Author: cnorman14

This has been a great learning experience! It was tough to sum up my learning in 6 minutes. The one thing I will take away from this class was how great my classmates were. Seriously because of you guys my teaching changed. The amount of resources you shared and willingness to answer questions whether throughContinue reading “The One Where He Hopes His Mark is as High as What the Delorean Needs for Time Travel!”

PIVOT! Did you ever see the Friends episode where they tried to move a couch up the stairs to their apartment? Here is a quick clip. How does this iconic sitcom moment relate to my online course you ask? Well I pivoted a lot this semester in my thinking. And ended up getting stuck aContinue reading “PIVOT! The One Where They Tried to Move a Couch/Online Prototype”

You might be wondering how Hawkins Cheezies in freezers and online collaboration go together. And that is a valid question. As I contemplated this week’s blog prompt about how are students going to interact on our online course prototypes I reflected on my own interactions and collaborations. At first I thought to myself, “I don’tContinue reading “The One Where He Put Hawkins Cheezies in the Freezer”

So I always struggled with giving good feedback to students regardless if it was face to face or as we are encountering now remotely. This thought is what will guide my blog post this week. I quickly realized after a few google searches and Dr. John Archer library queries is that it is a prettyContinue reading “The one where the teacher gave feedback like Blockbuster video instead of Netflix (Don’t be a Blockbuster)”

Accepting feedback can be awkward at times for a variety of reasons. Maybe you don’t want to accept the truth or maybe you don’t agree with the feedback. I don’t know why or what the deal was but I felt very comfortable in accepting feedback in our breakout room on Tuesday night. I was luckyContinue reading “The One Where They Were on a Break(out) room”

Edpuzzle had me puzzled! At first glance just by the name I associated it with puzzle maker, a website used to create various puzzles for your classes. For some reason I decided to click on the link anyways and boy am I glad I did. This is the best decision I made since the timeContinue reading “The One Where the Students Couldn’t Fast Forward the Assigned Video”

The One Where the Students Asked Really Good Questions Course Profile: Grade 8 Power and Authority: The impact of citizens’ willingness and ability to actively engage in the Canadian political processes.  Target Student Population: Grade 8 students ranging in age from 12-14 years old.  Course Format: This course will be an inquiry based blended learningContinue reading “Course Profile: The One Where the Students Asked Really Good Questions”

I used to think I was tech savvy in my teaching because I always had the computers signed out, I even went paperless one year (when Edmodo was still a thing). But as I look back at those classes and all that “tech time” I have to ask myself, “was I using the technology toContinue reading “The One Where the Computers Were Always Booked Out”

Hi folks! Thanks for taking the time out of your day to check out my first ever blog post! If you would have asked me a couple years ago if I would be going back to university or accepting an administration role or even creating a blog post I would have said you were crazyContinue reading “Never Too Late To Learn”