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. Safer Internet Informational Graphics. (2022). Uploaded by Safer Internet Org. Available online at: https://www.saferinternetday.org/home Originating in the UK, Safer Internet Day is now celebrating it’s 19th year in countries around the world. The following description is provided direct from their website: “With a slogan of “Together for a better internet”, Safer Internet Day is a call to action for every stakeholder to contribute to a safer and better internet, especially for its youngest users. The past year… Read More
Youth Exposure to Prejudice Online
Every Monday I share a different ed tech quote on our Thompson Classroom social media pages for our staff to consider. This week I wanted to focus on a statistic as we prep for conversations tomorrow surrounding Safer Internet Day. This year’s Safer Internet Day theme focuses on how to do your part to contribute to a “better internet” for everyone. One component of a positive internet experience is digital citizenship and one’s ability to conduct their behaviour and interactions in a manner that is respectful and conducive to a positive experience for all involved. This includes both what you say and… Read More
Archiving Old MS Teams
Monday, February 7th will mark the start of second semester here in Manitoba and today sees all of our students at home while staff engage in a variety of administrative and professional development tasks. As we transition into this new calendar cycle it is a perfect opportunity to clean up your digital files, including our learning management system (LMS): Teams. All of our staff, K-12, use Teams in some capacity whether it is for: student programming virtual/remote programming hybrid programming professional development across the division administrative meetings extracurricular organization parent-teacher conferences etc This means that our staff’s Teams interface can… Read More
Follow Friday – Rodd Lucier
Every Friday I share what I believe to be a notable person/organization/school on our social media pages (linked at the top of the blog) to assist our staff in the development of their online Personal Learning Network. Rodd is new to my PLN as I was only recently introduced to his work after being announced as a Spotlight Speaker for the upcoming May 2022 Riding the Wave Conference. His website bio includes: “As a teacher; learner; consultant; speaker; and collaborator, I’m on the lookout for opportunities to engage in meaningful conversations with others who see themselves as learners. Professional development; project… Read More
Poststructuralism
*This post has been written as part of my journey as a Ph.D student through University of Regina As you embark on your journey to understand postructuralism and the implications it has on education it must be understood that this paper, and any piece of work on the subject, operates on multiple planes that cannot and will not arrive at any objective or final meaning. Paul (2005) goes as far as stating that, “there is no poststructuralism”. While this particular work strives to align with a set criterion of expectations outlined by the institution, poststructuralists like Deleuze and Guattari reject,… Read More
#TechTipTuesday – Split Screen in Windows
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. Today’s weather system sees all division facilities in MVSD closed to both staff and students. While classes are cancelled, staff are reporting from home. If you’re anything like me, that means I am missing my secondary screen! Today’s tip highlights a quick and easy keyboard shortcut to split your screen to allow users to view multiple projects simultaneously. Check out a quick tutorial from Microsoft Edu guru, Mike Tholfsen, on TikTok:
February ICT Newsletter
February has started with an Alberta clipper that sees all of our divisional facilities closed (along with many of the school divisions in the province). With the start of a new month comes a new monthly ICT newsletter. These newsletters are designed to serve as an outreach to all MVSD staff and provide: general ICT updates (software changes, divisional ICT timelines, tech-themed holidays) upcoming PD for the month tech tips divisional highlights These newsletters are sent out to staff via our divisional email but are also shared out through our social media pages and divisional website. February 2022 ICT Newsletter by Kirsten… Read More
Data Privacy Day
January 28th serves as Data Privacy Day, a day dedicated to bringing awareness to the privacy and security of your data (and students). While this has been an important topic for quite some time, the past 2 years has seen a drastic increase in the amount of digital data created in the field of education. As such, this is the perfect opportunity to review these skills. The following posts have been shared in the past and can help guide your learning in the area of data privacy and cyber security. Student Data – ICT Considerations What we should know about… Read More
Collaborative Video Projects
On Thursdays I usually participate in the online social media trend of #ThrowbackThursday where you re-post a picture or video memory. These posts can be anything the user wants: good memories, bad memories, recent history or decades-old memories. Today, as I was scrolling through old posts on the blog and was reminded that 9 years ago this week I was working with Mike Nantais (who was teaching at BU) and Tyler Letkeman (fellow B.Ed student at the time) on our contribution to the #ETMOOC Lipdub. This project saw participants from around the world work collaboratively to divide up a song,… Read More
#TechTipTuesday – Disinfect Your Tech
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. As January is recognized as Clean Up Your Computer Month and, with so much more of our practice being digital during remote learning, all of this month’s tips will be dedicated to this topic! Here in Manitoba we are one week into our return of in-person learning and our classrooms are the busiest they have been in 2022, while navigating the current wave of the pandemic. One strategy in increasing the overall health and safety of staff/students… Read More