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Using CIPP to Evaluate Focus Interventions
One of the biggest issues I want to address in my classroom involves keeping students focused and engaged in class. There are many...
Matt Eichstaedt
Aug 14, 20242 min read
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How do You Solve a Wicked Problem?
Over the course of my CEP 812 course, we have been discussing problems in education. Specifically, we have been discussing what are...
Matt Eichstaedt
Aug 11, 20243 min read
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A Survey on Surveys
This week, for one of my classes we were tasked with constructing a survey. This is one part of a project that we are conducting to help...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jul 26, 20242 min read
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Creating A Brainstorm!
My brainstorming process is one that I consider to be very sporadic. I like to compare it to a Jackson Pollock painting (Fontanella,...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jul 21, 20242 min read
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Time to Wrap it Up!
It seems crazy to be so close to finishing this degree. It feels like it has gone by so quickly. In reality this has been something that...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jul 17, 20247 min read
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Questioning our Questions
It seems ironic that the biggest thing standing in the way of our growth as a society is ourselves. I say that because we are taught from...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jul 14, 20243 min read
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Helping Students with ADHD Maintain Focus
One of the biggest issues in education today is how to work with students who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Over...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jul 6, 20242 min read
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Transitioning from Pedagogy to Andragogy
I will be honest, before we started this unit, I had no idea what andragogy was. In all of my classes throughout undergrad we had only...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jun 23, 20242 min read
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The power of Informal Learning
When most people think about learning, they focus on what is done in a classroom. Most students if you tell them that they are always...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jun 22, 20242 min read
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Just Keep Swimming!
It doesn't seem that long ago that I started my masters program here at MSU. Over the past year I have gone through a lot of stress and...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jun 9, 20242 min read
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Social Learning Deep Dive
This week, we began discussing social learning theories. These theories focus on the idea that learning is done by observing and picking...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jun 9, 20242 min read
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Sociocultural Theory and Cognitivism
In our class this week, we discussed different theories of Cognitivism. Cognitivism is an overarching theory of learning that explains...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jun 2, 20242 min read
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Behaviorism and Me
This week in my CEP 800 class, we discussed behaviorism and looked at how conditioning can affect the actions of humans and animals....
Matt Eichstaedt
May 26, 20242 min read
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CEP 810 Reflections-Iteration
As a student in the MAET (Masters in Educational Technology) program, one thing that I appreciate is the emphasis on revising iterations...
Matt Eichstaedt
Feb 24, 20242 min read
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Iterate and Improvement Post
Last week I put together a lesson plan using a pedagogy that I occasionally use, gamification. Gamification is a pedagogy that uses games...
Matt Eichstaedt
Feb 22, 20242 min read
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Importance of Accessibility in the Classroom
In my three years as an educator, I always find myself looking back on lessons and units and critiquing them. I have the mindset that...
Matt Eichstaedt
Feb 18, 20243 min read
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Teaching while using AI
With the ever-expanding reach of Artificial Intelligence (AI) teachers should consider using this technology in their classrooms to...
Matt Eichstaedt
Feb 4, 20243 min read
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Cooking with TPACK
For my class, I was tasked with creating a cooking video with utensils that I didn't choose. My wife chose a plate, bowl, and a masher...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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Learning vs. Understanding: Comprehending the Difference in Student Retention
Being able to comprehend the difference between learning something and understanding something can be complex, but it is essential to...
Matt Eichstaedt
Jan 17, 20242 min read
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CEP 811 Reflections
I want to start off by saying that I really appreciated this class and all of the things that I got out of it. I went into this class not...
Matt Eichstaedt
Dec 11, 20233 min read
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