Emotional Intelligence Solutions, from Technology, Design, Culture, to Healing

Module 4 There is a great necessity for a whole-child approach in everything related to young people and learning.  While subject matter focus is at times necessary, understanding the larger picture- lifelong learner and the health of individuals, it does not need to be mutually exclusive. This week's discussion topic about ethical challenges educational technologists may face is extremely broad.  Educational technologists could be anyone designing curricula for use online, software engineers, user experience specialists, teachers implementing technology, network support technicians, and perhaps classroom educators who integrate technology.  Each stakeholder may be faced with different ethical challenges and dilemmas.  Even those outside of education technology:  inventors, academics, funders, politicians, and social justice, can influence technology-related ethics.  As a result, the range of ethical issues can be diverse and numerous from accessibility,...

Social-Emotional Learning: The Moral and Ethical Impact of Technology SECTION BREAK Instructional Technology and Morality Infographic Technology is a tool. However, individuals who design, implement, and use technologies can compromise the neutrality of tools.  Therefore, it is necessary to design technologies to be as accessible, inclusive, and equitable as possible.  [Click image for the presentation]

Module 3 Constructivism and Education Technology: A Video Presentation Constructivism is a foundational learning theory that states the individuals personalize their own learning experience.  Constructivism fits well with engaging and interactive learning technology. [Click image for the presentation]

Module 2 Educators can do just fine without any understanding of learning theories. Do you agree with this statement? Provide a justification for your stance on this statement. In most conversations, going to the extreme and binary is often challenging.  Truths are not always black and white.  Having an educator who is compassionate, passionate, with life experience who also knows learning theories would be the best.   However, to compare someone who has life experience with someone who has only academic experience is a hard choice to make on its own.   What we bring into the classroom, be it prejudice or passion, will affect how on teaches.  Bringing in an array of knowledge, experience, and tools, will only empower an educator and provide them and the learners the very best opportunity at learning and having fun.  Hopefully, they will inspire each other.

Module 2 Is it true that technology is developed for the public, for the community, and as a result is a public good?  When looking at the history of technology, one must consider the broader concept of innovation.   Even before the technology can be applied or leveraged, it must first have been created.   Technology is developed through innovation.   Simply, innovation is the process of creation (Innovation, n.d.).   Innovation could refer to an approach, process, model, service, or product (Innovation, n.d.).   It could be unintentional, accidental, or intentional, with little to no resources or with an overwhelming amount of time and money.   While the purpose of an innovation ranges, in a capitalist society, the marketplace will determine the access and value of said innovation.   Allowing access to novel innovations is a public good.   However, the copyright, trademark, and patent process, governance, and protections, while a ...

Module 1 [Click image for the presentation] While politics can be viewed as a technology and system there is increasing integration of technology within politics: Use of technology-based information, communication and media systems Use of technology for voting and political presentations Policies governing (dis) information, hiring foreign nationals, and privacy

Module 1 Often times I have been known to be a critical person or a contrarian.  This has never been my intent.  I do not like standing out or standing up, yet it is often where I find myself.  So while I was critical of Prezi in my previous post (though I did not how much I like Padlet), I have quite enjoyed these more ethical and philosophical conversations about the political leaning of technology.  I do wish our information exchange was done in more ways than just discussions.  A discussion, a group project where differences of perspectives can be highlighted and managed, and even a debate format would be interesting. Any thoughts:

Module 1 I enjoy learning about new technologies to incorporate in the classroom and in my own personal/ professional toolbox.  However, I really do not like being limited in the tools we are allowed to use for an assignment.  Further, with the time normally allowed for a discussion post, it is often hard to fully leverage a tool effectively.  This past week, we were required to use Prezi.  I really dislike using Prezi due to the amount of time it takes to manage and add content.  While Prezi is a creative and useful platform, it is really centered around a visual design.  With limited time, using it as a primary text-based presentation adds little value and other tools or platforms should then be used otherwise, more time should be provided (multiple-weeks or group project) to effectively use Prezi.  As we learn to use a presentation tool, part of that learning should include design (font sizes, font layout, font and word formating, photo and ...

Module 1 I love learning about and participating in ways to create social change through technology.  It is something I have focused on as a practitioner for most of my life.  I started learning about user interaction back in 1999 and am amazed to see how it has progressed.  I look forward to learning more about technology and culture within learning.