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Before taking CEP 811 Adapting Innovative Technologies in Education I always questioned the idea of building curriculum around projects. I felt that due to the amount of state standards that I needed to address, I couldn’t afford to waste time by allowing my students to play around in science. However, these past seven weeks have … Continue reading CEP 811 Reflections

David Kelly (2002), CEO of IDEO, says that everyone is creative. In addition, Grant Wiggins (2012) says that we “recognize creative thinking immediately when we see it” and even “students easily understand the difference between ‘engaging’ and ‘not engaging’” (Wiggins, 2012).  If what Kelly and Wiggins say is true, why are we as educators so … Continue reading Assessing the Creative Side

Over the past six weeks in CEP 811 I have learned about constructivism and Maker Education by reviewing the research that supports this type of instruction. More importantly, during the past six weeks I have become a Maker as I created a remix video, an interactive cell model and a SketchUp of my ideal classroom. … Continue reading Maker Education Can Improve Student Learning

My Current Learning Space Two years ago, I walked into my brand new classroom. My school had just undergone 18 months of renovation in which every classroom was touched. Walls were moved, technology was added, and furniture was replaced. The science wing - where I teach - was one of the few areas that was … Continue reading Learning Space (Re)Design

This week in CEP 811 I designed a Maker lesson plan on Creating an Interactive Cell Model. The goal of this lesson plan is to bring together the research I have encountered over the past few weeks (on constructivism, motivation, scaffolding, personalized learning, feedback, and Instructional Design), my pedagogy knowledge, and my prototype of an … Continue reading A Maker Lesson Plan