This Innovation plan walks through the process of implementing student directed blended learning in a station rotation for the purpose of learning astronomy that is geared towards emerging adults in high school for the preparation of higher education or workforce entrance. Content Objectives will be an overview of what…

The course “Assessing Digital Learning” was fascinating, although I had expected it to cover a broader scope rather than a more specific area of study. While I feel unprepared to evaluate the quality of digital learning methods without conducting extensive action research, this type of research is invaluable for…

Creating a paper for publishing is a daunting task. I commend all my fellow classmates for their efforts and their insight. I hope that some found my ideas to be informative as well.

I honestly expected a course that improved my digital capabilities. That was not what this course entailed. Instead, I spent my time creating an article to publish regarding what I had learned in my masters program and my innovation plan for teaching. The assignment on creating digital media, was…

In today’s society, technology is inextricably intertwined within our daily lives. This obviously extends into the classroom as the use of technology accompanies students throughout their day. During the last few years, many education systems have attempted to implement technology in the classroom to enhance learning or to fill…

I have taught for ten years, and what I see are classrooms filled with multi-skill leveled students. Heterogeneous grouping is generally considered optimal to use in all settings such as these.  The meta-analysis report by Tomlinson et al. (2003) indicates that low-performing students are most successful in heterogeneous grouping,…