This is the category to apply to your Weekly Reflection posts from the course.
Digital Privacy I found that the act of googling ourselves was interesting. I’ve never googled Uvic after my own name before and it definitely narrowed down the results and I found a lot more than I knew was out there. I found programs for performances I did in High School, and articles I wrote for…
Ed Tech Camps The group I was in for Fridays Ed Tech conversations was focused on developing student skills. We chatted about literacy rates, bringing back presentations, and about teaching social skills. I think this relates back to a lot of what we are talking about in some of our other classes, including “psychology of…
Gaming in Education I think gaming can be very useful in education with the caveat that it has to be used right. When scaffolded properly, games can be used as a tool in a variety of subject areas. The students need to know why they are using it though. I think a great example of…
This week I went on the field trip to PSII and I really enjoyed getting to see the space. I could actually see myself working there and love the way they structure learning. It seems like they really are following the inquiry-based model in a way that other schools that say they are aren’t. I…
TWIG + Clickview For the Pro-D seminars I went to “Introducing TWIG + ClickView 6-9 [#1]” hosted by Mike Silverton. Clickview is a site that has a curated collection of educational/instructional videos. They also now house the TWIG science and math content. I spent some time exploring the site at the end of the session…
Google Classroom I have seen Google classroom be used during my time at link2practice at parkland school, and after playing around with it I think it could be a really good tool. One specific application idea that I really like for it is the ability to post discussion questions and have class time for students…
Issues with GenAI With things changes so frequently with the technologies we have available I imagine my opinion on all this may also be in flux. Right now I have been thinking a lot about the ways we can frame our assignments so that learning is still happening in a world with AI. I have…
Video & Audio Editing as a tool for Education My subject areas are English and Drama, and in my time in Secondary School I definitely came across some assignments that used video as a medium. I think it could be a great tool in the curriculum for either of those areas (and others). Students could…
Changes in Education and Possible Conflicts After the discussions we had on Zoom on January 16th, I began to think about the changing landscape of education and the obstacles we face while trying to implement those changes. Something that came up a lot through discussion in class and in my own thoughts was the element…