Ed Tech: If you didn't know, now you know.

Alicia Gallegos Butters, Michanne Hoctor, and Pamela Rabin discuss the chapter that takes student engagement deeper by exploring conditions that increase the probability of engagement. Specifically expectation, responsibility, employment, approximation, and response. As well as discussing our thoughts on the concepts and questions raised by the authors, we also heavily view the chapter through the lens of educational technology which is our specialization.

Alicia Gallegos Butters, Michanne Hoctor, and Pamela Rabin discuss the chapter on student engagement. As well as discussing our thoughts on the concepts and questions raised by the authors, we also view the chapter through the lens of educational technology.

Jump into a discussion with authors, Debra Crouch & Brian Cambourne, plus special guests, Cherissa Kreider-Beck, and publisher, Richard Owen! We discuss how they came to write the book, the connections between the Conditions of Learning and how teachers make instructional decisions, engagement, and more! Don't forget to pick up a copy of Made for Learning: How the Conditions of Learning Guide Teaching Decisions ***There was a strange echo in the first 7 minutes, but hang in there, we made it stop for the rest of the episode. EdTech = it's a journey!

Join Alicia Gallegos Butters and Pamela Rabin in a discussion about this chapter of the book, and how we see comparisons within the world of Educational Technology.

In this episode we are joined by our colleague Cherissa Kreider-Beck, Coordinator, English Language Arts in the Learning & Leadership Services division at the San Diego County Office of Education. Alicia Gallegos Butters and Michanne Hoctor Thompson discuss their thoughts on the chapter and hear from Cherissa's unique perspective.

Dr. Alicia Gallegos Butters, Dr. Michanne Hoctor Thompson, and Pamela Rabin kick off our new podcast series by jumping right into reflective conversations about making effective teaching decisions and what the driving beliefs and practices are that underly teacher practice and technology integration. Over the next 9 episodes we will be reading and responding to our book choice, Made for Learning: How the Conditions of Learning Guide Teaching Decisions, by Debra Crouch and Brain Cambourne. In this podcast we will follow the guidance of our authors and start to examine and unravel our believes about learning theories, how student make meaning, and how to identify mismatches between your beliefs and practice.

Dr. Alicia Gallegos Butters, Dr. Michanne Hoctor Thompson, and Pamela Rabin kick off our new podcast series by jumping right into reflective conversations about making effective teaching decisions and what the driving beliefs and practices are that underly teacher practice and technology integration. Over the next 9 episodes we will be reading and responding to our book choice, Made for Learning: How the Conditions of Learning Guide Teaching Decisions, by Debra Crouch and Brain Cambourne. We introduce ourselves, offering a little background on our own teaching careers, and then pull from the over 25 years of teaching experience we each have to help you reflect on your own practice. Through this podcast we hope to propose ideas to explore and consider, construct our own essential questions about how technology is integrated meaningfully within pedagogy, and engage in some purposeful, grounding reflection.