It was great to hear some feedback on the creation of my first module. Often teachers are tasked with creating units and assignments, but do we really ever ask anyone to go through them critically? You tweak them as needed based off of the group of students you have. Sometimes it’s all about the differentiation […]
Once again we were presenting with a great debate in class. This week’s topic- Social Media is ruining childhood. I couldn’t help but think of my own upbringing with social media. Those experiences seemed positive, with MSN chats and so on, I never really had any issues with them nor did I have social media […]
The first week debate was truly a battle. I’ll be the first to say I was in favour of the debate topic- Technology in the classroom enhances learning. How far our classrooms have come, and how quickly we can access and share information, truly has revolutionized our way of teaching. Out of the gate, Will […]
When thinking about the structure of my module, I decided to go with Google Classroom as that’s the main service our school division uses. Students also are quite familiar with it and enjoy the functions of it for this class. My class is designed for teachers to use when there is no gymnasium space available […]
Since class last week I’ve been left wondering a few questions about my student’s online presence and my own kids for the matter. How much time do you spend online in a day? What activities are you spending your time on? So I polled my students. Was I shocked by their answers when asked in […]
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 […]