Teaching By Day, Knitting By Night!
The artifact that I chose to reflect goal #1 (Develop a personal approach to teach Social Studies) is from a lecture we had on July 16th in my EDCI 414 course. In this lecture we were able to visualize and draw our dream classroom as a class activity. Continue reading “Goal 1: Develop a personal approach to teaching Social Studies”
The artifact that I chose to reflect goal #2 (Explain the purpose and value of First Peoples’ Principles of Learning) is from a lecture we had on July 6th within my EDCI 414 course. In this lecture, my breakout room was tasked with discussing the First peoples principle of:
“Learning involves recognizing the consequences of one’s actions.” – First Peoples Principles of Learning
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The artifact that I chose to reflect goal #3 (Describe the goals, competencies, and big ideas of the revised Social Studies curriculum) is from a lecture we had on July 7th in my EDCI 414 course. In this lecture we were able to use the method of backward design to plan an activity from a chosen grade and content topic. Continue reading “Goal 3: Describe the goals, competencies, and big ideas of the revised Social Studies curriculum”
The artifact that I chose to reflect goal #4 (Design unit and lesson plans that combine curricular competencies and content in creative, thoughtful and engaging ways ) is from a unit I created in my EDCI 414 course. In this unit, I was able to explore the big idea of ‘Local actions have global consequences, and global actions have local consequences‘ from the grade 2 social studies curriculum. The concept of the unit was ‘Little changes have a big impact’ and environmental topics such as waste management, water conservation, transportation and more were involved. I have chosen the artifact from an activity I created for a lesson on waste managements where the topics of garbage, recycling and compost are discussed.
The artifact that I chose to reflect goal #5 (Apply strategies that support diverse learners and classrooms) is from a guest lecture with Maureen Manning on July 13th in my EDCI 414 course. Continue reading “Goal 5: Apply strategies that support diverse learners and classrooms”
The artifact that I chose to reflect goal #6 (Outline the process of inquiry learning in Social Studies) is from a guest lecture we had on July 8th with Kyra Keplin in my EDCI 414 course. In this lecture, Kyra was able to share with our class her experience of teaching using the Inquiry processes. During this lecture, we were able to conduct an inquiry based activity that I feel represents some of the pivotal components of Inquiry and which I wanted to share as the artifact for this goal. Continue reading “Goal 6: Outline the process of inquiry learning in Social Studies”
The artifact that I chose to reflect goal #7 (Integrate assessment strategies that enhance student learning) is from a guest lecture on July 9th where Michelle Cunningham came to my EDCI 414 course.
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The artifact that I chose to reflect goal #8 (Identify how historical thinking strategies promote critical literacy) is from an asynchronous lecture activity on July 20th in my EDCI 414 course.
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Last week I had the privilege to attend the annual EdCamp event hosted by UVic. Normally this event is held in person, but due to the current situation of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the event was held virtually.
