I love this visual resource as it gives one insight into the different challenges teacher candidates are faced with, and how they overcome these challenges to empower themselves and also meet the educational needs of their students. Through this visual resource,  I was able to see how technology was be used in a joyful and meaningful way to help…[Read more]

In reading the Equitable CITE Pedagogy, the first thing that stood out for me was the first two goals which states empower learners and communities and promote joyful, meaningful learning. As an educator I strongly believe that the best way to help students understand and embrace education is to empower them in a fun engaging but meaningful…[Read more]

This was my first time using Canva. I enjoyed working with this tool as it allowed me to use images both from the tool and also google clipart. Something new I learned while using Canva was navigating the more button (…) for each individual image. This gave me the opportunity to center my images or even lock the background. I also learned how to i…[Read more]

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My name is Juanita Crafton and I am the director of the childcare center at MEC. I have been an educator for over 30 years in various capacities (teacher; education director; adjunct professor; director).

As an educator, I believe that education and how students are educated frequently evolves to reflect the social, cultural and economic changes…[Read more]

Hi, my name is Juanita Crafton and I am the director of the childcare center at Medgar Evers College. I use the pronouns she/her to describe myself.  At first, it took me a minute or two to navigate through Commons, but I got the hang of it. I like the fact that I can print out the slides as pdf files. This makes it easier for me to understand…[Read more]