The Opportunity Cost of the “Full Plate” Argument: Technology’s Transformative Potential
Augmented, Mixed or Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence will undoubtedly change education in one way or another — and in many ways, this transformation has already begun. Recently, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education has adopted new instructional and reporting technologies that will have direct and immediate impact on our schools including Edsby and AI powered…
I can do it! No, I cant. Wait… can I?
The emotional roller coaster of this course has been quite surprising! When you read the course headline, Digital Citizenship and Media Literacies sounds pretty straight forward and computer-ey right? However, I’ve experienced: Excitement: Learning about the capabilities of AI, Wes Fryer’s Practical Applications of Digital/Media Instruction, Literacy & Citizenship Ribble’s 9 Elements of Digital Citizenship,…
“You only have a choice if you are aware that you have one.” – Erik Winerö
This week, Taylor identified an important concept in the world of AI, Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy — the potential change to humans learning patterns and processes. As teachers, this change might upend what we think we know about education and we NEED to be paying attention. The talk from Erik Winerö provided many valuable…
Definition of Duty: Legal Obligation or Moral Responsibility?
A few weeks back, Chris Brennan posted about Synergetic Digital Citizenship which resulted in an interesting conversation about the definition of duty when it comes to who teaches digital citizenship and how it is prioritized in the world of education. A quote from his post was particularly insightful to me: “However, duty can be viewed…
Walk, Talk, Digitally Create?
This week’s content had me thinking a lot about the world we live in and the developmental milestones we seek for our kids. As a teacher and the mom of a 5 year old (who would like to be referred to as “French” for the purpose of this post), this contradicts most of my education…
AI in Class: Making Teachers’ Lives Easier (and Students’ Too!)
I want to start by crediting ChatGPT for the title — whose help is a perfect fit for my post today. I briefly mentioned a new resource in our discourse forum, but I wanted to expand on an interesting opportunity I was privileged to participate in this week. As my fellow Sask. teachers know, or…