This is the category to apply to your Weekly Reflection posts from the course.
Well this is it, this is the last post for this blog. As this course comes to an end I have been reflecting on how this blog has affected my life. I think the concept I chose to explore in my blog is really impactful for grounding my life. I think my life can get…
In this weeks zoom class we played around with the web format EDcamp. In this format, multiple people could post a thought or a question and then the whole class could have access to it. We then took the questions and complied them into categories in which we then got into small groups to discuss….
This week (Week 9) we had guest speaker Cari Wilson who spoke on AI technology implemented in schools. She brought up interesting points, such as the fact that all schools and educators will have to grapple with the fact that kids are exposed to technology and AI from a young age. This could either be…
In week 8 Education Technology class we had a guest speaker with Rich McCue who spoke on some of the technology tools we can use in the classroom to equip as better as teachers. This class was a lot of fun for me as it was a lot of experimenting with tools I haven’t previously used….
During week 5 of the education technology class, we presented our ideas for a group inquiry project to each other in our online zoom class. I found the array of topics that each group chose quite interesting as so many of them are topics us as future educators will have to grapple with and try…
This past Friday, I had the pleasure of visiting a technology and innovation high school in Victoria BC. Although I’m studying to be a an elementary teacher, visiting this high school gave me so much insight into the benefits that inquiry based education can have. In this school, kids were not formatted into neat boxes…
One of this week’s main concepts and the general overarching theme of this course is the concept of open education. Through the conference call with Valerie Irvine and Jessie Miller, I have gained more insight into how open education, or specifically Creative Commons, works and is an extremely beneficial resource for educational tools. Miller, who…
After watching Most Likely to Succeed, I was struck by how the future of education must change. In the past, education has often been a linear track to forming good employees who will go on to work the system of the assembly line or 9-5 style career. Yet, in an innovative technology school where the…
Before proceeding with this first blog post, we expect you to consider your privacy preferences carefully and that you have considered the following options: First tasks you might explore with your new blog: Do consider creating categories for each course that you take should you wish to document your learning (or from professional learning activities…