Katlyn Witt's Technology Showcase
This is a collection of coursework I completed during the Master of Arts in Educational Technology program at Michigan State University. My work is divided into three different sections: Starting with the Basics, Putting it all Together, and Putting it all to Good Use. Please choose the assignment below to view the corresponding coursework. All of the images are linked to the appropriate web pages, assignments, and videos.
Starting with the Basics
The first few artifacts in my showcase represent the learning and development of new concepts and tools within the realm of educational technology.
Special Interest Group Presentation
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Click on the image above to view the presentation on Flipped Classrooms.
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Wicked Problem Project
For this project, we had to choose a "wicked problem" facing the world of education today and propose a solution to the problem. The problem I chose to solve was to not only successfully but meaningfully integrate the iPad into daily classroom use. I chose to focus on the Socrative App for my solution.
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Summer Cohort Ungraded Assignments
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There were many valuable assignments and activities that we completed throughout the summer cohort but were not formally graded. Many of these assignments had us working with various online tools to create or edit documents to suit our needs. I have compiled a list of these assignments that you can view by clicking the button to the left.
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Putting it all Together
In the next few artifacts in my showcase, I used multiple tools and techniques to create videos and web pages that demonstrated what I learned throughout the master's program.
3x3x3 Videos
Each group was assigned two chapters from the book Why Don't Students Like School? by Daniel T. Willingham. For each chapter, we had to identify three key ideas and three implications for the classroom. Chapter 1 was titled "Why Don't Students Like School?" and Chapter 6 was titled "What's the Secret to Getting Students to Think Like Real Scientists, Mathematicians, and Historians?". I used iMovie to put different images and video clips together along with voice-over recording to create these videos.
Dream IT!
The Dream IT Project is a grant proposal that incorporates technology meaningfully into the classroom setting. I looked at graphing in the classroom, and the struggle that students have with creating, analyzing, and interpreting graphs.
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Please click on the button above to view my Dream IT Project.
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Please click on the image above to view the website created by my group.
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Exploring Key Topics in
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Understanding Understanding
Research Project
This project connected educational research and the ability to analyze a person's explanation and understanding of a topic. Our group chose the topic of gravity, something everyone should have some level of understanding about. I used iMovie again for this assignment, but utilized more of the features within iMovie than in other projects.
Putting it all to Good Use
In the final few artifacts, I applied all that I learned throughout in the master's program to my life as a teacher and created tools that could be used within the classroom.
Please click on the image above to visit Blackboard or type in the URL below directly.
Website: http://bb91.misd.net
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Physics Support Hybrid Course
Throughout CEP 822 I developed a module to use for a Hybrid Physics Support class. A Hybrid course is one that is part online and part face-to-face. I used Blackboard as my Learning Management System, as it is the LMS supported by my district. This course was designed to assist students who were already enrolled in a Physics course. To view this course, please follow the link on the left. The units that I focused on for this project were Unit 1: Energy and Unit 2: Simple Harmonic Motion, Waves, and Sound.
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Classroom Use
I created the following videos and posted them to my class's Blackboard pages. There were a few days that I was subbed out of my classroom to attend conferences and I used these videos within my sub plans so the students would still receive instruction without me physically in the classroom with them. They were also able to reference these videos from home if needed.
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