Showcase

While completeing my Masters in Educational Technology degree, I grew a collection of a variety of interesting projects along the way. Some of these projects highlighted my ability to code, others focused on computational thinking skills, while others yet shaped who I am today as a leader. Below you will find eight creations that best encompass my skills and passions.

Coding Creations

A significant amount of my course work during my master's program was spent learning how to program and code in meaningful ways to my professional context. The artifacts below highlight kindergarten to second grade standards with an emphasis on teaching students how to code!

Traditions and Me - Programming Lesson

A unique factor of this lesson is that it can be done in two opposing styles - one being programed digitally on Scratch Jr. and the other "unplugged" style - meaning without digital technology. Check out THIS lesson plan for more information on how these two styles can complete the same goal. This highlights my ability to create meaningful cross curricular content.

Realistic Fiction - Programming Lesson

In an effort to incorporate coding into a 1st grade writing lesson, I created a lesson plan that allows students to publish their realistic writing in an innovative way! Allowing students to take their creations to the next level creates an environment of challenge and persistence.

Nonfiction Facts

This artifact highlights my familiarity with Scratch Jr., as well as my ability to integrate 1st grade writing standards and expectations with creation on technology. Having students code their writing is an engaging and meaningful way to allow students to be active participatants in their technology usage.

1st grade research & Micro:bit

While my other artifacts highlight my familiarity with Scratch Jr., this artifact showcases Micro:Bit. The video linked to the left will show how I took information from a 1st grade research unit and created a quiz that can be taken using the Micro:Bit!

Leadership

Besides coding, my skills as a leader have become more refined and intentional. Below are artifacts that highlight my philosophy as a leader, as well as examples of my leadership style in problem solving and professional development.

Personal Leadership Plan

My personal leadership plan emphasizes my beliefs and values as a leader. Besides highlighting my leadership qualities, this showcases my ability to maneuver different websites for creation, adding in voice overs, and creating cohesive presentations.

Wicked Problem

As you may know, one of my passions is taking children outdoors. When asked to solve a wicked problem, I began to tackle whether or not students can recieve a quality education outdoors. Both images contain links to my work, highlighting my ability to conduct research, analyze results, and create meaningful ways to share the information with stakeholders.

HyperDoc Professional Development

In an effort to give educators more power over their professional development, I created a digital PD that allows educators to work at their own pace. This artifact highlights my familiarity with the Google Suite, my ability to differentiate for adult learners, and my knowledge of HyperDocs for the educational setting.

Here is a link to a folder with more documents that make this professional devlopment come to life!

MacVane Survey.pdf

Survey

One of the most important take aways from my MAET courses was that children should be using technology to actively engage through creation, rather than passively interact with the creations of others. In one of my courses, I created a survey that would allow me, as a technology leader in my district, to gather information on how teachers in my district utilize technology and what they need to feel more comfortable allowing thier students to create with it.

Computational Thinking

Computational Thinking Lessons

Below you will find a link that takes you to a folder with eight different lessons. Each lesson focuses on a different computational thinking skill, such as abstraction, synthesizing, or algorithms. These lessons have been created in a way that teaches and assesses computational thinking skills in a early elementary friendly way, specifically highlighting 1st and 2nd grade general education. These lessons showcase my knowledge and understanding of current standards and the ability to make the lessons acessible and meaningful to young students.

Folder of Computational Thinking Lessons

Computational Thinking Skills

This final project highlights my abiltiy to use MakeCode Arcade while demonstrating computational thinking skills such as decoposition and algorithms. If you follow the link, you'll be able to give the game a try!

Decomposition

The game linked to the right highlights not only my coding skills through MakeCode Arcade, but also the computational thinking skill decomposition. Through the creation of this game, I strengthened my understanding of how to break coding into smaller parts to the point of being ready to teach others!

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