Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

I fear schools will revert to what is comfortable and what aligns with existing mental models instead of questioning the status quo, taking inventory of the lessons learned this year, and paving a new path forward. The Power of Mental Models. Teacher training programs likely reinforced those mental models.

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Mental Models Education Hybrid Learning Blended Learning 541

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Next emerged a flood of time-saving tools for teachers. However, the real question lies in its long-term impact on how we learn and work. Teaching what’s timeless: Power skills and mental models The solution lies in embracing the timeless. Mental Models provide students with tools to understand the world around them.

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STEM Skills Mental Models Intelligence 326

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

Instead of relying on textbooks and teacher direction, these students had to think critically about unfolding events, collaborate with peers and adults, and make creative use of digital tools to communicate their ideas. Ken Kay, CEO of EdLeader21 Figuring out how schools should respond, however, remains an open question for many communities.

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Skills Critical Thinking Communication Gamification 167

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

As we’ve reported in the past, some teachers have clearly expressed that tech tools should support and not replace their expertise. public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S. Who Is Edtech Made for?

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Knowledge Educational Technologies Technology Education 146

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The methodology, more practical than scientific, posed three central questions: Have you ever used edtech tools [in a given category]? With the answers to these questions, attendees self-identified themselves into one of four levels of expertise: I’m totally, completely winging it [when it comes to understanding product assumptions].

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Textbooks Mental Models Coaching Communication 135

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

After serving as a teacher, a principal and, currently, the director of technology and innovation at University City School District outside of greater St. If you are not asking those questions and adjusting to those answers, are you really personalizing your learning space to the needs of your students? How is it distracting you?”

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Technology Learning Spaces Mental Models STEM 119

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

ISTE Administrator Standards A-2, ISTE Teacher Standards T-2, ISTE Coach Standards C-2. The purpose of this workshop is to help administrators and teachers assess when higher-order thinking skills and student agency factors are (or are not) present in classroom uses of technology by students and teachers. Date / time.

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