As an educator, I always find there is some new tech, app, or website that is shown to staff every year for them to try. You end up trying out the newest and fanciest one, only to find that there are options missing if you don’t pay for them, or it doesn’t suit your needs. […]
This whole use of AI truly is mind boggling to me. The different sites and apps shared last week, was pretty eye-opening to what new technologies exist out there. Type ChatGPT into a search engine and it feels like there are articles being released hourly on the benefits and negative of it. USA Today, released […]
Grade 6 Physical Education- Alternate Space Activities Course Course Design and Rationale Welcome everyone to my course profile where I will be working on designing a course to be used in Physical Education 6. The goal of this course is to provide alternative spaces and activities for teachers and students to access where physical space […]
Fast forward 18 years and here I am blogging once again for university! My name is Graeme Gieni and welcome to my new blog. Currently I am a Vice-Principal in Unity, SK in a Pre-K – 6 school within Living Sky School Division. I graduated back in 2009 from the U of R, with a […]
In the fall of 2009 I stepped into my first classroom as a full-time teacher. To my surprise I was greeted with an archaic computer with very basic programming loaded onto it. Where was the fancy laptop? The projectors? smartboards? As a small rural school, this was not predominant in every class. Only the lucky […]
Hello fellow EC&I tech enthusiasts. My name is Graeme Gieni and I am currently a Vice-Principal at a Pre-K – 6 school in rural Saskatchewan. I am currently in my 14th year of teaching, and this is my 3rd class in my TLL Masters. I graduated from U of R many years ago from the […]
Hey All! I am Graeme Gieni hailing from Unity, Saskatchewan. This is my 2nd class in the TLL program. Currently I’m a VP at a Pre-K – Grade 6 school where I teach ELA in a split 5/6 classroom. I also spend some time in the gym with a few PE Classes. I look forward […]
My name is Graeme Gieni and this is my educational blog for various classes and a chance to see some of my personal insights. As an educator, I’ve experienced many different classes, spending most of my career in PAA classes and as an Arts Educator in rural Saskatchewan.