Leader

Shape, advance and accelerate a shared vision: A variety of efforts that influence change and decision-making, for example, participating on committees; leading by example; mentoring or collaborating with colleagues to improve practice using technology; advocating for tech use with parents/guardians, administrators, other educators; voicing thoughts on technology policy to national, state, district, school or city leaders.

Empowered learning with technology: Learning where students are self-aware about their own learning preferences and needs and have significant voice and choice in setting learning goals. Empowered students leverage technology to determine how they will learn, demonstrate competency in meeting their goals and reflect on their learning process and outcomes.

Dickerson_Artifact1: Empowered Learning through Advocacy, Vision & Goals

Dickerson_Artifact 2: Professional Learning Interests and Networks

Equitable access: When all students have access to the technology needed for learning and to culturally relevant curriculum and resources regardless of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, gender identity, sexuality, ability, primary language or any other factor that might hinder or unfairly advantage one student over another.

Educational technology: Devices, apps, web resources, Internet access, technology support and other digital tools used to deepen learning.

Digital content: Digital content may include open educational resources (OERs); digital media and podcasts; digital curriculum; news and other websites; and digitized original or historical resources such as newspapers, virtual field trips or virtual reality (VR) software and devices.

Learning opportunities: Educators plan for learning that accommodates differing access levels and individual student needs, for example, providing homework alternatives for students who do not have internet access at home, providing competency-based or other opportunities to demonstrate learning, scaffolding student learning to challenge and support individual students where they are and advocating for an equitable system for all students.

Diverse needs: Diverse needs might include learner variability; language skills; technology and internet access levels outside of school; cultural specificity and challenges at home such as poverty, homelessness or instability.

Dickerson_Artifact 3: Equitable access to meet the diverse needs of students

Identification: Finding new tools or resources to enhance learning by asking or observing colleagues or students, reading-related publications and following other educators or thought leaders.

Exploration: Experimenting with new tools and resources for learning and being open to calculated risk-taking and productive failure for continuous learning.

Evaluation: Analyzing and reflecting on the value of a new tool or resource for learning and possible improvements for the next time it is used.

Curation: Thoughtfully organizing resources in a way that is useful and meaningful.

Adoption: Incorporating selected new resources and strategies into regular practice.

New digital resources and tools for learning: These may include OERs; apps, websites, and other software; hardware tools and devices; networked devices and the “Internet of Things,” and emerging pedagogies around digital tools and resources.

Dickerson_Artifact 4: Model digital resources and tools for learning