Category: EdTech
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The Web as Creative Muse: An Annotation
Web-mediated knowledge synthesis. Sounds so complex. Which it is. But Deschryver has broken down this theory into seven conceptually manageable constructs that make it possible for the classroom teacher to implement relevant strategies as part of an ongoing effort to help students leverage the benefits of new literacies. Deschryver divides synthesis into two categories: synthesis…
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Swing the Pendulum
Teachers and students today are forced into extrinsic motivation mode as the emphasis in schools continues to be on performance–standardized tests, closing the gap, grades, student growth. Somehow, we all need to be thinking about swinging that pendulum back the other way, back toward students and teachers who are intrinsically motivated. Here are some thoughts…
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Whatever Happened to Interdisciplinary Projects?
Back in the 90s, interdisciplinary projects were all the rage. Whatever happened to them? There is some really great thinking embedded in them about making connections, relevance, creative problem solving. Here’s an idea based on a project designed by my business partner, Kristine. Thanks, Kristine! This was a fun take on your amazing project.
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Creativity is Contagious: An Annotation
Krishen (2022) proposed a new model, the contagious motivation and creative experience model (CMCEM), as a way to look at the interaction of five different theories and perspectives and the effect of that interaction on a student’s overall course experience. Included in the synthesis of these factors were the context-dependent fixation hypothesis, transformational teaching, the…
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Online Learning Should be Hands On for Instructors: An Annotation
Wang, L. (2022). Student Intrinsic Motivation for Online Creative Idea Generation: Mediating Effects of Student Online Learning Engagement and Moderating Effects of Teacher Emotional Support. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 954216–954216. This study explored three hypotheses. First, the authors found that intrinsic motivation was positively associated with creativity. Second, they found that engagement in the online…
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Technology is a Tool: An Annotation
Brantley-Dias, L. & Ertmer, P. A. (2013). Goldilocks and TPACK: Is the Construct “Just Right?” Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 46(2), 103–128. This article, written just eight years after the original TPACK model was released, supports a view of TPACK as too complex, too hard to measure, and possibly too out of date,…
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No Mic Drop This Time: An Annotation
Fyfield, M. (2022). YouTube in the secondary classroom: how teachers use instructional videos in mainstream classrooms. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 31(2), 185–197. The research study intended to explore why and how teachers actually use instructional videos in their classrooms rather than focusing on results from a specific application of video technology. Foundational to the study…
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Creativity Online, For Better or Worse: An Annotation
Literat, I. & Glăveanu, V. P. (2018). Distributed Creativity on the Internet: A Theoretical Foundation for Online Creative Participation. International Journal of Communication, 12, 893–908. The authors attempt to forge a link between the research on creativity and online participation by viewing creativity through the lens of distributed creativity. According to the authors, as a…
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Technology is a Tool. Wield It Well.
“Will a man, if he picks up a shield or any other weapon or tool of war, on that very day be an adequate combatant in a battle of heavy-armed soldiers, or any other kind of battle in war, even though no other tool if picked up will make anyone a craftsman or contestant, nor…
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“Truth is Made Not Found.” (Rorty): An Annotation
Postmodernism as a basis for research is a philosophy that embraces all of the complexity that surrounds educational technology and the process of learning. Founded in pluralism, the philosophy rejects a single explanation in favor of recognizing differences and acknowledging the influence of various perspectives. For educational technology, this implies that there is no one…
Cultivating Creative Thought 