Literature Essays

The three texts below represent a diverse sampling of the writing and research completed during my course work in the Master of Science in Education: Info Tech program.

Education Through Interaction (Essay One)

This essay is based off of my work as a co-author of the book Massively Open: How Massive Open Online Courses Changed the World. In our Ed Tech Big Thinkers course, we were presented with the idea of writing a first-of-its-kind book on MOOCs. This was accomplished by the end of the term, in ten weeks!

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Integrating Tech with Teachers (Essay Two)

The ideas and research for this essay were formulated through my experience with technology integration in a 1:1 iPad pilot math classroom. During that first year, there were several other pilot classrooms with iPads. Degrees of use and successful implementation varied.

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Future of Education: Changing Technology (Essay Three)

Schools are continually looking to integrate technology into classrooms. Will they be able to keep up with the rapidly changing technology environment? This essay presents the model of change that is occurring and a few sample technologies that may create further change along the way.

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