*This post has been written as part of my journey as a Ph.D student through University of Regina. Ed tech…. ed tech skills… ed tech tips and tricks… ed tech capacity… ed tech meme… ed tech chat… when I type ed tech into the search bar of my blog it literally brings back over 100 […]
The Role of Administrators in Ed Tech Integration
On Mondays I share a different ed tech quote on our Thompson Classroom social media pages for our staff to consider. With this week playing host to our divisional admin council meeting I wanted to focus on a quote geared towards school and divisional leaders. The following is a repost of a 2017 post entitled, The Role […]
House of Ed Tech – Episode 207
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of chatting with Chris Nesi from the House of Ed Tech podcast. If you’ve been a follower of this blog for a while you know that Chris’ podcast has been a part of my accessible PD plan for a number of years and his work appeared as part […]
Critical Reviews of Selected Technology Integration Models
Introduction Educators are ill-equipped to analyze educational technology to determine suitability for their programming. The Covid-19 pandemic, and its resulting influence on educational programming, has accelerated the rate at which educators integrate digital tools into their programming (Nantais, M. et al., 2021, p. 34) but Latchem (2013, p. 384) warns that, “educators need to resist […]
Ed Tech Talk Overview
Last week I shared out the advertising for the ManACE Ed Tech Talk event. It turns out that the arrival of Manitoba winter was the perfect factor for our event as we had a great turn-out this evening (where else could they go!?). This informal professional development session saw participation from across the province including […]
Ed Tech Talk with ManACE
Next week the Manitoba Association for Computing Educators (ManACE) will be hosting a virtual event: Ed Tech Talk. This informal professional development session is being organized as a facilitated conversation inviting educators, and educational stakeholders, to share their thoughts on educational technology. The event will take place via Google Meet and was specifically chosen for […]
Interpretivism: The Ed Tech Coaches’ Playbook
*This post has been written as part of my journey as a Ph.D student through University of Regina In our discussion of research paradigms, interpretivism operates on the foundation that sociology needs to be approached differently than the positivist objective stance taken by natural science branches. Crotty (1998) shares that the interpretivism epistemology is one […]
#TechTipTuesday – Ed Tech in MVSD
Every Tuesday I share a Tech Tip on our social media pages to assist our staff in their use of technology as it relates to their role. When I moved into this position I noticed that there were reoccurring concerns from administrators and teachers from many of our schools: families were unfamiliar with a variety of technology-related […]
Supporting Ed Tech – Check Your Mail!
Today felt somewhat like Christmas at my office as I was busy packaging up different ed tech resources to be sent out to schools via our divisional mail system. I am always on the look out for different ways to build in ed tech PD and tech integration and for the past few weeks I […]
Strengthening the Ed Tech Capacity of the Community
If you are a social media user you are probably familiar with the Throwback Thursday trend where users participate by sharing a memory (recent or distant). I was reminded on my ICT social media accounts that this time last year was the kick-off to our community outreach program (see Instagram post below): When I entered […]