I can’t believe how fast this course flew by! It’s been fun engaging in these discussions with everyone! As I’ve said many times throughout the course, I’m not a teacher, and so seeing the perspectives of everyone who’s been one has really opened my eyes a lot. Although, it does make me a little jealous that I haven’t had the chance to be in that position, so I think I’d like to give it a go. Without further ado, welcome…
When I first read the statement “Technology has led to a more equitable society” I remember immediately thinking no it hasn’t, but the only aspect that crossed my mind was the availability of devices. In my opinion students without access to computers are not going to receive as beneficial of a learning experience as students who have 1 to 1 access. Despite how you felt about debate one, I think we can all agree that when the children of today…
Every time I go to write a blog post I sit down with full intentions to go from start to finish without distractions. And every time I am dead wrong. I find myself often getting writers block and so I turn to my phone instead of sitting there stuck thinking. With this discussion being about cellphone usage I want to do some calculations while I write. Every time I go on my cellphone, I am going to put in brackets…
I don’t know if I’ve ever experienced shockwaves sent through education the size AI has brought. By the time I was in school Google was already a thing. Calculators were not only allowed, but it was on the list of supplies needed before the year started. As far as I can remember everything in my elementary school, high school, and university experience was pretty status quo. This is the first major innovation affecting the classroom that I think I’ve been…
I’m genuinely asking because I can’t picture school without technology. As far as I can recall my school experience always had technology. Maybe not kindergarten or grade 1, but I specifically remember that by at least grade 2 we would have one hour of computer time every week. In the mind of a child this was like extra recess. The computers all had various preset games on them and whether we recognized it or not we were learning from those…
All throughout high school and my first couple years of university I used to sweat through my shirts. I still to this day don’t know what I was nervous about at that time, but regardless I was eventually able to break that trend. It hasn’t happened in over half a decade. That was until yesterday. In hindsight I should have expected that being in the center of quite a controversial debate topic would bring the level of nerves required to…
Despite what I might tell my eye doctor when I go for a check up, if I’m awake there is a very high chance I’m using a screen. Let’s be honest, we’re living in an online world. Technology is virtually inescapable. In fact, in my line of work I can’t do my job without it. I am an Assistant Instructional Designer at the University of Regina. What that means is that I spend my work day developing and maintaining the…