Summary of Learning: Escape the Nexus: A Digital Odyssey
Welcome to my summary of learning! I have created a video overview of my digital escape room game, Escape the Nexus; however, I encourage you to enjoy as much or as little of the game itself! Game Key Points: There are five challenge sites containing multiple games (videos, links, multiple choice, matching, images, etc) that…
Major Project Update 3: Exploring Peter Liljedahl’s “Thinking Classrooms”
THINKING CLASSROOMS AND DIGITAL LITERACY As many of my fellow classmates live in Regina, the name Peter Liljedahl or the concept of “Thinking Classrooms” might ring a few bells. Liljedahl frequently hosts PD in Regina (three of which I thoroughly enjoyed attending last year). If I may make a shameless plug for my Division Curriculum…
Vlog 2: Major Cross-Curricular Unit Project Overview
Overview Family note home At-home component for families – family pledge and school-home journals Overview of activities for Days 1-3 Day 1: Introduction to Digital Citizenship (2 days) Day 2: Exploring Online Identities (2 days) Day 3: Interpersonal Skills in the Digital Realm (1 day) Classes are broken into 4 parts: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate
The Case of Jekyll and Hyde: My Daily Struggle for Digital Literacy in a Fake World
Reflecting on my digital skills, navigating between reality and rhetoric often feels like a tale of two personas. By day, during the work week, with my family, I’m an advocate for balanced, informed tech use and digital literacy in our homes and schools. Yet, by night, on the weekends, alone, I must confess to being…
Major Project: Grade 7 Cross-Curricular Unit: Navigating the Digital World Responsibly
First Vlog Quick overview of purpose and outline. *I always have the best still frame captures of my face…just wait and see!
Media Literacy and the Algorithm “Behind the Curtain”
In the classic book and movie, The Wizard of Oz, Toto rips back the curtain for the big reveal: The so-called GREAT and POWERFUL OZ is just a stout, balding white male. It’s all been a ruse! The entity we believed was in control is something else entirely! In our media literacy class discussion this…
Confessions of a Former Social Media Oversharer
Like many a Xennial, reflecting on the transformation of my digital identity makes me cringe. My carefree childhood and awkward teen years are relegated to dusty photo albums, shoddy VHS home movies, and a Hotmail account with a questionable – but thankfully anonymous – username. In my early 20s, my husband asked me out on…
Reflections on Ribble’s Nine Elements, Two Trials and One Triumph
When I became a teacher, I was prepared to wear many hats – mentor, manager, motivator, counsellor, coach, and even social liaison (the list seems infinite). Technology was rapidly evolving; Smartboards were the latest “must-have” Edtech, and elite schools flaunted their solitary laptop cart. Despite my interest in these advancements, I had yet to acknowledge…
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again: Why We Must Look Back to Move Forward
Do schools really need to change? Reading the first of this week’s prompts, I found myself shouting “Yes!” at the screen. But what would that change look like, and who (besides Miss Cleo) could accurately predict the new educational systems and policies needed in a world that is still struggling with issues like book banning and…
Goldilocks and the “Just Right” Technotopia
Techno-optimist, realist, or neo-Luddite? As an Xennial, I often struggle to find my place on the spectrum of tech adoption or resistance. I’m old enough to remember the joy of receiving a Nintendo at Christmas, travelling (and dying) on the Oregon Trail in school, and my life before it was purchased by social media. Yet…