Blogs by D’Lorah

The Need to Know (FAQs)

When should I start the planning process to incorporate technology in the backward design guide? The best case scenario is to work to the backward design first, then worry about selecting technology to integrate into the lesson. When it’s possible to pick technology as the last step, it helps to ensure that the technology fits…

Lifelong Learning

While working through my coursework about digital learning experiences and learning to work on designing technology-integrated learning experiences the quote, “Be a Tour Guide, Not a Gatekeeper” (Mod. 2: Empowering Culture) has a way of imprinting in my memory, now hearing it twice. This pretty well sums up the themes in students becoming individual lifelong…

Dear Future Teacher,

Hey! I am so excited for you to start your journey as a teacher. How is your first classroom coming along? Do you have your plans all put together for your first year of teaching? Here’s a few things that I learned that I don’t want you to forget and some more questions I have.…