Welcome!
January 9, 2013
Welcome to my learning log. I am excited about the additions I will be making to this site as I learn more about the ever shaping world of educational technology.
Untruth About Generational Differences
July 25, 2018
I am 41. At this point in my life I have parents in their sixties and children who are young adults. My father is a mechanical engineer who openly mocks what he considers my outdated technology capabilities. I have a daughter who could use any app I gave her to surf but could not find … More Untruth About Generational Differences
Students Blogging in My Classroom
July 7, 2018
As an high school English and history teacher, I have been hearing arguments for years about whether the future will really need books. With all of the immediate publishing online, will books really be necessary? What I have not heard a single person question is: will writing be necessary in our future. My students write … More Students Blogging in My Classroom
Worked Example
April 22, 2018
In my high school’s world history classes, student assessments for each unit include an extended response that asks each student to write an extensive paragraph answering a question. We ask the students to use a specific type of paragraph they also use in their English classes: a TEA paragraph. This paragraph requires students to write … More Worked Example
Digital Story
April 6, 2018
https://spark.adobe.com/video/p8n3CFHyF8nLH/embed“>https://spark.adobe.com/video/p8n3CFHyF8nLH/embed I am not sure why I was so surprised about the Personalization Principle as relating to online instruction, because that principle definitely applies to how I respond to my students verbally in my classroom. I try to be relaxed and casual, engaging students in the conversation, and giving them options. However, when I created … More Digital Story
Coherence Analysis
March 18, 2018
In studying the Coherence Principle this week, I yet again had to contemplate whether I am presenting information to my students in the best ways for them to learn. I am wordy. Naturally. I don’t use Twitter because I cannot imagine a situation when 140 characters would be enough to fully express myself. However, research … More Coherence Analysis
Narrated Presentation
March 11, 2018
https://voicethread.com/share/10522020/ One of my favorite aspects of Google is the ability to collaborate easily. My group of three students for this project are located in vastly different places: Washington state, Israel, and pokey old Ohio (me), yet we easily were able to create a presentation using Google Slides, work on it at the same time, … More Narrated Presentation
Haiku Deck
February 25, 2018
https://haikudeck.com/p/df5514d520 My junior American Literature and Composition students have been independently writing full, high-quality essays for a couple of years now, but most of them, at some point in the year freak out a little bit about writing a thesis statement for an essay for my class. While I am always willing to work with … More Haiku Deck
Static Multimedia Tutorial
February 18, 2018
Learning objective: students will understand what an infographic is, its basic elements, and what software is available to create one. My sophomore world history students are involved in a twelve-week long genocide project where they have to research an example of genocide, then present their findings to their class. One of the checkpoint assignments in … More Static Multimedia Tutorial
Sketchnote
February 8, 2018
I created a sketchnote about the section of chapter 4 of our textbook that discussed how image and text work differently for novices than experts and then later addressed the positives and negatives of animated images for learning. When creating my sketchnote, I tried working with a couple of different digital options. I have a … More Sketchnote
Final Reflection
November 28, 2017
The high school where I teach is knee-deep in its first year of a 1:1 program using Chromebooks, so the opportunity to take a class on integrating technology into my teaching practice was a practical choice. I have learned a number of new ideas and collected resources for using technology to teach, but I have … More Final Reflection
Dana Decker EDTECH Learning Log 