Final Thoughts So, this is the end. I have enjoyed this class so much. My mind has been opened to the idea of bringing technology into the classroom at a variety of ages and ability levels. I think I have been scared to integrate technology because I did not fully understand its uses, as I did not experience using it much in school. But, I am so happy I had the opportunity to learn more about it in this course,…
Over the course of the semester, being involved in the classroom community was very important to me. I chose to stay connected with my classmates through posting on the Discord community, replying to the posts of my classmates, as well as replying to the comments that had been left on my own posts. I was very fortunate to have a great group of classmates that I was not only interacting with their blogs, but they were with mine as well….
Using AI As An Educator I believe that AI has so many benefits for teachers. It can be so easy to run out of lesson ideas or need to add supplementary work to add in to a pre-existing lesson. We do not always have the amount of time that we would like to have, so using AI tools to help in the process can be so helpful. When there is only so much time in the day, and especially when…
My Online Presence Before entering into this course, I had never considered my online presence. Yes, in my first few years of schooling we have been encouraged to create our E-Portfolios in hopes of using them as evidence of our work in job interviews, but I had never fully understood the reasoning behind this. Our E-Portfolios, which has become my platform for blogging is not only to be used as a supplement to my resume, but in some cases it…
My Experience When choosing which of the two options we had for posts this week, I decided I wanted to try Hour of Code. I chose this website because it has a variety of different activities for different grade and ability levels. I thought it was really great that there was a variety of choices for all levels, and each coding game focused on creating a different outcome. I saw games that created a new game, games based off of…
I have always wanted to teach the primary grades, from the beginning of my degree I have been saying my focus is placed in Kindergarten to Grade Two. This hope has been solidified by my Pre-Internship in a Grade One classroom. I hope this love will also continue for me in my Fall Internship where I have been placed in a Kindergarten classroom. Though I find the younger grades so exciting and know there is so much learning to begin…
In my experience as a student, digital citizenship was a topic that was talked about vary rarely in my classrooms. Often the conversation would be started by an incident of cyber bullying or somebody sending pictures of someone to their friends. However, this did not happen often, and most of the time when it did, it was not caught by the teachers. So, this meant that conversations about what a good digital citizen is, maybe only happened once or twice…
In my schooling experience, the idea of educating about online interactions and uses fell into two categories: General Cyber Safety and Cyber Bullying. I found that both were spoken about frequently in my Health Education classes from around Grade 6 to Grade 9. However, when thinking back, I realize that these topics seemed to be discussed using quite different methods. Throughout the rest of this post I will dive deeper into each of these topics and how they were approached…
As someone who primarily grew up in the age of technology, I have not put much thought into the ways technology has changed the world. While reflecting on the developments of technology during my own life, I realize just how revolutionary they have been. These developments connect people regardless of where they are located, merging so many groups of people who otherwise would never connect. As the idea of connecting through technology has existed almost my whole life, each development…
Why iMovie? When choosing a tool for this week’s post, I wanted to choose something that I could use for my future Learning Project posts, as well as something I can see myself using in my future classroom. So, I had a few things I needed to consider in order for this tool to work for me. I decided to look for a tool that: Is easy to access Is free to use Is easy to learn Can be used…