Kirsten Butcher

Multimedia researcher, education professor, technology designer and developer, UX specialist. My views are my own.

[Kirsten Butcher @profbutcher]

Thank you for a great #UTEdChat, @MsKelCan!

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A6. Pick something new (and hard . . . maybe scary!) to learn every year. It helps me empathize with my own learners. Feeling nervous and frustrated is part of growing! #UTEdChat

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A6. Sometimes do nothing. We always feel pressure to be constantly productive and taking care of others. Find time to do nothing sometimes. #UTEdChat

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A5. Create their own creative materials to teach peers. Instructional comics are a nice option. (Lots of apps and online tools for that. I like https://t.co/FOVXPw3CjO). #UTEdChat

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@KaceeWeaver801 @MissAshley42 @MsKelCan I use color-coded Google calendars for all my scheduled events so I can easily see what's coming up and how I spend my time! Color is underrated as a visual cue! #UTEdChat

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A4. Creating organized folder structures and meaningful file names (with version numbers) so it is easy to find your work. #UTEdChat

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@pamturley55 @TeacherWinters I've only been using Google calendar for a decade and never knew about this. #Facepalm #UTEdChat

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@MsKelCan Most of my class slides, technology how-to guides, teacher workshop instruction . . . usually I'm making annotated visuals for guidance or reflection. #UTEdChat

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A2. I love SnagIt (TechSmith screen capture and recording tool). Once you get the hang of it, you can make really good visual instruction and step-by-step guides in a snap! #UTEdChat

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@edtechbyte @anderbrooke I like to go deep with multiple choice assessments (where answer options reflect different types/levels of reasoning or explanation). But if you combine T/F questions to create chains of reasoning, I think you could do it too! #UtEdChat

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A1. I am a big believer in the power of feedback for learning, so I try to test for foundational knowledge using low-stakes Canvas quizzes. Then I focus my grading on rich, conceptual feedback. But I still fall behind easily. #UTEdChat

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A2. I've been upping my instructional video game since the pandemic started. Been learning a lot about how to make videos more quickly, as well as making them modular and reusable! #UTEdChat

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@anderbrooke Totally. I think assessments are an underrated method to support interactive learning. When testing is low-stakes, students can engage in a lot more thinking and reflection! #UTEdChat

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Kirsten Butcher - professor in the @IDETProgram at the University of Utah. Over 2 decades in education. (Am I that old?!) Favorite time wasters = Wordle, Quordle, and Waffle! (Word game galore!) #UTEdChat

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A4. I feel like there is much more awareness of trying to disengage these days. Outlook in Office 365 tells me (constantly) to "consider sending this email during working hours" because I'm doing after-hours catchup. But . . . who has time for that?! #UTEdChat

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A4. I think my digital wellness definitely regressed during the pandemic quarantine year. I pretty much LIVED online that year (and I have the hundreds of instructional videos I recorded to prove it). Not sure I've re-emerged from that digital tsunami. #UTEdChat

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@BraxtonThornley I love the idea of aging batteries as a method for setting screen limits. Can't cheat that way! #UTEdChat

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@BraxtonThornley Right? And there is a real cost to attention switching. We can get faster at it, but it's still going to be less effective than focused attention. There is no such thing as true multitasking. #UTEdChat

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@SydneyKowalski3 Agreed, Sydney. Technology is a part of our lives, for good or bad. Maybe our biggest focus needs to be on instilling mindfulness into how, when, and why we use technology (and recognizing when it is not serving us well). #UTEdChat

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If you are a pre-service teacher from my class who logged on at 9pm for #UTEdChat ... they changed the time this year! It was at 8pm! But you can still scroll back through tonight's questions from the amazing @DaniKSloan and answer them!