Tech & Education

I have found that over the last several weeks, my mind has been racing with much information and novelty, and that this hasn’t been very conducive to poetic experimentation (remember this reflection about the importance of idleness for creativity?). So, … Read More

This past week in my Link2Practice we had a wonderful guest speaker who happens to be both a professional TOC and a poet. Her name is Marie Metaphor (could this actually be her name? I mean, last name “Metaphor” and … Read More

This was my very first experience with AI-generated images. Of course I knew of them, but I’d never been interested enough to go and try it for myself. I was quite mind blown by what is possible in terms of … Read More

“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.” Hafiz How do you begin to write a poem? There is no single answer to this question, so all I … Read More

H5P and technical difficulties Something that I hadn’t considered before is the importance of having a “plan B” whenever we’re counting on using technology in a classroom. I feel that this is good advice, since improvising an activity wouldn’t be … Read More

I could have spent hours using Screencastify.

When it comes to technology integration models, I was really struck by SAMR (which stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition). The idea here is that all technology can have unintended impacts both within and without a classroom. When we … Read More

In our last class we learned about FIPPA, an acronym that I was not familiar with until then. I was aware that Canadian institutions have strict rules about their data being stored in the US, but it was interesting to … Read More

Why choose poetry? We’ve been talking about the concept of inquiry a lot in class. It’s new to me, but I think it’s safe to say that poetry is a great place for inquiry. Firstly, because poetry is by definition … Read More

I am frankly terrified of anything programming-related. My partner is a software developer and a programmer and when he starts talking about it I tend to tune it out (it’s as if he’s speaking a very complex language that is … Read More