category EdTech Reflections
Something I’ve been grappling with since Teacher Education started has been to amass and organize all of the resources I can access for teaching. For my master’s degree in history, I was also juggling keeping track of my resources and… Continue Reading →
Tracy Humphreys, founder and chair of BC Ed Access, spoke with us about technology and inclusion in BC classrooms and the work her volunteer organization does to advocate for families of students with disabilities. The most common things Tracy hears… Continue Reading →
We were lucky to have Trevor Mackenzie talk with us about using the Inquiry approach in a public school setting. This was great to experience since inquiry comes up in almost every one of our classes and one of the… Continue Reading →
On the same thread as the last post I did thinking about how, when, and why teachers use technology in the classroom, it is important to think about distributed or blended learning. The recent Covid-19 pandemic taught us that there… Continue Reading →
As someone who went through k-12 schooling amid an emerging and then rapidly changing technologies in the classroom, I find the questions of How, When, and Why use technology in classrooms a very interesting one. I went from classrooms with… Continue Reading →
The Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry (PSII) was founded by Jeff Hopkins because he felt that the what he was seeing and experiencing in public schools wasn’t lining up with what research tells us about teaching and learning. Jeff… Continue Reading →
I have never attempted to make or edit a movie before in my life. There was something about all the moving parts that deterred me from ever trying, despite always having iMovie on my computer. Last week in class, I… Continue Reading →
Ahh, Powerpoint, my old, reliable friend. I use you for the basics: making presentations with text and occasionally a cool image. I have dabbled with the timing and transition graphics, but I never knew what you were truly capable of…. Continue Reading →
This week we had a guest speak to us about technology in the classroom. The main discussion point was Digital Literacy for both students and teachers. Schools have changed since I was a high school student. Now phones, computers, and… Continue Reading →
This week we explored the perilous world of copyright. We discussed how an awareness of copyright was crucial when searching for resources to use in our classrooms. One great option I already knew about is to use copyrighted material through… Continue Reading →