Final Class reflection For our last class we discussed games in education and did a bit of a wrap up for the course. I was especially interested in the topic today because it ties in so closely to my free inquiry. I was actually inspired to play Minecraft for my inquiry because it Read more about EDCI 336 Final Class[…]
This week in class we talked about blended, online, and multi-access learning environments. Last March when classes went online I was very concerned about being able to maintain focus in a distance education environment. I have been in a distance ed situation before and was extremely frustrated by it the first time, but I am Read more about Week 11: Distributed Learning Discussion Blog Post[…]
In class we had a guest speaker, Chantelle, from BC Ed Access. This is a volunteer run organization that helps students with disabilities and their families navigate the BC school system and advocate for equity in BC classrooms. After Chantelle did her presentation the class went into breakout rooms with some questions/prompts to guide Read more about Class reflection for Nov 16th[…]
It’s reading week! No classes Monday-Wednesday this week, so we don’t have a ECDI 336 class to reflect on this week. However, I spent last weekend doing a 24 hour charity event that I streamed so I thought I would reflect on the digital resources I used for that. Myself and six others Read more about It’s Reading Week!![…]
This class we spent some time in groups exploring different resources for bringing coding into the classroom. I liked the mix of lecture and group activity used today as it gave me information and then time to try out different apps or services. I started off in a group looking at codemonkey, which is a Read more about Class reflection[…]
For this week’s class, a large amount of class time was spent in discussion groups. The groups were created using topic suggestions from students and then a vote to see which 5 subjects had the most interest. We were encouraged to change rooms and get involved in the conversation which was a bit awkward because Read more about Seventh week reflection[…]
Part of our to-do list for class this week was to watch some videos taken at the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry (PSII). I was really interested in hearing about a school in Victoria that focused on inquiry based learning and teaching critical thinking. Hearing Jeff Hopkins talk about the way that students interact Read more about Sixth Week Class Reflection[…]
Fifth week reflection and Minecraft update There was no class in week five because of the long weekend so I took this time to start exploring some streaming software. I have been involved with the charity Extra Life for the past few years by helping my partner set up their in the person event. Read more about Fifth week reflection and Minecraft update[…]
This week I decided to look into using Trello. We had talked about this app in class and I was intrigued because I am always looking at ways to schedule myself or groups more efficiently. At first Trello looked like Padlet, which I was using frequently in the summer for work. I used Padlet to Read more about Fourth Week Reflection[…]
This week we took a break from a typical class and had guest speaker Jesse Miller join us. Their presentation was about social media in education, and safety concerts around that. Miller was also speaking to broader digital identity, rights, and literacy among students and school staff members. It was a great presentation partially because Read more about Third week reflection[…]