I’ve officially broken the 50th edition mark and am excited to be posting my Resources To Start Off Your Week post for the 51st time! This past week has been very busy as I began #ETMOOC, tuned into EduCon2.5, and began #edcmooc. This means that I have some new followers to my blog, hooray! As always, I will be adding these resources to my ongoing lists under the Fav Websites heading. 1 ) Seriously Amazing– This website, hosted by the Smithsonian, is an interactive and engaging way to explore various questions about interesting topics. For example, “Was Dr. … Read More
Connected Learning
This week’s topic for #ETMOOC has been Connected Learning: Tools/Processes/Pedagogy, which I think is perfect because our Internet for Educators class has also been discussing Connected Learning as well! For me Connected Learning definitely included my PLN, so I’ve created a “Visualization of my PLN” below. Connected Learning doesn’t just personally apply to me as a teacher, however, it also applies to my students and how we set up our classroom activities. I can honestly say that our classroom wouldn’t be the same if it wasn’t for technology and the ability to network with other people… Read More
#ETMOOC Lip Dub
One of the projects the participants of #ETMOOC are completing is a collaborative “Lip Dub” of a well known song! If you aren’t familiar with this type of project, here is an example that I LOVED! I can’t imagine how much work would have had to go into creating a live presentation like that! Since the participants of #ETMOOC are located all around the world, however, we will be creating a video comprised of several individual clips. The example that was shared with us was: This is actually a Lip Dub project organized by Dean Shareski… Read More
Piercey vs. Lunenberg County District School Board
The following is a presentation put together by myself and another education student from our, Educators & The Law course. It is not intended to be a stand-alone presentation and will be shared with our class during a lecture/discussion by the two of us. It includes:– Introduction of the Case– Terms of Reference (applicable to our case)– Legal Summary (what happened, court’s ruling)– Assessment of the Ruling (our opinion)– Implications (what this means for teacher’s in the field) * Slideshare changed the font so some of the formatting is a little wonky and the embed YouTube clip doesn’t… Read More
#ETMOOC Intro
It took some peer pressure but I have decided to take the plunge and participate in #ETMOOC, a massive open online course on Educational Technology & Media. Here is the description provided on the course webpage, #etmooc is a ‘Connectivist’ MOOC (‘cMOOC) this is designed around a few key principles: – The course is developed with a weak ‘centre’. While etmooc-org will provide a level of aggregation, detail, and dirction, the majority of interactions are likely to occur within groups & networks, facilitated through various online spaces… Read More
EduCon 2.5 Prep
At the start of January I posted about this years upcoming EduCon professional development conference, held in Philadelphia. Well now the countdown is on and with only a few days until it begins, I wanted to share some of my tips and tricks for attending EduCon virtually! First off, if you want to learn more about EduCon you can:– Visit their website– Follow them on Twitter– Read some of my previous posts! – EduCon 2.5 – EduCon 2.4 – My Thoughts on EduCon 2.4 Now I have only participated in EduCon once, so I am… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 50
Week 50! I am excited to have two great Resources To Start Off Your Week that I have found through my great PLN on Twitter! As always, I will be adding these to my lists of resources under the Fav Websites heading. 1 ) Blogging Prompts for Teacher Candidates– This collaborative Google Doc project features hundreds of writing prompts for teacher candidates (and any person in the education field).– Topics include issues related to ethical use of technology, pedagogy, ed tech & cognition, personal tech habits, tech tools, issues with access, future of education and more!– I will… Read More
Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
On Wednesday I had an opportunity to attend a presentation by Darren Kuropatwa and Andy McKiel on Digital Storytelling. Both of these guys are doing some amazing things in regards to ed tech and I was happy to finally meet both of them after following their work online. The entire session focused on digital storytelling as a way for our students to document and reflect on their learning. Not only were we introduced to some great ideas but we also were able to try them out for ourselves. This was the very first PD session I… Read More
Dean Shareski: The "Best Part" of the Internet
This Tuesday we had an opportunity to Skype with Dean Shareski from Discovery Education Canada to discuss technology in education. There are so many technological tools out there that can be utilized in the classroom like interactive whiteboards, personal devices, and apps. While these tools can offer differentiated learning opportunities for our students, I believe that they are often under-utilized. By this I mean they are either used as a novelty project simply because they are available, they are not utilized in a regular basis and/or they are not used to their full potential. Why use your… Read More
Quick Law 3
The following are the case studies that will be reviewed in my Educator and the Law course this week: Quick Law 3 Winans, Jay. (2004). “Broken leg in Football Game: School Supervision Adequate“ Overview:– Grade 4 student playing tackle football at recess with 15-20 students – Rough sports like tackle football were banned at the school – While participating, the student’s leg was broken – Parents charged the school, it was dismissed – Playground supervisor was responsible for acting as a reasonable parent (in loco parentis) – Supervisor was present, aware and capableCommentary/Opinion:– I am glad to see a… Read More