Tech Standards & Frameworks
7 Digital Learning Theories and Models You Should Know
Knowing these digital learning theories and models can boost your instruction. While pursuing teaching degrees, educators are introduced to various learning theorists and their insights about how people learn best. Some familiar names include Piaget, Bandura, Vygotsky, and Gardner. Although understanding these learning theories is still important, aspiring educators also need to become familiar with… learn more
Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
Throughout the history of education, there have been many attempts to define the concept of intelligence and how it could be measured. Howard Gardner defines intelligence as ‘’the capacity to solve problems or to fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural setting’’ (Gardner & Hatch, 1989). Gardener showed that there are several… learn more
ISTE Standards
Transforming education requires everyone to rethink how we teach and learn. The ISTE Standards can be used as a guide or blueprint for educators and education leaders to re-engineer their schools and classrooms for digital age learning no matter where they fall on the journey to meaningful, effective ed tech integration. ISTE has standards for… learn more
National Educational Technology Plan (NETP)
The National Education Technology Plan is the flagship educational technology policy document for the U.S. While acknowledging the continuing need to provide greater equity of access to technology itself, the plan goes further to call upon all involved in American education to ensure equity of access to transformational learning experiences enabled by technology. learn more
R.A.T. Model
What is RAT? RAT is an assessment framework for understanding technology’s role in teaching, learning and curricular practices, originally developed for PK-12 education, but it has been applied in higher education, especially in pre-service teacher education. The original purpose of the RAT framework was to introduce it as a self-assessment for preservice and inservice teachers… learn more
SAMR and Bloom's
I feel teachers need to both create tasks that target the higher-order cognitive skills (Bloom's) as well as design tasks that have a significant impact on student outcomes (SAMR). A visual to illustrate that follows. Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything learn more
The Invisible Technology Integration Matrix
On the surface, the TIM looks pretty simple. There are five characteristics of effective learning environments: Active, Collaborative, Constructive, Authentic, and Goal-Directed. And there are five levels of technology integration ranging from the Entry to the Transformation level. by Roy Winkelman | Jun 3, 2019 | Teaching and Learning with Technology learn more