Improving the edTPA Experience at St. Francis College
As the #edTPA tweets reveal, finishing edTPA® is an important and challenging step in the process of becoming a teacher. Richard Giaquinto, Chair of the Education Department at St. Francis College in New York City, has been helping candidates through the process of compiling portfolios since New York state adopted the assessment in 2014. Richard’s…
Edthena Invited Contributor for EdTech Efficacy Research Academic Symposium
We are excited to announce that on May 3-4 in Washington DC, Edthena’s Adam Geller will join more than 150 entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, researchers and educators to explore the impact of education technology as part of an EdTech efficacy research symposium. The symposium is a product of a partnership between Digital Promise, Jefferson Education Accelerator,…
Reflecting on Teaching Practice Would Remain Important ‘even if the edTPA goes away tomorrow’ (AACTE 2017)
Preparing career educators “Although we use Edthena to prepare our students for edTPA, every assignment we do with video, we try to craft something that we would use even if the edTPA goes away tomorrow.” These are the words of Rebekah Stathakis, faculty at Northwestern University in Chicago. She presented how she uses Edthena with…
Bea Taylor, Instructional Coach, Says Video Coaching Makes Life ‘So Much Easier’
Two years ago, Bea Taylor’s mother fell ill. Bea needed to travel from her home in Texas to Virginia to be with her. But this presented a potential problem for fulfilling her duties as an instructional coach in the UTeach program at the University of Texas at Tyler. She decided she would support her students from afar…