As we’re all implementing technology to access our learners, it’s absolutely imperative that we prioritize accessibility. “But, Jen, none of my students have hearing impairments.” “But, Jen, I don’t have any students with visual impairments right now.” **Thinks to self: I can skip this content from Teaching Is Intellectual** But wait! Everybody benefits from captions …
Let’s do a little Dos and Don’ts for finishing the semester in a global pandemic. Do: Ask your students how they are, what they need, what their challenges are, then listen and adapt accordingly. Don’t: Set inflexible deadlines. Do: Lighten the load. Yes, there is so much we WANT to get accomplished and it’s imperative …
It’s overwhelming, the resources, the links, the technology, the acronyms, the expectations, this is all very overwhelming. I am one small voice but hear my whisper into the tsunami, “keep it simple.” This is not the moment to “redesign education” as the memes and tweets say. This is not the moment to learn MOOCs and …
Like everyone else in higher education, I’m preparing to shift my face to face course to a distance learning model. I’m not calling it an online course because it takes me months to prepare an online course. This will happen in a week and it will be imperfect. This course is required for future early …
All are welcome PDF In response to requests, I have posted this in pdf and png. I can have 16×20 prints printed on Canva for $6 or you can download the file and order it from your favorite printing site/place. Jen NewtonJen Newton, PhD is an assistant professor in early childhood/early childhood special education (isn’t …
Each course taken for credit requires a grade. That’s the system we work in. There is very little direction, in higher ed at least, about how to come to the determination of a grade but a final grade is always required. And grades matter a lot. So much that suicide attempts and completions surge during …
The work of teacher educators and higher education faculty has long been quantified by number of published peer-reviewed articles. That’s really the only metric by which we are evaluated. And we do that work because it’s our job security and because it’s critical that the evidence base in education, specifically inclusive education, continues to grow. …
Learning tends to stop when grades are assigned. Part of learning how to navigate school effectively is to master the art of learning what will be on the test or what the teacher wants from you and then clearing that brain space for the next assessment. I’ve always been pretty good at that and it’s …
I’m not even sure that title is appropriate. I never actually learned to grade. Assess, yes. I have been taught pretty extensively on assessment in both my masters and doctoral programs but not any formal training or reading or support in learning how to grade. But, I know how I have been graded. I have …
Are you preparing the next generation of early childhood educators and leaders? How long has it been since you critically examined your syllabi and teaching practices? Did you know you may be widening the research to practice gap by making higher education – a place of evidence-based professional development – a hostile and unwelcoming environment? …
