#dm4al

[thinkingwportals-blog]

Digital pedagogy is important because it is willing to improvise, to respond to a new environment, to experiment. Questions that the digital pedagogue asks regularly include: - What tools are available for me and my students to play with? - How can improvisation occur online to reinforce learning? - Does digital learning end when the course ends, or is it sustained perpetually by the online learning environment (aka, the Internet)? - Who are my students, and where can they be found? What are my students’ URLs? What is mine? - Do disciplines matter online? Do canons exist? What is the point of rote memorization when everything is available online all the time? - Where is my authority now that all authority is a Google search away? - And most importantly: What happens when learning is removed from the classroom and exposed to the entirety of the digital landscape?

DECODING DIGITAL PEDAGOGY, PT. 1: BEYOND THE LMS, Sean Michael Morris

[thinkingwportals-blog]

Identity safe classrooms are those in which teachers strive to ensure students that their social identities are an asset rather than a barrier to success in the classroom. Acknowledging students’ identities, rather than trying to be colorblind, can build the foundation for strong positive relationships. This, coupled with challenging opportunities to learn, can help all students begin to feel they are welcomed, supported, and valued as members of the learning community.

http://identitysafeclassrooms.org/what-is-identity-safety/