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Hi everyone! Welcome to Learning Technologies in Schools! My name is Jordyn Jelstrom and I am a third grade teacher at Union Mill Elementary School in Fairfax County. I earned my degrees in Elementary and Special Education from West Chester University of Pennsylvania in 2017. I am currently pursuing my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Designing Digital Learning from George Mason University. I have a passion for teaching and integrating technology into the every day routines of my classroom.

This is the perfect time to be learning about different technologies to incorporate in my teaching. Fairfax County Public Schools as well as many schools across the nation start the school year with distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will for sure be a year to remember and I am looking forward to taking on this Learning Technologies in Schools journey!




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  1. DawnSeptember 1, 2020 at 1:07 PM

    Welcome to the 2nd part of your journey, Jordyn! "Having a passion for teaching and integrating technology into the every day routines of your classroom" perfectly describes you! I love that you incorporated Gerry Brooks into your post. This video accurately conveys and enhances the message that there's a lot of uncertainty in these next few months. As you have learned in previous courses, the purpose of design is to address problems of practice, and is particularly good for solving "messy" problems. Another purpose for using a designer's lens is to determine if the problem of practice can be solved by a design lens. This is something to consider as we compare online learning with "covid" learning.

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