Uncategorized – Jonathan Keck

Developing UDL for Online Learning

Designing effective learning environments online is an important part of not only my current teaching environment but, but also where I believe education is headed in the coming years. Through “Teaching Students Online,” I designed an online course using Canvas LMS (learning management system). While creating this learning environment, I intentionally considered the principles of […]

Mentorship and Training Programs

While taking “Technology and Leadership,” I examined in detail the type of leader that I present to my colleagues and what utility there is in the type of support that I offer as an Ed Tech coach. Through the course, I created a new way in which to provide support and training to teachers. Instead […]

Collaboration and Innovation

All educational leaders have an important role in how they lead students, peer educators, and even those administrators with whom they have influence. Though placed in charge or made responsible over a certain discipline, field, or aspect of a school, it in no way should result in an “island” mentality or sense of sole authority. […]

Developing TPACK Teachers and PD

Inspiring teachers to rethink their pedagogical approach can often be challenging. My approach to inspiring others first is rooted in showing others how fun learning and the classroom can be. It doesn’t have to be soar throats from lecturing all day and stacks of papers to grade. It can be fun! As a leader and […]

Formative Assessments Checklist and Feedback

Perhaps one of the most challenging and profound courses I took while in the MAET program was “Electronic Assessment for Teaching and Learning.” During this course, I was challenged to look beyond the assessment as mere homework, tests, quizzes, projects, and various other tasks. The core principle that lay in assessment is feedback. I was […]

Personalized Learning

When I first began teaching, I fell into the same patterns by which I was once taught: lecture and a one-size-fits-all approach to learning. While some students thrived in this environment, I soon realized that many were left behind. Each student came with their own unique needs, passions, and previous knowledge and skill. Often all […]

Creating a Maker & Design Space

My introduction to design and maker-spaces fundamentally transformed my approach to teaching. I began exploring the idea of students collaborating in workshop-style spaces, designing and creating rather than just receiving an information download through lectures. While my dreams are big, the budget is small. I was able to switch out my rows of desks for […]

Developing Creativity in the Classroom

While I suspected that students conducting creative activities in the classroom improved learning, I had no hard evidence. Through the “Approaches to Educational Research” course at the MAET program, I conducted a study testing whether student learning improved more through traditional means or through creative work on a standardized AP Essay Exam. I was shocked […]

Creating a Making and PBL Classroom

The internet and the ubiquitousness of technology and information have transformed the needs of education. It is less important to memorize through “drill-and-kill” and facts-based assessments and more important to equip students will the ability to critically think and creatively design. The advent of “just Google it” shows no sign of stopping, but what students […]