaks with Lionel Laroche on Managing Cultural Diversity in Canadian Schools. Mon, Feb 04 2013 03:43:51 · Original link ReplyRetweetFavorite Miles MacFarlane@milesmac Lionel Laroche on Managing Cultural Diversity in Canadian Schools. ca.linkedin.com/pub/lionel-... Mon, Feb 04 2013 03:54:04 · Original link ReplyRetweetFavorite Managing Cultural Diversity professional development [...]

Posted by milesmac on February 5th, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Pedagogy

incidentally...

One thing we lose with targeted searches online compared to the old paper-based encyclopedias is the incidental learning. It's learning about the Roman Emperor Tacitus, looking at pictures of tadpoles, and learning a few words of Tagalog on the way to researching your biography of Maria Taglioni. I too am a little nostalgic about encyclopedias. [...]

Posted by milesmac on February 1st, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Pedagogy

What is #EdTech and Why Integrate? A Discussion Question.

"Post a brief paragraph with your definition of educational technology and your thoughts about why we should integrate technology into learning. " This discussion question was posed in a class I'm taking on Educational Media and Technology. Here is my response. How would you approach this? Educational technologies include both objects and strategies when they [...]

Posted by milesmac on January 30th, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Pedagogy
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