Coding is something that I have absolutely no experience with! I decided to give the Hour of Code a try to see how I liked it! I have never really given coding a thought, to me it was something that I was not at all interested in. Hour of Code made it fun and easy to learn some basic coding and have an understanding of what it means to code. I completed a section and got my certificate. For me coding is not something that I thought I never need too learn, I thought that it was not important. After some reflection I realized that coding is actually a very…

One of my classmates has told me about Magic School AI. This is something that interested me and I wanted to learn more about so I did some further investigation to look more into Magic School. Magic school is an AI tool that teachers can use to create almost anything they can think of. Lots of teachers use Magic School AI to help create lesson plans, write IIP’s, communicate more clearly and many more things. I like the idea that Magic School can be used to help teachers in many different ways. There are many things that teacher can benefit from, having help with all of these things can help…

When given the opportunity to take time to reflect more deeply on one topic that we have talked about, it gave me the opportunity to reflect more deeply on cyber safety. Cyber safety is something that I find very important. Before this class I truly haven’t given it much though or given a thought on how I am going to teach cyber safety. This class made me look back and reflect on my experience with cyber safety and how I was introduced to it in my elementary and high school experiences. Looking back I see things that I did not like the way that they taught us, they tried to…

I am enrolled in elementary education and although it may seem to young to begin talking about digital literacy, I believe it is not. Technology plays a huge role in our lives everyday. I am nearly positive that by the time a kid gets to kindergarten they already have had access to technology in some way. This could be watching Pingfong, Danny Go Go, or even just playing a simple game on their parents phone. A lot of kids at this age already have their own iPads or tablets for playing games or watching shows. Teaching kids about digital literacy does not have to be as complicated as some make…

As the world changes there are many changes that come along with it. One of the biggest changes that is happening and presence in our everyday life is technology. Technology places a huge and vital role within our society. It is our base of communication, knowledge and everything we do. If we want to talk to someone we are able to just pick up the phone and give them a phone call or send them a text. No matter the distance communication is not a struggle we face. With tech playing such a significant role within our lives it it important to be able to think about the role that…

Cyber safety is a very important conversation to have with youth, starting at a young age, now more than ever. Cyber safety was not a topic that I was introduced to until around grade 7. I believe that talking about the internet and how to keep yourself safe on the internet was something that was introduced to us way too late in our lives. There was a few different ways that we were taught about cyber safety within our school: Our school tried to use the scaring us method, they would tell us all the bad about the internet and how certain things could ruin our lives. They did not…