Pocket document cameras improve remote teaching and learning

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Early this semester faculty member asked who might be able to provide document cameras for her, other instructors, and mathematics students. I connected with IgnitED Lab staff members to start planning how our labs could create these for the mathematics program.

Embracing failure (in a first year technology course): new article

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In his book The child and the curriculum; and The school and society John Dewey identified four key impulses for learning that he placed at the foundation of the curriculum. The key education challenge, he argued, is to nurture these impulses for lifelong learning

Collaboration, imagination and designing the future substance of STEM: insights from a cross-institutional, virtual workshop convening

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Learn about our team’s effort to lead a national workshop collaboration focused on the designing future undergraduate STEM education, and the lessons we learned along the way about collaborating remotely and at scale.

Education in a pandemic: a crisis (and possibly) an opportunity

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Last year I was in Israel to present at the Meital Conference. When I was there I was interviewed by Lior Detal, the education correspondent for TheMarker – which led to an article in the magazine.

The Power of Pausing: Reflection for Personal and Professional Transformation: CSW Conference 2020

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At the end of October, the Principled Innovation team hosted an hour-long online workshop titled The Power of Pausing: Reflection for Personal and Professional Transformation at the 2020 ASU CSW/SC Professional Development Conference.

IgnitED Lab’s 4th Space designed with Principled Innovation

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Applying the Principled Innovation framework was paramount in the creation of IgnitED Labs Online.

Future teachers talk virtual learning and visions during Educators Rising 2020 Fall Leadership Experience

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For the second year in a row, I had the privilege of presenting at the annual fall leadership conference for Educators Rising community members. The 2020 Virtual Fall Leadership Experience was a full day of opportunities aimed at high school students planning to pursue careers in education.

Learning Futures in Saudi Arabia

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I recently had the privilege of collaborating with two MLFTC colleagues to present a workshop for a virtual conference for educators and education leaders in Saudi Arabia

Summer curriculum support with Principled Innovation Studios

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This summer, the Principled Innovation team supported the MLFTC curriculum redesign faculty to embed Principled Innovation practices into course outcomes.

Systems level change in education: new article

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Implementing large-scale changes within educational systems can be a challenging task. In this paper we argue that these efforts can be fruitfully seen as being an act of design that take place within a complex social system.

Designing the futures of STEM education

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“What knowledge is of most worth?” is a question asked over a 100 years ago by the English philosopher, Herbert Spencer. His unequivocal answer was—science.

Teenagers, retirement and reflections on the new abnormal

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The economist and thinker Andrew Scott once said something that blew me away. He said that: The 20th century created the idea of teenagers and retirement.

Earning my remote tech support stripes during MLFTC’s Lead Teacher Week

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After wrapping the first iteration of Sun Devil Learning Labs, some of my IgnitED Labs peers and I were tasked with helping facilitate an event for Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Lead Teacher Week Workshop.

Peer conversations on doctoral teaching: online, hybrid and more

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As we look towards teaching in fall under the shadow of the COVID-19 crisis the Office of Director of Doctoral Programs, MLFTC Technology Operations, Office of Digital Learning & the

Creating an efficient workflow for MLFTC’s SDLL 1.5

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In response to educational instruction having moved online, members from numerous departments of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (MLFTC) have worked to launch Sun Devil Learning Labs (SDLL) 1.5.