Let me start off by saying, teaching is HARD. End of post? Kidding. However, because for me, 15 years ago when I started teaching a wise mentor of mine repeatedly told me, “don’t recreate the wheel.” As a first year teacher of core subjects I was only one day ahead of the students. A full-course […]
I decided to take another route this week, to see what I could learn about taking pictures with my cell phone instead. I went to search up videos to help me use my phone camera, and then realized, I don’t even know what version or model of phone I own! So, I went into the […]
I started off this week with thinking I would evaluate just ONE OER website, and then fell down a comparative rabbit hole of FOUR different OERs. So, let me start off by saying, this is just my humble opinion, and that I perhaps have much more to learn compared to what some others may already […]
This week I used some sources from YouTube. Each had it’s benefits and drawbacks. I chose the first video because it was relevant to my particular camera type. Or so I thought… Then I watched it and realized it wasn’t overly helpful and the speaker just wanted to tell a lot of stories about friends […]
The question of what is the digital culture of education currently, I believe is divided. There are those who are embracing technology and working to integrate all the amazing tools that exist, sometimes specifically for the purpose of education. However, there are also those who avoid and might even go as far as referring to […]
The task I set for myself this week was to take some pictures using my camera, and see if any of the knowledge gained through my study of the manual was helpful in my photography. In addition, I wanted to analyze the usefulness of the manual in gaining knowledge that would help me in my […]
The task I set for myself this week was to find and learn something from my Olympus Stylus 1 camera’s user manual. Since I got the camera well over a decade ago, I do not have a manual in print. So, I searched the internet for it and found one on a hub for manuals! […]
Prior to the start of the previous school year the Government of Saskatchewan followed a number of other provinces in Canada by banning cell phones in the classroom. However, this poses the question, was the ban truly beneficial, or what were the drawbacks? There are many differing perspectives to consider on the topic. First, as […]
This semester, I would have enjoyed taking on the task of integrating something new into my teaching practice, either social media or an open educational source. However, since I am on maternity leave, I like the idea of doing learning that is just for me. Initially, I thought about taking up yoga, and getting really […]
The first question posed, asks me to describe my personal relationship with social media. I fit into that category or major growth period for social media where I had a MySpace account for about 5 minutes before I was able to join Facebook in 2006, while in my first year of University. Initially, Facebook allowed […]