We are now about four weeks into the new school year. That means I have had almost 20 days – 20 classes – to establish procedures and to help students settle into expectations that I have for my classroom. Lots of things they fall right in with, and there’s...

This gorgeous piece of equipment was not supposed to arrive until the end of the month, so I thought I would have more time to do some research before I got into the hands-on stuff. Not so much! So this is going to be a big first update. Before...

We are starting this course looking at social media, and going through the history of social media this week really took me back to my own experiences. I’m going to start pre-social media, just to really capture my whole experience, and because I think it becomes significant looking back...

This is my eighth class in my Master’s program. It feels crazy to write that! But I digress (already…sheesh). This is my eighth class, and my third looking at ed. tech. issues, so I’ve been eyeing EC&I 831 for a couple of years, hoping to fit a section in...

I am going to hit you with both of the final products in this one, so be prepared! To start: The Summary of Learning I have enjoyed this class, and the content, so much! As I mention in my video, it just feels so timely, and it was great...

This week’s (or rather, week 10’s) focus was digital literacy in our schools, and the impact on schooling and students. In Andrea’s presentation, and I’ve linked to her blog here, she spoke a lot about the importance of really integrating technology into our classrooms, and one thing that she...

I downloaded TikTok almost a month ago, and for the first two weeks, I think I logged in twice? Once I played with my user pic, and somehow ended up with an AI generated picture of me that didn’t actually look anything like me? And the second time I...

When I was in Grade 11, my sister in first-year university, she had a professor that was posting his slides online, and he expected students to print them out to bring to lectures. Doesn’t sound overly crazy to us now, maybe, though people would probably have a personal device...

I downloaded TikTok, and had every intention of starting there for this project, and then I had a colleague mention MagicSchool AI when I was discussing working on essay outlines with two of my classes and I ended up going down that rabbit hole first instead. It was already...

In trying to get myself back on track, it is past time that I start tracking my major project progress. I have selected Option #2: The Personal Journey into Media. I debated between this one and the exploring generative AI option, but I got an email a week and...