It was truly a pleasure getting to learn more about assistive technology during that week’s presentation from Kalyn, Megan, Leigh, and Jenny. After listening to their presentation, it made me realize that some of the everyday tools we use in the classroom can be classified as assistive technology. I definitely agree with the presenters when … Continue reading Experience with Assistive Technology
It was a rewarding experience collaborating with Dalton and Matt on our assessment technology presentation. As the three of us teach in a 1:1 environment with Regina Catholic, it was a positive experience to work with people that are very like-minded and use a variety of educational tools in their classroom. There are so many … Continue reading Assessment Presentation and Formative Review
It’s quite amazing how much has changed in regards to education and technology over the course of my life. When reflecting on my personal experience in the K-12 school system in Regina, technology had a really minor effect on what my teachers did in the classroom. Outside of playing a few computer games or typing … Continue reading The Impact of Web 3.0 on Education
As I have mentioned a few times in this course, I am very fortunate to be part of the connected educator program with Regina Catholic Schools. This great opportunity allows my students to have their own personalized laptop for the entire school year. So how does this relate to the blog prompt? Well, with the … Continue reading Tech Tools for the Classroom and Online Learning
As I took some time this week to watch the video about the internet and multi-tasking, I couldn’t help but notice how many times I was distracted in just over four minutes. During this video, I popped open my school email to see if anything has come through, checked the blog prompt on the Google … Continue reading The Internet: Productive or Distractive
Postman wrote: “…We now know that “Sesame Street” encourages children to love school only if school is like “Sesame Street.” As we know now, Sesame Street definitely undermined the traditional schooling methods that dominated the educational landscape for many years. When reflecting on this idea, I can’t help but to think this was a good … Continue reading AV Technology in the Classroom
I really enjoyed last Tuesday’s class when we got to throw it back and engage in some of the traditional educational technology tools and games that were used in the classroom. I have fond memories of playing the Hot Dog Stand game on the desktop computer in my grade 7 classroom. You knew you were … Continue reading Chrome Extensions for the Classroom
What is learning anyway? As Schuell explains (Interpreted by Schunk, 1991), “Learning is an enduring change in behaviour, or in the capacity to behave in a given fashion, which results from practice or other forms of experience.” To define learning in a sentence or two is a very tricky task that people much smarter than … Continue reading Learning Theories in the Classroom
As I reflect on my understanding of educational technology, I can’t help to think about how much my knowledge and teaching practices have changed over the past five years. Over the course of the past five years, I have been blessed to teach with Regina Catholic School Division. Not only have I worked with some … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Educational Technology
I can’t believe we’ve already reached the end of this semester. It wasn’t so long ago that I was preparing for the first debate against Nancy and Amanda. Reflecting on this semester, there were so many things that I learned over the past 6 weeks. Turns out, there are very few simple answers when addressing … Continue reading Summary of Learning
