Teaching with Technology
A core tenet of my teaching philosophy is the importance of adaptability. By integrating technological tools into my pedagogical practices, I am able to more effectively accommodate the learning styles and needs of my students and remain flexible in the ways in which I introduce them to key course concepts.
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Teaching with Technology Philosophy
Effective teaching with technology is the deliberate use of tools to bridge new concepts with students’ existing knowledge and interests, encourage collaboration, and accommodate various modes of learning....
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Teaching with Technology Reflection
Technology plays a critical role in my pursuit to create a democratic learning environment in which students collectively generate resources for—and are supported by—one another. By incorporating interactive digital tools into classroom activities...
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Innovation Example 1
These class slides demonstrate my commitment to transparency, adaptability, and open communication (the anonymous survey), the use of slides as hypertexts (links to course readings), and technology as a space for reflection for the students and an opportunity for assessment and evaluation for me as their instructor (the revision reflections).
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Innovation Example 2
In these slides, I adapted an activity I saw in a graphic design class, in which students have to use only the letters of their name (or shapes resembling those letters), grayscale colors, and other design elements to convey some aspects of their personality and character. This activity was used during a unit in which students were working on infographics, and I wanted to stress the importance of considering design elements as visual rhetorical devices. The students always respond well to this activity, and I believe that it is an effective use of Google Slides for more creative and expressive means of learning.
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