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Starting my 2022 Georgetown University ed tech seminar

Bryan Alexander

This week my spring 2022 seminar began. These seminars are mostly discussion based. As the seminar progresses, they will use technologies they study to create these reflections. It’s a master’s degree course for Georgetown University’s excellent Learning, Design, and Technology program.

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Follow Along With a Grad Seminar About Edtech: Part 1, Picking the Best Tech

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Bryan Alexander For my course on Studies in Educational Technology, I wanted to bring all of that in as objects of study—as well as discuss practical decisions for our collective learning experience.

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How We Can Honor Indigenous Values in Our Teaching Without Appropriating the Culture

Edsurge

When I was a student, I struggled to see my people represented in curricula, so when I design Spanish and social studies classes, I work to decolonize my lessons and reclaim Indigenous history. However, during the seminar, the facilitators jumped directly into piloting GBL activities with attendees.

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We Can’t Keep ChatGPT Out of the Classroom, so Let’s Address the ‘Why’ Behind Our Fears

Edsurge

I prepared a few Socratic Seminars about their impressions of AI and its potential implications for the future of writing and education. As it turns out, ChatGPT studied these same formulaic patterns, and the students picked up on them instantly. Look,” a student pointed out in one seminar. “It It’s totally simplifying it!”

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The Future of Democracy Depends on a Quality Civics Education

Edsurge

Good history education empowers students to actively engage with the past they study, rather than being passive receivers of historical narratives. During the class reflection, one girl said, “Going into the seminar, I planned to write one argument for my essay, but after this, I think I’m actually going to argue the opposite.”

Education 147
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Leadership for social justice: Class update 1

Dangerously Irrelevant

Thought I’d post a quick update on how my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership for Social Justice , is going. We spent the second half of class deconstructing a couple of race-based educational cases from Gorski’s book, Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education. I’ve got six students in the class.

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4 Ways to make sure the teachers in your school are properly trained

Neo LMS

You can’t just throw it various seminars and educational summits without an afterthought. This will be hard to do if they are already overworked (as all teachers usually are) — if you pile more work (in the form of seminars) on them they might be reluctant to participate in any training session.

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