Transitioning from co-teaching freshmen math face to face to co-teaching the same class virtually caused my co-teacher and me to completely redesign our class. Much of our thought process was geared towards trying to emulate our original class procedures, instructional pedagogy, and supports as much as we could to provide to our general education and Special Education students in our class. We also wanted to develop an online class design that would provide an equitable approach so all of our students can access the content at their own time and pace in addition to providing access to both co-teachers for one on one support. Thus, my goal here is to provide you with insight as to how we transitioned our face to face course to a fully online math course. I am going to provide you with our thought processes, the edtech tools we used, and how we decided to deliver content to our students. Specifically, I am going to focus much of the conversation on using two separate learning management systems, Google Classroom and Seesaw, to provide the most equitable platform in tandem for our students to access the content and to receive quality instruction and feedback from us.
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EdTech Tools to Get You Started With Your Online Teaching! Start Now!
As classrooms in K-12 schools and university’s move online, there a many Edtech tools available to use. My district is beginning to implement online learning this week so I wanted to share some of the Edtech tools I have some expertise in teaching at the secondary level in English, Social Sciences, and Math. Here isContinueContinue reading “EdTech Tools to Get You Started With Your Online Teaching! Start Now!”
Case Managing for Special Education During Remote Learning: G-Suite EdTech Tools to Get You Started
Over the past few weeks, I have searched and explored through various Special Education Twitter chats and I am also a member of Special Education teacher Facebook groups, which made me want to compile several useful Edtech tools to help with case managing students enrolled in Special Education in K-12 schools. Ultimately, I would likeContinueContinue reading “Case Managing for Special Education During Remote Learning: G-Suite EdTech Tools to Get You Started”
Teaching Online with Whiteboard Fox: Math Instruction and Co-Teaching
By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. This week I wanted to provide several posts aimed specifically at Edtech tools IContinueContinue reading “Teaching Online with Whiteboard Fox: Math Instruction and Co-Teaching”
Steps to Building Your Online Classroom for K-12 Educators
By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. Building an online classroom in a matter of weeks may seem daunting. Many educatorsContinueContinue reading “Steps to Building Your Online Classroom for K-12 Educators”
Selecting Edtech Tools for your Online Classroom
By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. As we all transition to remote learning, we have been bombarded by a multitudeContinueContinue reading “Selecting Edtech Tools for your Online Classroom”
Launching YouTube Channel
Purpose This project has been a long time coming but it was recently spurred by the effects of the Coronavirus on K-12 schools and at colleges/universities. For months I have been planning on developing a YouTube channel devoted to edtech tool “how-to’s” for all classrooms and data literacy tutorials to help build the capacity ofContinueContinue reading “Launching YouTube Channel”
EQRC Conference Presentation: MAJOR THEMES FOUND IN CALIFORNIA REGARDING HOW DATA PRACTICES AND CULTURES ARE UTILIZED AND ESTABLISHED IN K-12 SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS
Tomorrow, I am speaking at the Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference in Las Vegas. I am excited about the opportunity as I get to share my research with peers in the field of education as well as researchers in other fields. The results of this research is intended to inform educational leaders and policymakers regarding what is needed to help educational leaders like principals, assistant principals, superintendents, district coordinator, teacher leaders, and teachers to provide insight to how they can become more data literate. Ultimately, data literacy is needed in order to utilize various data practices (i.e., collecting, compiling/cleaning, and transforming data using statistics) to make data-driven decisions for instructional improvement. I am excited to share a quick summary of the research as well as the slideshow I am presenting at the conference tomorrow morning.
Being “Data-Driven” is More Than Just Quantitative Data
By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. This past weekend I attended the Association of California School Administrations Region 17 AnnualContinueContinue reading “Being “Data-Driven” is More Than Just Quantitative Data”
Recently Published on ACSA’s EdCal Editorial
This week I am very excited to announce I have been published in this week’s edition of EdCal, which is the Association of California Administrators online and print editorial. The article summarizes my research and outlines the need for educational leaders need to build their data literacy skills to improve their schools and districts inContinueContinue reading “Recently Published on ACSA’s EdCal Editorial”
The Power of Analyzing Statewide Education Data: Self-Affirming Conclusions that Prompt Us to Dig Deeper Into the Data
Data is powerful, especially in the realm of education. At times, it may be self-affirming while on the other hand, it makes you question your current practices and policies because the data identifies further ramifications that make us have to dig deeper to determine what’s going on as well as devising solutions to the problems we face as educators. But, most importantly, it tells a story about the students we serve, which then we are called to do something about it as teachers and administrators. Over the last few days, I have been able to analyze several data sets that have been collected from the California Department of Education. The data sets I analyzed encompass all of the 2018 California K-12 School demographics, state testing scores, attendance rates, suspension rates, and funding mechanisms. My goal was to transform the data into several self-affirming stories of what the data is telling us as well as how we dig deeper into the stories the data is illustrating to determine new insights into we how to solve the problems we have identified.
Doctoral Defense – Mission Accomplished & A Short Version of my Study’s Findings/Conclusions
My experience defending my dissertation as well as a short version of my study’s findings!
Doctoral Research Update! Winter 2019 – Recruiting Participants
Winter 2019 doctoral research update, recruiting participants, future projects, and ACSA conference!
Doctoral Research Update – Working Title and Progress on Chapters 1, 2, and 3.
Doctoral Research Update – Working Title and Progress on Chapters 1, 2, and 3: Chapter 1, 2, and 3 of my dissertation are coming along very well. While revision and editing are needed for each chapter, major progress has been made this summer!
Summer 2018 China Trip
This summer I was lucky enough to travel to China for my doctoral program. Our trip spanned 15 days and encompassed the cities of Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi’an. During our stay in China, we had meetings with K-12 and post-secondary educators, international education attorney’s, and officials from the Confucius Institute. In this blog post, I will outline two focal points pertaining to K-12 education and higher education I was able to research and analyze over the course of the trip. In addition, I will discuss some fun sidenotes and tourist destinations we were able to visit during this trip.
Navigating the Present and Future of Education 