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[…]
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I found another mob spawner, so I started by carving out a bigger room for them. Then, I got bored with that and I cracked and turned on coordinates. I’m not too sure how much help this will be but I’ve been looking into how to more reliably get materials in the game and knowing Read more about I found a skeleton spawner![…]
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[…]
I think I have been doing this wrong this whole time! I know it has only been a couple weeks but starting my Minecraft sessions by watching some tutorials and planning out what I want to do has resulted in a much better experience. Not that my goals have been very extreme but I have Read more about Things actually worked out![…]
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[…]
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[…]
Every time I start playing this game I sit down, and I think “Okay, what am I doing again?”. Maybe if I were playing on a more regular basis it would be easier to progress and look up more information that would help my game play, but time is a hot commodity for me during Read more about Exploring and gettin’ lost[…]
Blog Post #3 Starting this yesterday I have switched from using a written exercise plan (I was using one from the concept 2 website, which was great but got a bit repetitive) to watching videos and following along. I am typically able to get on the rowing machine three times a week and I’m Read more about Third workout blog[…]
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[…]