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…
Inquiry-based learning and “reimagining education” Inquiry-based education is certainly important and offers a unique opportunity and skills development that might not be offered through traditional education. I do think that all students should get to try at least once during a schoolyear. Guided Inquiry Design does a great job at defining inquiry-based learning and highlighting some of…