{"id":116,"date":"2025-03-02T03:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T03:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k3teacher.com\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2025-03-02T03:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T03:45:06","slug":"teaching-for-understanding-with-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k3teacher.com\/?page_id=116","title":{"rendered":"Teaching For Understanding With Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <em>Teaching for Understanding with Technology<\/em> course at Michigan State University provided a wealth of strategies for lesson design. I found it especially rewarding to use educational technology in unconventional ways, such as creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1Kdpk5P526Lq8oNFt5O1z-ATBGUYESJYcJhYMf1MT414\/edit?usp\/copy\">drag-and-drop assignment for emergent learners<\/a> using Google Slides. 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