PD
Professional Development, activities to enhance knowledge and skills related to one’s work, particularly in teacher education.
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Managing Complex Change through AI Workshops in SD Schools
A four-stop statewide workshop series that treated AI integration as a complex change problem, combining World Café discussions with hands-on AI Playground stations to give South Dakota educators role-specific entry points into…
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Applying User Research Principles to Improve Online K-12 Professional Development
A UX research project that traced a spike in Canvas help tickets to platform-wide quality issues rather than onboarding, leading to a two-tiered course framework built around two distinct educator personas.
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Canvas Design Workshop in Edgemont, South Dakota
A one-day Canvas design workshop for rural South Dakota educators that paired pedagogical theory with hands-on prototyping and build time, with retrospective notes on what voluntary attendance and a single-session format meant…
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“Trying Microlearning in K-12 PD” Workbook, Templates, and Audio Companion
Last year, I developed a comprehensive resource on implementing microlearning in K-12 professional development. As educators and trainers continue to seek efficient and effective ways to deliver professional learning, microlearning has emerged…
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Developing District-Wide Dyslexia & Accessibility Online Training
An early instructional design project that used a spiral process to build a one-hour Canvas course on assistive technology for teachers of students with dyslexia, with a four-year retrospective on how the…
