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I wrote a short quip about confidentiality between a freelancer and a client on LinkedIn today. It has been my experience that many of the clients that I work for do not want my involvement announced to the world. While it makes it difficult to build a freelance portfolio, it is also important to honor... Continue Reading →
If you ask me who I am, I'd say, "just Jackie" - I begin with a name. A name that is a person who is a mother, a wife, a friend, a teacher, a leader, and a fierce defender of those who cannot or will not defend themselves. If you ask me who I am,... Continue Reading →
The following Prezi presentation is intended to reflect an instructional design plan to address the professional learning needs of a target audience related to a specific work context. An instructional design model was chosen and used with a work ecology, outcomes, sustainable practices, how the approach addresses the learning need, how the current knowledge is... Continue Reading →
A Spanish-language class focused on teaching grammar concepts had students teaching each other the language skills in collaborative groups. According to the details of the case, the students understood teaching concepts such as modeling, guiding, and independent practice.
The prospect of being able to “…come up with new learning, innovations, solutions to problems, and better ways to address…” our schools needs while avoiding the ongoing and sometimes disruptive “top-down intervention” (as cited in Bain, 2007, p. 43) is an exciting one. I don’t have to think too hard to see that the six... Continue Reading →
The Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) was probably created with the best of intentions and needed a “NEXT” step. If you have never read thoroughly on KERA, I highly suggest doing so. There’s some highly interesting literature out there. Here’s a link to a literature review (see the .pdf download button on the right) if... Continue Reading →
The following was done for a class discussion asking me to discuss selected models of instructional technology leadership, and to create a presentation. [Disclaimer: Moovly does not play certain animations in browsers that are not Firefox. Therefore, this video was taped and uploaded to Youtube so it would play in all browsers.] The SAMR Model... Continue Reading →
The following website has a decent definition of augmented reality: https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/augmented-reality-AR I have to introduce my post with this quick life tidbit. To begin my lesson on Augmented Reality (AR), I sat down at my computer with my daughter Isabella behind me. She appeared to be reading about AR. After a couple of minutes, she... Continue Reading →
I was asked to read the following presentation (Click here or download it at the end of this document), and I was asked to identify key elements I see as vital to my definition of Instructional Technology Leadership. I hope that I will be forgiven for my wordiness in this instance. As I read through... Continue Reading →
