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Social Media Blog

Lisa Nelson is the founder of The Innovative Educator . She writes about ways to share positive education stories on social media, current news in schools that has to do with banning technology, and talks about what digital content needs to be other than just accessible to everyone. She has received awards from her district and was named the top influences of "Bring You Own Device". I decided to add her into this blog post because she is very passionate about technology being integrated into education and shares all about it/how to incorporate it in her blog.  Kammas (Murphy) Kersch is an educational innovation specialist who specializes in STEM, tech integration, and innovation. Her Linked-In talks about how ISTA has been an influential organization that has helped her in her career and talks about how much she loves to learn about new digital tools. In her blog, titled Tales of a Techy Teacher, she writes about remote learning, new digital tools, and how to get started ...

Frameworks of Educational Technology

               Educational frameworks are incredibly beneficial. Some benefits of educational frameworks are consistency across schools, clearly defined learning, and better quality teaching. Educational frameworks help students make sure they know exactly what they are learning and ensures that all students have the same curriculum and educational opportunities.  One type of framework is called TPACK. This framework suggests that pedagogical knowledge, technological knowledge, and content knowledge helps teachers level up their teaching quality. Pedagogical knowledge is how the teacher teaches and what methods or strategies they use. Content knowledge is what the teacher is teaching. This could be through the use of facts, principles, concepts, or procedures. Technological knowledge is how they can take their teaching to the next level by layering in technology. By blending these three types of knowledge together, teachers can make less...