May 21, 2019
The four shifts is a new education technology paradigm shared in the book Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning by Scott McLeod and Julie Graber. On today's show, Julie discusses these four shifts and how it compares to other models such as SAMR. She gives examples of effective design using technology and where many programs are falling short.
Julie Graber is an instructional technology consultant
on a technology innovation team for Prairie Lakes Area Education
Agency in Iowa where she supports educators with effective
teaching, learning, leading, and technology practices. She is a
passionate educator who is most interested in seeing teachers and
administrators improve authentic learning experiences for students.
Her many areas of expertise include deeper
thinking with technology, authentic learning, curriculum design,
and performance tasks and assessments. She spent thirteen years as
a technology coordinator and business and computer
teacher. Julie is an Authentic Intellectual Work (AIW) coach and
has coached elementary, middle, and high school teams of teachers
on how to use the framework in order to increase the level of
intellectual demand as well as the authenticity of the work that
students are asked to do. She has
served on several state leadership teams, including the North
Central Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Hub
Advisory Board and the Design Team for the Iowa Competency-Based
Education Collaborative, and has provided guidance for schools to
increase STEM education in their classrooms and move them toward
competency-based and personalized
learning. Julie is a Defined STEM, a K–12 curriculum resource
curriculum with engaging project-based lessons that are based on
real-world scenarios. She is also a consultant for Jay McTighe's
consulting group, McTighe and Associates, where she conducts
workshops for educators using the Understanding by Design
curriculum framework. Julie is the co-creator of the 4 Shifts
discussion protocol and a regular local, state, and national
presenter focusing on authentic work and student-centered,
personalized and project-based learning.