I am a Productivity Ninja
I am a productivity ninja. No, really! I am. I am a workshop trainer for a company called Think Productive . The workshops are based on a book by the company founder, Graham Allcott called “How to Be a Productivity Ni…
Let me edutain you.
Congratulations to my classmates Kaleigh, Lisa, Tammy and Tarina for presenting the first session. I thought you did a very thorough job of sharing the history and use of AV (audio visual) aids in the classroom. The blog prompt for thi…
Google Chrome Extensions
My knowledge of most of the tech tools I use have come from a dedicated Youtuber, Steve Dotto. If you are not familiar with Steve Dotto, he is a passionate tech advocate who used to have a tv show called “Dotto Tech” back in the early 2000’s. I…
Learning to Drive – the Theories of Knowledge Applied
Learning Theories and Driving A CarI am taking a different slant on this week’s blog prompt since I don’t teach in a traditional K-12 classroom like most of our class.Instead, I want to apply the learning theories to a new teaching opportunity I …
Education Technology
Thought I would experiment with vlogging this week. I was inspired by a tweet from Shelby:6 takes later, here is my effort for this week:
ECI 830 Summary of Learning
Here is my Summary of Learning:Each course I try to use a different video editing technique to expand my knowledge. For this video I used Canva to design my slides, and then recorded my video within Powerpoint. This is also the first t…
Debate #7: Educators have a responsibility to use tech and social media to promote social justice
I don’t envy the two teams who debated this topic for our class tonight, it is a complex question that I think would have been very difficult to prepare for.Educators have a responsibility to use tech and social media to promote social justiceAlmost ev…
Debate #6: Openness and Sharing in schools is unfair to our kids
Our debate topic for this session was focused on openness and sharing in schools. The two teams were Altan and Melinda (FOR) and Sherrie and Dean (AGAINST)Altan and Melinda prepared a compelling…
Debate #5: Should cell phones be banned in the classroom?
I was really disappointed to have missed our last debate due to my work. The topic was whether or not cellphones should be banned in the classroom. I watched the class recording – and clearly I missed out on was the opportunity to participa…
Debate #4: Is Social Media Runing Childhood?
I was really looking forward to this debate, as I knew it would be a HOT topic. Tonight it was Laurie & Christina vs. Amy & Dean arguing for and against, and it did not dissapoint.I was happy to be a part of Amy and Dean’s video to s…
