Category: Weekly reflections

Hey guys! Get ready with me while I take you on a journey of what my day looks like for scrolling, analyzing, and validating information as a teacher! Just kidding…I am not a Tik Tok influencer… Most mornings, by 6 am I have already checked “home page” apps; I...

To be literate has expanded exponentially from the traditional definition in one’s ability to read and write. In my opinion, it has expanded to core aspects of human abilities and skills needed in the contemporary world. This includes aspects of everyday life such as social etiquette, mathematical, digital, media,...

Past: !~<3 [*J@ck*] <3~! {EnTeR 2o0o’S sOnG lYrIcS hErE}  In a much simpler time, maybe because of the lack of digital communication and maybe because I had no real responsibilities as a 12-year-old, I distinctly remember the birth of my digital identity in grade 7 (2000). I had just...

Ok, I love the concept of Ribble’s 9 elements of digital citizenship and wish there was so much more time to dedicate to discussing and practicing these in my classroom. I find that as an English teacher, the curriculum creates a heavy prep and heavy marking load so I...

I took a curriculum development course in the spring that opened my eyes to the factors involved in curriculum development and, let me tell you, it was a harsh reality that I think I had been sheltering myself from believing up to that point. Some of the factors to...

Thinking about what to write for this first blog post was difficult in that there are so many perspectives and snippets from readings to guide which form it will take and considerations of where I’ve been and where I’m at in terms of media literacy. Yet, this is the...