Week 10 Reflection – Issues of Inclusion and Access regarding technology

This week we listened to guest speakers Tracey Humphreys and Kaori Lau talk about BCEdAccess and how we can use technology in the classroom to be more inclusive. Their website is linked here, and it includes important information for educators. One resource that stands out to me in particular is the exclusion tracker, wherein individuals […]

Week 9 Reflection – Curation Podcast & Ed Camp

This week I’ve tried something a little different. I took the following word document with my notes on this weeks lecture component…. And experimented with NotebookLM to create a podcast! Because the podcast is 6 minutes long, I thought it might be wise to share it via YouTube. To do this I created a YouTube […]

Week 8 Reflection – Multimedia & Learning Design

This week we talked about how we can use multimedia strategies to support learning. This idea is rooted in the psychology concept of the “Dual-Code” theory, which states that information is encoded more effectively when it is received both auditorily and visually. I can definitely say I’ve experienced this first-hand when watching TV. Although English […]

Week 7 Reflection – PSII

Jeff Hopkins is the creator of The Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry (PSII) here in Victoria. He created this school in response to frustration with the standard Western school system. The foundation of this new school is to encourage all students to be in Vygotsky’s “zone of proximal development.” This is the zone between […]

Week 2 Reflection – High Tech High

“Most Likely to Succeed” is a documentary about an inquiry-based alternative high school in San Diego called “High Tech High.” Watch the trailer below to get an idea of what the documentary is about: In the documentary, the origins and structure of the Westernised schooling system are called into question. The last time the Western […]

Ed Tech Tutorial 1 – Minecraft Education

STEM subjects can sometimes be hard to gamify, so naturally I chose to do this Minecraft tutorial. I wasn’t a Minecraft kid, so this was all new to me, but I found the experience relatively easy, fun, and enriching. To do this, I downloaded Minecraft Education, followed the “Minecraft Ed 101” tutorial, and away I […]

Ed Tech Tutorial 3 – Canva Layout & Design

Biology (one of my teachable subjects) is a highly visual science. Posters and brochures are commons tools that can be used in biology class. I have used Canva quite a bit in the past due to my interests in scrapbooking, photo collaging, and digital design. General guidelines for making Canva Designs: Here is the poster […]

EdTech Tutorial 2 – Video Editing with iMovie

I went a bit meta with this tech tutorial. I decided to document my progress through the tutorial using time-lapses and screencasts, which I then used to create an iMovie to show my learning. The reason I chose this tutorial is because I am the appointed editor for the Forest Frontiers. I have been experimenting […]

Week 4 Reflection – Planning for Curiosity

I really enjoyed lecture this week, and while it was a bit overwhelming at times, I really wanted to absorb everything. The reason I found this lecture a bit overwhelming was because while Trevor runs his class in an inspirational way, and is something to aspire to down the line, it’s not realistically attainable at […]

Week 3 Reflection – Technology and Empowering Educators

In this week’s lecture, guest lecturer Jesse Miller talked to us about technology and how it can empower educators. The main idea of this lecture was that technology isn’t going anywhere, so instead of resistance and restriction, we need to be adaptable and educate ourselves about technology and the internet. He explained this from the […]