Michelle Patterson

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Chef Bryan Dean: Mother Sauces and Technology Evaluation

Season 2 CIDDL Cizzles gets saucy as Bryan Dean connects universal ‘Mother Sauces” to technology evaluation. Starting with a simple 1:1 roux of starch (all-purpose flour) and a fat (butter), Bryan creates four mother sauces to be used as the base for a wide variety of meals.

Using the Interactive Jagged Profile Tool to Understand Learner Variability

Teacher educators can guide preservice teachers through the connection between learner variability and instructional design decisions. “Look at how different your profiles appear from one another- what could I do as your professor with this in mind?”

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Data Tools to Inform AT for Reading and Writing

Data Tools to Inform AT for Reading and Writing Author: Michelle Patterson; info@ciddl.org Our series on assistive technology (AT) seeks to support teacher preparation programs as they guide preservice educators to consider, select, and implement AT with their students. Our…

3 Key Questions When Considering Assistive Technology

3 Key Questions When Considering Assistive Technology Author: Michelle Patterson; info@ciddl.org In the last blog in our assistive technology (AT) series, we broke down the four components of the SETT framework- student, environment, tasks, and tools. Specifically, Individualized Education Program…

Preparing Pre-Service Educators to Make AT Decisions

Preparing Pre-Service Educators to Make AT Decisions Author: Michelle S. Patterson; Ling Zhang; info@ciddl.org In our first blog post, we introduced the definition and legal requirements for assistive technology (AT). While this provides a foundation, pre-service educators need to develop…

Introducing Simulations into Teacher Preparation Programs

Introducing Simulations into Teacher Preparation Programs Author: Michelle Patterson; info@ciddl.org In a recent CIDDL blog, “Integrate Scenario-Based Learning Into Teacher Preparation”, we discussed how teacher candidates developed responses to text- or video-based scenarios with an opportunity to reflect and receive…