This weekend I was not in Victoria. Because it was Thanksgiving, this post is going to be a bit different than the others. Sadly, I didn’t have Jude around this week to evaluate my cooking on the “JUDE” scale. In this cooking endeavour, I was more of a sous-chef. Every year my Dad is very […]
Read more "Stuffing"This week we covered accessibility in the classroom and how to make every students learning experience as similar as possible. In this class, we specifically talked about accessibility tech and how to make our own online teaching material available to more than just able body students. After the lecture, we looked at a software called […]
Read more "Topic 6 – Assistive Technology and Equity"This week I learned how to cook a Turkey burger. I used multiple websites for inspiration and to ballpark what ingredients I may have needed. Sadly, I forgot to grab some seasoning when I visited the grocery store. So, today we had to settle for taco seasoning. This surprisingly worked out quite well with the […]
Read more "Turkey Burger"This week we covered the process that goes into using a 3D printer and how to make 3D creations of our own. Both 3D designs and 3D printing have endless possibilities to be utilized in the classroom. If there’s a little creativity involved, I can’t think of a subject this can’t be incorporated into. Regardless […]
Read more "Topic 5 – 3D Printing and Design"For my “Free Inquiry” assignment, I wanted to make sure I chose a topic that would not only be beneficial to me while learning it, but beneficial to me after the assignment is completed as well. After humouring multiple ideas, I officially landed on cooking. Cooking is an area I have struggled in my whole […]
Read more "Cooking! – Introducing my Free Inquiry topic"This week we covered generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications in the classroom. From both a student and teacher perspective, we discussed the pros and cons of AI use in various learning environments. Majority of this topic consisted of the do’s and don’ts regarding AI and where the line should be drawn in an […]
Read more "Topic 4 – Generative AI"I have not yet had my meeting regarding my free inquiry topic. I am currently deciding whether I want to pursue long-distance running or cooking. With long-distance running, I would be documenting my experiences and exploring different apps and websites to learn and track my progress. If I were to choose cooking, I would be […]
Read more "Free Inquiry Blog Post #1"In class this past Friday, we covered H5P and other tools for multimedia learning. H5P is a tool that allows a content creator (in this case an educator) to make a video interactive via pop-up quizzes, fill-in-the-blanks, word searches, etc. These interactive add-ons can bring more value to online learning and information retention. Do I […]
Read more "Weekly Reflection Post #2 (HP5 Tutorial)"This week we watched “Most Likely to Succeed,” a documentary highlighting the pros and cons of both the traditional school system and a more modern student-led approach. This film does well to address the fact that our conventional education system is very old and has not seen a serious renovation in a long time. With […]
Read more "Topic 2 – Learning Design (“Most Likely to Succeed” Reflection)"Before proceeding with this first blog post, we expect you to consider your privacy preferences carefully and that you have considered the following options: Do you want to be online vs. offline? Do you want to use your name (or part thereof) vs. a pseudonym (e.g., West Coast Teacher)? Do you want to have your […]
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