It is only fitting that our last two debates were just as heated as the rest of them. I feel fortunate to have met all these passionate leaders in this class! I begin each section with my pre-debate thoughts. Next, I took the main points from the groups introductory video and rebuttal and formatted them … Continue reading The Final Face-off
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Change the Curriculum?
This week it was time for Sushmeet and me to debate! We spent almost two weeks preparing for the debate, but lots of our classmates wrote diverse arguments for both sides with perspectives that surpassed my limited lens and subjectivity. So, lets get started! Debate 3: Schools should no longer teach skills that can be … Continue reading Change the Curriculum?
Continue readingEC&I 834 – Course Walk-through
Well, it has been quite the experience building a blending classroom, and it feels so surreal to finally post a course walk through. It is really difficult to try and capture every major milestone that occurred in this process of … Continue reading
Continue readingEC&I 834 – Course Shell and Modules
My course shell and modules will be documented over a screen cast because not everyone will be able to access my course through Moodle privacy rights within my school division. So please watch the video below for my course shell, … Continue reading
Continue readingEC&I 834 – Course Interactions
This week in class we examined the importance of facilitating healthy interaction in a blended learning environment. One of these introductory facets of interactions is through ice breaker activities at the start of the course. As Drexel University Graduate College … Continue reading
Continue readingTime for TikTok – Update (Part 2)
In this post I am applying Dr. Mike Ribble’s 9 Elements of Digital Citizenship to my personal application of TikTok and Flipgrid in the classroom. To keep things organized for my final project I’m going to investigate the themes I feel most relatable to each platform separately. Even though they are both video based platforms, … Continue reading Time for TikTok – Update (Part 2)
Continue readingEC&I 834 – Intro to Padlet
In preparation for the post this week, I reflected on chapter 8 of Bates textbook that focuses on the pedagogical differences of media. Bates, emphasizes that reviewing your own epistemological position on teaching and learning is critical when embedding and … Continue reading
Continue readingTeaching to the Tech
Often I’ve heard that teachers will “teach to the test”. In a time where tests are being assessed for their validity and authenticity of student learning, I sometimes see technology being substituted as an “end point”. We teach technology because we feel like students “need” to know it. However, I feel that technology can be … Continue reading Teaching to the Tech
Continue readingTeachers Can Do “Virtually” Anything
My venture into online learning was sudden, as any teacher in 2020 can attest to. In March of 2020 all teachers and students in Saskatchewan were moved to an online model due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those first months went by rather uneventfully. Learning opportunities were limited to English Language Arts and Math for elementary … Continue reading Teachers Can Do “Virtually” Anything
Continue readingEC&I 834 – Blended Learning
The concept of blended learning is quite a complex task to define as even Wikipedia states that its context driven, and thus very hard to create a universal definition. Blending learning can take simple forms with the addition of Chromebooks … Continue reading
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