Talk prepared for BETT 2019 introducing best practices and mindsets for teaching with technology in K-12

1. Fail Forward Fast
And other mantras teachers can use to enhance digital pedagogy
Molly B. Zielezinski PhD
BETT 2019
@mollybullock

2. Education Research
Ed Tech Industry
Teaching Practice

3. Insufficient
Stressed
Overwhelmed

4. In simpler times, mastery mattered most.

5. Teaching in Modern Times

6. Teachers feel
disempowered.

7. @mollybullock

8. @mollybullock

9. The only constant
is change.

10. Where do we begin?

11. Plan Learning Activities
G1. Tool
DigitalPedagogyReflectionGuide
During Lessons: Teacher Activities
Reflect on Learning Activities During Lessons: Student Activities
@mollybullock

12. #4 Reflecting on Lessons

13. “Kaizen”: (n) making small changes, overcoming
resistance to change, growth through incremental change

14. “Fail Forward”: (v) to move fast, make mistakes, and
learn from them

15. “I have not failed.
I've just found
10,000 ways that
won't work.”
-Thomas Edison

16. “Test Drive”: (v) to play with a new tool enough to get a
feel for how it handles while teaching

17. What are the benefits?

18. Reflect Using Mantras
Kaizen- growth through incremental change
Fail forward fast
Take it for a test drive
See the benefits
DigitalPedagogyReflectionGuide
During Lessons: Student Activities

19. #3 During Lessons
What do the students do?

20. “Model & nurture creativity & creative expression to communicate ideas,
knowledge, or connections.”
-ISTE Educator Standard 6d, 2016

21. Consuming Forums
Blogs & articles
Social network content
Curating
Content Channels or streams
Bookmark collections
Project references
Student portfolios
Profiles
Creating
Interacting
social
Blogs/wikis/social media
Multimedia presentations
Fabrication projects
Video production
Coding
content
Single player games
Simulations
Skill & drill
Searching
Test Prep
Multiplayer games
Posts & comments
Likes/reactions
Chat/Messaging
Video conferencing
Activity
What will the learner do with the tech?
@mollybullock

22. Consuming Forums
Blogs & articles
Social network content
Curating
Content Channels or streams
Bookmark collections
Project references
Student portfolios
Profiles
Creating
Interacting
social
Blogs/wikis/social media
Multimedia presentations
Fabrication projects
Video production
Coding
content
Single player games
Simulations
Skill & drill
Searching
Test Prep
Multiplayer games
Posts & comments
Likes/reactions
Chat/Messaging
Video conferencing
Higher Order
Thinking
What is the learner
doing with the
technology?
@mollybullock

23. During Lessons: Student Actions
Communicate, collaborate, think critically, & act creatively
Create & curate around digital content
Use technology to develop higher order thinking skills
DigitalPedagogyReflectionGuide
During Lessons: Teacher Activities

24. #2 During Lessons
What does the teacher do?

25. Refresh
Norms & Routines

26. SOCIO-TECHNOLOGICAL NORMS
By individuals within one
or more groups
Spoken & unspoken
rules that guide
behavior
Of or related to use of
technology
@mollybullock

27. Notice & Name
Making the Hidden Visible for Ourselves & Our Students
SELF AWARENESS: SELF REGULATION:

28. MODELING: MAKING HIDDEN NORMS VISIBLE
VISIBILITY
Routines
Thinkaloud
Goalsetting
Reflection
Diagram format from http://slidemodel.com
When you notice and name something
about your technology use, share it with
those around you.
When done regularly, this becomes a
model for self-awareness for teachers
and students. It will help individuals
begin to recognize the hidden norms
controlling them.
Model by thinking aloud.
Reflect regularly and openly on your
goals, norms, preferences, and emotions
related to technology. Create the space
for students and teachers to do the
same.
Model regular reflection.
Set frequent achievable goals about
how you will interact with technology,
as an individual, a teacher, and a
school.
Make goals part of an ongoing
conversation so that everyone
understands we have the power to
control how we use technology.
Model goal setting.
At home with family, in the classroom, or
at a staff meeting→ notice the current
norms and brainstorm potential
alternatives. Playfully try out new norms
to decide if they are a fit.
Name & negotiate routines.

