Heather Williams

Success with Paper Circuits!! 😍#GRITC22

Paper Circuits! Wow! I am excited to use these with my students. #GRITC22

Thank you so much Kind Cafe of Fairhope for the Breakfast! #GRITC22

We LOVE our Business Partners! “Thank you Superintendent Eddie Tyler for stopping by The Wacked Out Weiner and getting your hotdog fix today! We enjoyed feeding the teachers today, and we appreciated your support of our small business!” #baldwinproud #GRITC22

@DigitalPromise A8: Think about my students! I always want to be better for them.

Q7: As an educator, how do you stay motivated? What tip would you give to a colleague who may be feeling burned out or struggling to stay motivated? #PowerfulLearning

@DigitalPromise A6: Establishing classroom norms and community building. Normalizing challenges to belonging and provide strategies to overcome them.

Q6: How do you create a sense of community in your classroom to support your students and help them feel a sense of belonging? #PowerfulLearning

@DigitalPromise A5: When a topic connects to what students like to do, engagement deepens as they willingly spend time thinking, dialoging, and creating ideas in meaningful ways. Making learning contextual to real-world experiences is key when differentiating for student interests.

Q5: We are best positioned to learn when content and outcomes are relevant and meaningful. How do you ensure what is being learned feels relevant to learners’ interests and goals? #PowerfulLearning

@DigitalPromise A4: Creating authentic learning experiences that incorporate a variety of technology.

Q4: How have you used technology to increase engagement and boost motivation? #PowerfulLearning

@DigitalPromise A3: Teach with empathy and build 1 to 1 relationships with your students.

Q3: How can educators ensure historically and systematically excluded students are motivated by learning experiences across subject areas? #PowerfulLearning

@DigitalPromise A2: Be positive! Offer as many choices and optional assignments as is reasonably possible. Students who have the ability to make sensible choices about their work will find it intrinsically engaging because their choices provide a sense of ownership.

Q2: People learn best when they believe in their ability to grow and achieve mastery of what they are learning. How do you engage learners in tasks that are challenging but doable? #PowerfulLearning

@DigitalPromise A1: Giving student real choices in the classroom having to do with the the way they demonstrate their learning can boost their engagement and motivation, allow them to capitalize on their strengths, and enable them to meet their individual learning needs.

Q1: Choice is a powerful motivator in most educational settings. How do you provide students with choice in your classroom? #PowerfulLearning

A10: Classroom technology is often seen as another tool to wow the students but the purpose gets lost. Integration framework helps to focus on the purpose of the task and then the technology. #Ok2Ask #teachersfirst

A9: T3 Framework is new to me but important to research. #OK2Ask

A8: The Triple E framework was new to me. The focus is engagement, enhancement, and extension of learning goals. #Ok2Ask #Teachersfirst

A7: TPACK is a technology integration framework that identifies three types of knowledge instructors technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge. These need to work in combination for successful integration. #Ok2Ask #Teachersfirst

A6: Students used Google Earth to create narrated tours of habitats including landforms for other students to watch. #Ok2ASK #Teachersfirst

A5: The SAMR model is a framework that categorizes four different degrees of classroom technology integration. Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition. The SAMR model makes teaching and learning a seamless experience for integrated classroom technology. #OK2Ask

A4: Technology integrate frameworks help to ensure that an effective integration of technology is achieved. #Ok2Ask #Teachersfirst

A3: Target the students' needs and the learning outcome first. #Ok2Ask #TeachersFirst

A2: Successful technology integration is achieved when the use of technology is routine and available to the classroom task that supports the curriculum. #OK2Ask #TeachersFirst