This is the grand finale! Throughout the course, there were several key learning moments for me. Early in the course I read in Bates text, that ‘learning is a dynamic process,’ which spoke to my personal constructivist ideas of learning. It fit with the idea that we are ‘lifelong learners.’ This is a bit of […]

For my course prototype, I worked on developing the ELA A30 course. As I said in an earlier post, this was to benefit me in the future and create something usable for me. In hindsight, this was much more challenging than creating something that I currently teach. I could have worked on adding more technology […]

For my second module, I wanted to focus on synthesizing information. Based on some of the learning that has happened this semester, I felt like this was a gap in my planning, and was something that would help my students gain a better understanding of all the content they had covered so far. There are […]

I’ve titled this ‘Interactions in a Digital Landscape’ to highlight how both I interact with the students in my classroom, but also how I have students interact with one another online. The thing about this is, that I find this both simplistic and extremely complex and challenging as a topic. It is simple in the […]

 Respond to feedback received: Assessment plan: The assessment for the Padlet assignment is outlined within the Google Classroom assignment. There is a rubric developed directly within the assignment. This provides criteria for the students to use, as well as the example and class discussion on assessment during the lesson. Feedback: Feedback for students will be […]

To review, my chosen course profile is on the ELA A30 course. Within the course, the Canadian Perspectives: Celebrate the Glorious, Acknowledge the Scandalous is the unit of study. I have developed a UBD unit outline for this mini unit within the very large and extensive unit of study that takes approximately half of the […]

For this technological exploration, I decided to explore the tool called Mural. This is a digital whiteboard or visual collaboration tool, which I have never used before. I wanted to see what the difference is between Mural and other tools that I have previously used like Jamboard by Google. Since I have never used it […]

Course Design and Rationale The English Language Arts A30 curriculum will be a new curriculum for me to work with next year. I wanted to create something that would benefit me and my students as I work on developing a new course.  The class looks at Canadian perspectives and landscapes and students place themselves within […]

Throughout my teaching career, I have endeavored to grow with my use and experience around technology use in the classroom. When I first stepped into the classroom, I felt so revolutionary using SMART technology, which has largely gone by way of the dodo now. Then I made some pretty spectacular PowerPoint presentations, which if I […]