The tool that my group presented to our peers was Classroomscreen. Like we said in our video-presentation, it’s a handy “virtual whiteboard” that is easy to customize and has lots of useful features for teachers across all levels and subjects. … Read More
For my final inquiry post, I’d like to share something I wrote connecting the stance of inquiry to my own childhood. So here it goes:
After our last class I was left pondering about the volatility of AI. Even I, who had never considered using things like ChatGPT up until a few weeks ago, have now come to rely on it quite regularly for some … Read More
For this weeks’ inquiry, I decided to research some resources to help me engage students in middle and high school in playing with language in a poetic way (which as I found out recently was the point of my inquiry … Read More
I am very interested in the subject of AI in general and AI in education in particular. There are so many ways of looking at it that I could (and have) spend hours thinking about this or debating it with … Read More
While talking to Guillaume about my inquiry project last week, it occurred to me that my exploration of poetry in this class came from my desire to show students that anyone can play with language, and that words have power … Read More
I am quite resistant to the idea of gamifying all learning, though, of course, it can be a very effective way to get students (anyone, really) to engage in the more “rote” or tedious parts of any learning plan. I … Read More
For this week’s inquiry, I created a simple video with captions (given we have been discussing accessibility in tech). The poem I read in the video is called “The World I Live In”, by Mary Oliver.
We learned last week that 22% of Canadians have at least one disability, the majority of which are women. Being aware of this as teachers is incredibly important if we want to create spaces and classrooms where every single person … Read More
In the summer of 2021, I took two online courses at UVic in order to qualify for this PDP. It was my first experience with exclusively online learning. I found that the quality of an online course is very dependent … Read More
