Coding with Anna and Elsa This week, I tried my hand at coding for the first time using Code.org’s Code with Anna and Elsa game. While I didn’t really know what I was doing at first, I finally got the hang of it and was able to pass several levels. This allowed me to gain some basic skills…
Photo credits: Steve Johnson on Unsplash Now that I have been journaling for several weeks, days where I feel like I have nothing to write have begun popping up. While journaling is supposed to be a positive experience, I have to admit that the blank page has become frustrating and an obstacle to consistent reflections. In…
Photo credits: University of Victoria Education Technology Are there any important additional considerations to evaluating educational technologies that are not included in the SAMR or Triple-E frameworks? When I started working through these materials this morning, I had no idea what the SAMR and Triple E frameworks were. I had never heard of them. I…
Photo credits: Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash It is only the second week into this free inquiry project, and I missed a day of journaling. Actually, I missed a couple of days this week to be fully honest. This was actually quite discouraging for me as this exact same thing has happened before when I have tried…
Taking part in a Artificial Intelligence Literacy professional development workshop Photo credits: Steve Johnson on Unsplash Today, we were given the opportunity to sit in on numerous EdTech professional development workshops hosted by Focused Education. I chose to sit in on two of them. This included workshops on student AI literacy lessons, and the digital…
Photo credits: Salvino Fidacaro on Unsplash The benefits of Google Classroom and my changed opinions on the platform Before really exploring Google Classroom today through the class materials, I assumed the platform was mostly a glorified digital hand-in bin. Essentially, it was a place to post assignments, collect student work, and maybe post the occasional…
Once I actually started the journaling process, I quickly was reminded of one of the obstacles or reasons that I had given up in my previous attempts at consistent journaling. That is, assuming that journaling had to look a specific way. Personally, I thought I needed to be writing long paragraphs each and every day…
Photo credits: Growtika on Unsplash Think about how you’ve found generative AI useful or not for educational purposes For me, I think the number one way that generative AI has been useful for educational purposes is simply idea generation. Whether that is for lesson plans, activities, discussion questions, or other class related items, if you are to…
The first challenge of this free inquiry assignment was actually choosing the topic that I was going to run with. Because of the freedom and parameters of the assignment, this was a difficult task. When I began thinking about a topic, I knew I wanted to go in the direction of developing a skill that…
Touring the NHL website with screen capture Would HP5 tools be useful in a high-school Social Studies classroom? Overall, I believe H5P tools could be a very useful tool in a high-school Social Studies classroom. Firstly, they promote active learning instead of passive consumption. Social studies often rely on simple texts, videos, and lectures. If…