Below you can find my very first podcast! This was unexpectedly enjoyable — and a little difficult to get out everything I wanted to say in 7 minutes or less! Thanks for listening, and best of luck in the rest of your grad classes. And, to those who are finishing their degree… a huge congrats!!! … Continue reading “summary of learning!”
My experience with assistive technology early in my career was limited. This is for a couple of reasons: 1) when I started teaching there wasn’t the range of options available in terms of assistive technology, and 2) the culture surrounding learning disabilities was very different than it is now. In terms of number one, there … Continue reading “week 4: assistive technology”
When I started teaching I gave very little thought to my assessment practices. I gave exams and my students wrote papers, and occasionally I assigned a project of some sort. I DID lots of projects and creative things in class, but I evaluated the traditional tasks. That was just what you did. In hindsight, it … Continue reading “week 3, part 2: what’s my mark??”
In her article “Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0” (2014), Jackie Gerstein compares the different iterations of the web to the pedagogical practices of “Essentialism/Instructivism through Andragogy/ Constructivism towards Heutagogy/ Connectivism” ( p. 83). So if Web 1.0 is the dissemination of information, the education metaphor would imply that students are … Continue reading “week 3, part 1: education 1.0, 2.0, 3.0”
Until this class, the only experience I have had with online and blended learning was when we went online last March when the pandemic hit. So, prior to COVID I had never done any online learning or teaching at all. As remote teaching continued and I became more familiar with this style of teaching, the … Continue reading “week 2, part 2: remote teaching and Google, my best friend”
The video Raquel, Deidra, Allison, and Kelly shared this week could not have been a more accurate reflection of my technology habits. Similar to others, I’m sure, I currently have multiple tabs open, multiple windows running concurrently, and I have my school laptop, a Mac, my phone, and my iPad at my fingertips. They have … Continue reading “week 2, part 1: dwight, dogs, and productivity”
I remember in high school when I wanted to type an essay I had to go to the SRC room, where there was a computer. The SRC room was attached to the library, where I went to gather my resources. There I became a pro at navigating the card catalogue. The library, in turn, was … Continue reading “the beginning: a reflection on educational technology and pedagogy”
Hello! My name is Janeen Clark and I am a teacher in Regina, Saskatchewan. I teach at Balfour Collegiate and am part of the Balfour Arts Collective. A first time blogger, time compels me to focus on my writing, yet all I really want to do is play with the aesthetic of the page… alas, … Continue reading “About Me”
