Supporting teachers in data-focused domains
Articles and support documentation for teachers using a browser-based data visualization platform in their classroom. …
Author: courtney
Using Accountable Talk features to design remote instruction
Accountable Talk® is a research-backed approach to dialogic instruction developed at the IFL. Accountable Talk features can guide the planning of technology-based instruction and help educators navigate challenges to enrich remote learning. This article was published in Bridges to Learning, the IFL’s weekly newsletter. …
E-commerce redesign
The Institute for Learning sells nearly 100 physical products online at ShopIFl.com; including student workbooks and teacher guides, and classroom kits. …
Soft-selling change in education
I have the opportunity to lead incremental change that works to shift our collective relationship with the product ecosystem. I hope that a focus on relationships, the real educational impact of our tools, and the practicality of thoughtful design, will lead us to be sales-oriented without feeling guilty. …
Designing a transparent quiz creation system
I was the project manager over a six month collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University and our client, a rapidly growing online institution. …
Building a student centered e-portfolio program for middle school learners
Our Fall 2017 Learning Media Design class was tasked with designing an e-portfolio solution for middle school students. …
Creating results oriented nonprofit programs
In 2014, I embarked on one of my favorite projects to date – EdTechPGH. Inspired by the community we nurtured online, this group was founded to connect educators and technology developers in the Pittsburgh and Western PA. …
Viral Resistance: Media literacy learning and interactive narrative
From January 2017 through August of 2017, myself and another METALSs graduate student created a research-based interactive branching story that used learning science to help learners identify and demystify fake news on social media. …
Learning design for civic engagement
After the 2016 Presidential election, I was inspired to explore how people might learn about and begin to take action in their communities. …
Teaching emotional intelligence to high school students with improvisational theater
Goal: Help high school students aged 13-18 without arts programs explore the arts through an ELA curriculum designed around improvisational theater. …
Gaming the System: Teachers Hacking the Classroom at SXSWedu 2015
At SXSWedu 2015 I led a panel discussion with creative teachers who had designed custom games for K12 instruction. …
When ed meets tech, both fields win
The EdTechPGH meetup was featured in this piece that was originally published on RemakeLearning.org. …
You don’t need special tools to break down walls
It might seem intimidating, but stepping out of your network doesn’t have to be hard- especially when you empower the community to actively participate. …
Conference game design: GLS Quest
I led the development of a casual conference game to reinforce the organization’s values and provide social opportunities for a fun and engaging conference experience. …
Embracing fear and failure
Failure and fear are close relations. To put it broadly, we fail when our expectations don’t match an outcome. We remember this often negative experience and can become fearful when we perceive a chance of failure in the future. When we’re fearful we’re less likely to perform at our best, making us more likely to fail. Rinse and repeat. Our biology also contributes to feelings of fear. The Amygdala , part of our brain stem, is a primitive component of our brain responsible for communicating basic needs. It sends two types of failure-focused alerts: “we are in need of something”