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…
Womb-to-Tomb Surveillance
The work of Marshall McLuhan and Andrew McLuhan’s interpretations were thought provoking this week, although I must acknowledge Andrew’s articles took me quite a while to understand. Here are some of the big ideas I think I understood: Marhshall McLuhan’s work not only investigates media content, but also the influence of the medium on society.…
Imagine a world…
The discussion we participated in this week to imagine a new reality, either tech-less or tech-full was an enjoyable and thought provoking task. My immediate thought was, “Oh how nice it would be to not be drowning in emails!!” However, valid points were raised about expanding our circle of belonging. The conversation was rich,…
The art of noticing…
This summer I was lucky to be accepted into the ECE Summer Institute at the University of Regina. I took two classes over 3 weeks, and it was intense — but so good! The content was focused on Issues and Research in ECE, and Theories of Play and Learning. One of the underlying themes was…
The Peak of Mount Stupid, and Fun with AI
On Tuesday’s class, we ranked ourselves on a scale of 1-5 based on how much experience we have with AI. I gave myself a confident 3, because I have been using ChatGPT professionally for a few years to help with newsletters, phone scripts and even critical incident communications. To reference the Dunning-Kruger effect, I was…
What is wrong with you kids?
I saw this post on my facebook feed today, and I thought it was fitting for this week’s discussion on digital citizenship. The comment section is wildly entertaining and chock full of deficit views on the upcoming generation if that’s your cup of tea. Deficit views of children is a plague in education and…