Ahhh I made it! We made it! I learned way too much as this LOOOONG video demonstrates. Thank-you to everyone for your amazing presentations. Lisa, Tammy, Caleigh & Tarina– Thank-you for showing us the history of audiovisual technology and reminding us of the importance that our students should also have the opportunity to develop andContinue reading “Final Reflection”
Once again, a huge shout out to last week’s group Megan, Leigh, Kalyn, and Jenny. Assistive tech is a huge topic and you all did a great job summarizing some important points. Something that stuck out to me from the presentation was the concise easy to understand video ofContinue reading “Assistive Tech with the SAMR Model”
Another big shout out to Matt, Trevor, and Dalton for last week’s funny well-done presentation. Shocking, I know, but I had not used or even seen any of the assessment tools before. They all seemed great and I was excited to try them out. Quizzizz Teacher’s Perspective Super easy to use (especially if you haveContinue reading “Assessing the Assessment Tools”
This week for my blog post, I chose to go with the second option and watch Netflix’s, The Social Dilemma. More and more I appreciate that this class is always trying to show both sides to using technology, the positives, and the negatives. This is not what I expectedContinue reading “We’re Not Puppets”
I saw a quote during our emergency response learning that said, something like “You know who are amazing, teachers. We asked them to change everything and move online and they just did it.” This statement makes me proud. I think teachers are generally quite flexible. Many of us are excellent planners but we also knowContinue reading “Where There is A Will There is A Way”
I think last week’s group, Allison, Daina, Joceyln, and Shelby, did a phenomenal job on their presentation. I appreciated having the exposure to so many different presentation tools. I want to thank Dean for sharing that he used to have a mullet because it led me down the following rabbit hole. I thought about howContinue reading “My 90s’ Mullet Presentation Tools”
I can’t imagine trying to be the only source of information for my students. Youtube is my teaching partner, Google is my librarian, the projector and speakers are my crew. Youtube has my back and reinforces the lesson from a different perspective. Xe (Youtube is non-gendered) grabs and holds my students’ attention, often with music,Continue reading “Youtube “Has my Back,” Google is my Librarian, and Projector & Speakers are My Crew”
Seriously?! It seems this class has a language where most are fluent except for myself! I did know the term ‘extension’ before this class. I learned it April 2020, when we went online! Previous to that, I had some students who used Google read/write. Then the pandemic hit and I wanted to be able toContinue reading “What’s an Ex-ten-sion?”
I think as teachers we are influenced by many teaching philosophies. Whenever, I praise students verbally for doing what was asked, I am demonstrating a behaviourist theory as I am reinforcing a desired behaviour. Many standardized tests we administer are trying to measure whether a desired outcome was achieved. When we think about our lessonContinue reading “Teaching Philosophies”
Educational Technology seems otherworldly and overwhelming in its possibilities. To me, educational technology means using various tools to diversify the way we, as teachers, present information and or engage students in our curricular topics. It is also a means for students to creatively demonstrate their knowledge and hopefully share with one another. I knowContinue reading “Google Classroom is Causing me Anxiety”
