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Today’s Ed Tech topic was how we can use ed tech to support our diverse students learning needs. Our classrooms in 2023 (and beyond) in Canada have youth from all kinds of backgrounds, abilities, and challenges. Some students are immigrants… Continue Reading →
This week’s challenge was to consider how to add music to the lyrics I have written for the first draft of the first song I have written (possibly the only song, we will see how this inquiry goes!). I thought… Continue Reading →
This week’s topic in ed tech was online learning, both the pros of it, and the cons. Online learning methods are generally grouped into two categories: synchronous, and asynchronous. Synchronous means that the class delivery follows a set schedule, much… Continue Reading →
This week’s seminar was a survey about online image and graphic creation. I have dabbled in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator (see below for a graphic I made about chemistry in Illustrator), but have found both of these programs to… Continue Reading →
This week’s focus is to put what I have learned and brainstormed into practice and begin writing some lyrics. I only managed to put together one song, but I think it encapsulates everything I hoped it would be. At first… Continue Reading →
Based on the research I started in the previous week, I feel confident starting the actual writing process with the lyrics. I feel least comfortable with the lyrical piece, and starting outside of your comfort zone is one of the… Continue Reading →
This week’s educational technology seminar content piece was about the use of interactive media to teach lessons or concepts in all subjects. Specifically, we touched on ScreenCastify (and other screen recording software) and H5P. Using media that students can interact… Continue Reading →
The biggest question in my mind when learning any new subject, skill, or technique, is always how do I start, and then where do I go from there? So it seemed to me that the logical place to begin with… Continue Reading →
The topic that stuck out to me the most in class today was considering novel ways to facilitate meaningful conversations amongst our students, and between teacher and student. A resource that we were directed to was called liberating structures. Liberating… Continue Reading →
Part of the topic this week was on privacy laws in this digital age, specifically FIPPA which pertains to Canadians. Digital privacy is not unfamiliar to me, as I was born in 2000 and grew up with the internet, but… Continue Reading →