Self-differentiated Leadership Friedman’s “Failure of Nerve” emphasized to me that leadership is about making myself into a “presense” to affect change and become a significant influencer in my own right. Furthermore, I never thought of empathy as an ideology expressed by Friedman, but I can accept the concept as he describes it. I disagree with […]
EDLD 5304 Assignment 5 – Crucial conversations and innovation
Part A and reflection Includes elements from “Crucial Conversations” Each successive session of the Digital Learning and Leading has provided greater insight to the innovation plan I have been developing. Whether it has been Clayton Christensen’s concepts of disruptive innovation (1995) or Piaget’s constructivist approach to interactive learning, each stage of the program has […]
EDLD 5304 Week 4 – 4DX Implementation
Reflection The challenge to change and its measure of success will be determined by the roll-out of the ePortfolio plan. It can be rolled out at the beginning of any semester, but the Fall semester is ideal because students and faculty will have two consecutive long semesters to adjust to the plan and the consistency […]
Wk 3 & 4 Influencer Model Part A & B EDLD 5304
Part A (Part B is the graphic above) The plan for my Influencer Strategy is to emphasize the “Why” of my innovation plan. The Why is “why are we here, what are we doing?” The answer is to prepare our students the best we can for their professional career. The results of my innovation plan […]
5304 Week 1 – What’s My Why – It’s Passion For Teaching Journalism
“My innovation plan seeks to infuse that passion to the communication department at large – to groom independent, critical thinkers that can serve the greater good of the public. To show people the information that they have the right to know and need to know.” Part A Why? We believe today’s students are the […]
5313 Developing a Growth Mindset Plan
Week 5 Assignment Part A One challenge every educator faces is coaching students to achieve goals. Those goals may be structured such as earning appropriate grades to pass a course or more complex such as progressing to achieve a life goal or career objective. Educators are confronted with multiple theories and methods of how to […]
My Growth Mindset Plan
My Growth Mindset Plan A growth mindset plan sets a mission statement to achieve a goal or objective-oriented plan. The purpose of my plan is to address several need areas for the University Press student newspaper and the Lamar University Department of Communications. The growth mindset plan incorporates initiatives by individuals and collaborative groups to […]
EDLD 5313 Week 4 – Creating Significant Learning Environments
Understanding by Design using the McTighe Template 2.0 EDLD 5313 Wk 4 Assignment – Malick, S., UbD Template 2.0 Comparing and Contrasting the UbD Template and the 3-Column Format The UbD Template and the 3-Column format are both ways to map learning goals, objective and elements of learning for a particular learning environment for […]
5313 Aligning Outcomes, Assessments and Activities – Assignment 3
Assignment 3 5313 Note: This is the compilation of components for Assignment 3 that includes a 3 Column Outline, the Learning Environment Situational Factors and Formatting of Significant Learning Goals with the Big Hairy Audacious Goal. Course Goal: Learners will identify, develop, report and publish story ideas for the University Press newspaper to publish on multimedia […]
EDLD 5313 Assignment 2 Learning Theories
Learning Theories Are Like Gumbo– They Include a Little Bit of Everything Preparing students to be life-long learners and critical thinkers is the principal concept around my teaching philosophy. Like most students, I can give examples of teachers I enjoyed in my experience as a student and I can also give examples of teachers who […]