We did an EdCamp again today, but instead of sticky notes and stickers for voting the ‘seminars’ we used Mural. It was a little hard to navigate on the iPad, so I probably should have just jumped on a computer, but for the most part we simply voted on topics, …
Today we looked at Google Earth as an educational tech source. It would probably be incredibly useful for other courses as well, but my first thought was that I would love to use Google Earth in a French language learning classroom to look at other French speaking regions as an …
Tracy Humphreys joined the class via zoom today! She represents BCEdAccess, a society of volunteer-run organization serving families of students with disabilities working toward equitable access to education. Tracy hears from parents about how their children are being denied access to technology that could be extremely helpful in supporting their …
I had just been given a copy of Trevor MacKenzie’s Inquiry Mindset Assessment Edition: Scaffolding a Partnership for Equity and Agency for Learning when we found out he was definitely zooming into class for a day. COOL! Having read a few chapters since, it was great to hear some of …
Jeff Hopkins from Pacific School for Innovation and Inquiry visited today! It was really great to hear about his journey to radically change learning environments for students, and to pick his brain about his format. PSII basically started when the gap between Jeff’s knowing how humans develop and learn best …
Given that most of our schools had some sort of online learning last year during the pandemic, it’s not a bad idea to have something in the back pocket if we need to do online again. Distance education (correspondence, radio, television, CD-ROM, internet/online) may in fact become more widely available …
I had a moment to be incredibly thankful for technology this week. Writing a research paper with both the UVic Libraries online resources and Google search bar on hand was … so much faster. As much as I love roaming the library and picking up random books, technology has cut …
So I played around with a WordPress plugin for the first time … and it was kind of cool. I’ve never really thought I’d be the one creating my own content since, hey, there’s a lot of great stuff out there, but trying different technological tools in an educational setting …
Needless to say, I am not a graphic designer, or even much of a drawer. So this class was interesting! Without having a vision or much motivation to experiment, my powerpoint creation was just plain weird. BUT! The rest of the class had a blast. They were super creative, using …
Cette semaine nous avons examiné les lois du copyright (les droits d’auteur) et comment on travaille à l’intérieur de ces paramètres. Il y a aussi beaucoup de ressources très utiles qui sont ouvertes et gratuites, les ressources éducatives libres d’accès. Mais il faut savoir où les trouver et comment les …