Professional Learning Networks: Part 2

Here are the screenshots of the results of the 3 tests that I took from my previous post about PLNs.

Image Source: "Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator" author's results

Image Source: "NERIS Type Indicator" author's results

Image Source: "Five Factor Test" author's results

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Welcome to the Caskey Catalog!

Let’s get acquainted! Image source: author My name is Abi Caskey and I currently wear many hats in my day to day life. I currently work at a public library in the Chicago suburbs as a youth services associate and I am also a paraprofessional for 5th grade at a public elementary school. On top of all of that I am also a graduate student at Dominican University working on my Master’s of Library and Information Science (MLIS) and I’m in the School Library Media Program (SLMP) to get my school librarian endorsement. So needless to say, I am exceptionally busy! I am an avid reader, coffee drinker, auntie to 14 nieces and nephews and I have a special love of darkroom photography. I also run and eat broccoli - but only because they’re good for me, not for joy. (Seriously, every running enthusiast insists that I’ll eventually LOVE running and quite frankly, I don’t believe any of you.) Technology: Personal Positives and Negatives Image source: tenor ...

Active Learning

If you work in education, you likely know that active learning is the best way to get your students actively involved in their learning. If you don't here is a great explanation for active learning from Teaching and Learning in Higher Education ; "Active learning is an approach to instruction that involves actively engaging students with the course material through discussions, problem solving, case studies, role plays and other methods. Active learning approaches place a greater degree of responsibility on the learner than passive approaches such as lectures, but instructor guidance is still crucial in the active learning classroom. Active learning activities may range in length from a couple of minutes to whole class sessions or may take place over multiple class sessions". Active learning is along the same lines as project-based learning but not every school has the ability to jump right into project-based learning. Basically, actively learning means that the more in...

Technology Frameworks in the Classroom

In the modern classroom technology incorporation is incredibly important. While we are giving instruction in math, science, writing and so on, we are also teaching technology literacy. It is important that we are integrating as much technology as we can and when it makes sense. This allows students the ability to practice things like typing skills, navigating and creating digital documents, slide shows, videos and more. It makes me wonder, how well am I integrating technology in my own lessons? What is SAMR? Before I begin the evaluation, let's talk about the SAMR framework. SAMR stands for s ubstitution, a ugmentation, m odification and r edefinition. The SAMR framework can be described as a staircase, ladder or even a pool with a shallow and deep end, but many resources suggest thinking of it more as a spectrum. Substitution and augmentation are forms of enhancing the learning, while modification and redefinition are forms of transforming the lear...

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