Digital Learning Mission Statement Digital Citizen Advocate is one of the most important roles I will undertake as a digital education leader. As a digital citizen advocate, International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) Coaches Standard 7, I see myself in the role of guide and supporter, coincidentally, this is how I view my role as […]
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Respect
Defining the meaning of respect is challenging. Defining the meaning of mutual respect is even more difficult. The main reason for this struggle is that the word respect is both a noun and a verb. When you Google “definition of respect” three different definitions come up for respect as a noun and one for respect […]
Transparency, there is more than one definition for this important word. The definition that I am going to use for this article is the second definition from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (n.d.) “the quality that makes something obvious or easy to understand.” As I was reading for our third module on social justice, I realized how […]
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Thinking Critically
What does it mean to be a critical thinker? Does a common definition actually exist? The easy answer to this question, is no. After much research on the topic, I have come to realize there is not one single commonly agreed upon definition for the term “critical thinking”. For the purposes of this post I […]
In August of 2018, I attended my first summer institute at my new teaching job. I was a brand-new change of career teacher, and I really did not fully understand the magnitude of the adventure I was embarking upon. My first day of training was mostly get to know you activities with the whole district […]
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Searching for Meaning
Written on August 22, 2021 Taking the time to thoroughly read, and in some cases reread multiple times, the Seattle Pacific University (SPU) Mission and Vision Statements, the School of Education Conceptual Framework, the Digital Education Leadership (DEL) handbook, and the Racial Justice Statement was invaluable (Seattle Pacific University, 2017, 2020, n.d.a, n.d.b). I start […]
