category Weekly Reflections

Guest Speaker Presentation Joanna Lake had a lot of great ideas on how to build community in the classroom. I liked the idea of doing attendance with guinea pig pictures. It was also great to see students get involved in… Continue Reading →

Coding Project During our class time today, I created my own version of Flappy Bird which can be found here: https://studio.code.org/c/1596811257. Almost ten years later I still struggle to score higher than three in Flappy Bird, but it was enjoyable… Continue Reading →

Blog Discussion Digital accessiblility is when technology is adapted, or when technology is used to adapt activities, for students with exceptionalities. This website describes digital accessiblility better than I can and gives examples of what it is https://www.techsoup.ca/community/blog/designing-for-digital-accessibility-and-inclusion. The only… Continue Reading →

This was my first experience with EdCamp, it was a conference where the participants decide on the topics that will be discussed. I am no where near an expert on it so if you would like more information about EdCamps… Continue Reading →

SAMR is a good tool for evaluating technology and seeing if it fits with your learning targets. It is important to note that substitution is not the worst and redefinition is not the best. All activities should not be at… Continue Reading →

The term digital footprint is new to me but the idea is something I was already familiar with. A digital footprint is the data that is left behind when you do anything on the internet which shows where you have… Continue Reading →

In class we got experience learning how to screencast, edit videos, and use H5P tools. Do you have any experience with these technologies? If not, we followed this workshop if you would like to learn it for yourself https://uviclibraries.github.io/video-editing/screen-recording.html. H5P… Continue Reading →

The first question posed was do we need to reimagine education? When talking with my learning pod and reflecting on past courses, it became clear to me that education is constantly being reimagined. Thinking about all the times the BC… Continue Reading →

For the blog, I found the set up process fairly easy. I followed the instructions provided and things worked the way they were supposed to. I set up my blog account quickly as my email came after five minutes. When… Continue Reading →