29. “Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical
examination…and fosters digital literacy and media fluency.”
-ISTE Educator Standard 3b, 2016

30. During Lesson: Teacher Actions
Name, negotiate, & explain classroom technology routines
Notice & name what you are doing w/technology
Think aloud about how & why you are using technology
DigitalPedagogyReflectionGuide
Plan Learning Activities
G1. Tool

31. #1 Planning Lessons

32. NOTICING THE PURPOSE OF SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
1.To support student-led collaboration
2.To empower learners as content creators
3.To expose students to a multiple perspectives
4.To scaffold empathy in digital communication
5.To provide multiple access points to new knowledge
6.To situate students as members of a global
community
7.To support critical consumption of information
8.To introduce dialogue about digital citizenship
9.To prepare students for a 21st
century workforce
10.To offer a variety of representations of content
1.To read articles
2.To practice basic skills
3.To memorize facts
4.To assess students
5.To assign grades
6.To give assignments
7.To arrange resources
INNOVATIVE PRACTICES FOR K-12
SAME OLD STUFF
@mollybullock

34. NOTICING THE PURPOSE OF SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
1.To support student-led collaboration
2.To empower learners as content creators
3.To expose students to a multiple perspectives
4.To scaffold empathy in digital communication
5.To provide multiple access points to new knowledge
6.To situate students as members of a global
community
7.To support critical consumption of information
8.To introduce dialogue about digital citizenship
9.To prepare students for a 21st
century workforce
10.To offer a variety of representations of content
1.To read articles
2.To practice basic skills
3.To memorize facts
4.To assess students
5.To assign grades
6.To give assignments
7.To arrange resources
INNOVATIVE PRACTICES FOR K-12
SAME OLD STUFF
@mollybullock

35. “In interest-driven genres, it is the specialized activity, interest, or niche
identity that is the driving motivation…This results in a much deeper and more
sophisticated engagement with new media”
-Warschauer & Matuchniak, 2010

36. Universal Design for
Learning
-CAST

37. Plan Learning Activities
Use technology to innovate not sustain
Add activities that are culturally relevant or
interest-driven
Represent content in multiple forms
Build in multiple modes for student expression
DigitalPedagogyReflectionGuide

38. Confident
Engaged
Curious

39. Plan Learning Activities
Use technology to innovate not sustain
Add activities that are culturally relevant or
interest-driven
Represent content in multiple forms
Build in multiple modes for student expression
During Lessons: Teacher Actions
Name, negotiate & explain classroom technology routines
Notice & name what you are doing w/technology
Think aloud about how & why you are using technology
Set technology goals- for yourself and the class
Reflect With Mantras
Kaizen- growth through incremental change
Fail forward fast
Take it for a test drive
See the benefits
During Lessons: Student Actions
Communicate, collaborate, think critically, & act creatively
Create & curate around digital content
Use technology to develop higher order thinking skills
DigitalPedagogyReflectionGuide
@mollybullock

40. THANK YOU!Questions? Get in touch.
molly@mbzlabs.com
Coming this spring from MBZ Labs & Stanford University...
Technology in Service of Learning Toolkit
Contains multiple rubrics and user guides for those interested in professional growth for teachers using technology.
Follow @mollybullock on Twitter to get your free copy of the toolkit this June.

43. Supplementary Slides

44. “Alignment”: (n) the goodness of fit between a lesson
objective, the learning activity & the technology used

45. Activity
What will learner do to achieve the objective?
What will the learner do with the tech?
Learning objective
What will the learner know by the end of lesson?
What will they be able to do?
Technology
Why use this technology?
How will the features of this tool support the learning
objective?
Quality & reliability of hardware & internet
Time available for the task
Teacher background
Technology in the Classroom

46. Plan Learning Activities
G1. Tool
DigitalPedagogyReflectionGuide
During Lessons: Teacher Activities
Reflect on Learning Activities During Lessons: Student Activities
@mollybullock