Self-Directed, Collaborative, Experiential Learning
Learning Philosophy
Leadership for Educational Equity
Prepare and inspire education and mental health leaders to have a profound impact in fostering student opportunity, achievement and success in urban and diverse communities.
I choose The University of Colorado Denver (UCD) to earn my Masters because the values and mission of the school (Leadership for Educational Equity) align with my values.
The UCD ILT program has prepared me to lead organizational learning in private and public industries.
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Reflective Practice - Adopt a critical stance toward your work, promoting effective practice and responsible use of technology
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Technology - Become competent and confident in the use of various tools and technologies, related to learning, communication, and making things.
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Learning and Instruction - Drawing on learning and instructional theory, create instruction with well-aligned outcomes, activities, and assessments.
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Creative and Social Media - Demonstrate proficiency with tools, platforms, and environments in the creation of media resources for learning and knowledge construction
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Inquiry and Change - Engage in systematic processes of inquiry and change
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Professional Learning and Leadership Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning and leadership within the profession
Letter of Recommendation
for Alicia Newton
Issues of Equity in Education
INTE 6750 Trends Project exploring issues of equity in education
ILT Competencies 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6
Collaborative, Independent Learner
Trends Project
For the INTE 6750 e-Learning Trends and Issues project I interviewed Rich Beaudrie, Director of Learning, Understory and founder, The Organic Learner.
These clips discuss the impact traditional teaching methods have had on the very skills we need learners to master to become collaborative, independent learners.
The audio describes the teachers role in the 21st Century.
ILT Competencies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Learning Explorers
The Teachers' Role
Alicia Newton and Rich Beaudrie discussing the teachers role in developing independent, collaborative learners.
Personal Learning Network
I created this PLN to connect, discuss, and inspire one another past the negative self-talk to realizing potential and purpose.
INTE 5665 Social Media & Digital Culture
ILT Competencies 1, 2, 4, and 6
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Project for INTE 5680 to create a video with an aspect of this famous linguistically correct but odd sentence. I took an historical take. This video describes the experience of the Buffalo soldiers surviving and thriving in a segregated army. It also examines what happened to Native Americans who were buffalo'ed and butchered during the American Indian Wars.
Project for Mobile and Media learning course INTE 5680
ILT Competencies 1, 2, and 4
Classroom 2025
I made this video about Logan, an 8th grader in 2025. See how Logan learns, what his classroom looks like, and how technology is seamlessly incorporated into his world.
Project for Mobile and Media learning course INTE 5680
ILT Competencies 1, 2,and 4
Infographic Project
Infographic project for INTE 6710 Creative Design for Instructional Materials
All projects in this course were designed to impact under-represented groups.
ILT Competencies 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Community Policing,
a working model
I created this Pecha Kucha about the effectiveness of the Community Policing model in Barbados for INTE 6710 Creative Design for Instructional Materials
Pecha Kucha project
ILT Compentencies, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Will work for 4 Brains
INTE 5670 Webinars & Synchronous Learning Collaborative project on neuroscience and learning.
ILT Competencies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
C.R.A.P. Webinar
INTE 5670 Webinars & Synchronous Learning
Webinar on design principles of C.R.A.P.
ILT Competencies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
SAMR
INTE 6750 Collaborative project on SAMR and Emergence of Digital Technology and its impact on learning. Reference Blog post for interactive links
ILT Competencies 1, 2, and 4
Letter to my 16 yr. old self
In our Digital Storytelling Course INTE 5340 we created digital stories on various topic. On this day I chose the "Letter to my 16 yr old self topic and made a video.
ILT Competencies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Self-Paced eLearning Module
INTE 5660 required a self-paced eLearning module created in Adobe Captivate. I choose a "soft skill," leadership. I don't have the site it was published on anymore. This is the design document.
ILT Competencies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Blog
In our Digital Storytelling Course INTE 5340 we posted "daily creates." I created this blog to house those daily creates. I continue to post on the blog. It has become a place where I share my thoughts and insights on various topics.
ILT Competencies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6