Teaching By Day, Knitting By Night!
As the end of the semester begins to approach, I decided that this week would be a good time to revisit some of the free inquiry questions that I created at the beginning of my free inquiry and see what light I may be able to shed on them and what new questions I have.
This weekend, I was able to get outside and help my mom with planting her spring garden!
This week in EdTech class, we had Rich McCue as a guest lecturer who talked about coding in the classroom. Continue reading “Reflection 10: Coding In The Classroom”
This post was made collaboratively by Tyla Penner from Spend Time With Ty and Kate Barnes from Recess Knitting as a submission for the Edtech Inquiry for EDCI 336.
This week my EdTech Class had Heidi James come into our virtual classroom to discuss gaming in education. We started the discussion by discussing our own experience with gaming in education. The class often had experiences in primary where the focus was often focused on speed in typing. Many of the games that me and my peers discussed had a common thread of games being timed and how for us as elementary students at the time that caused some stress and discomfort for us.
Continue reading “Reflection 9: Gamification and Game-Based Learning”
Another week has flown by and the school semester is full of assignments and check-lists that seem never ending. Last week, I posted about how I was giving myself a break from knitting and allowed myself the time to start planning my spring/summer garden. This week, I am trying to allow myself the time between long zoom classes and long days of working on assignments to connect with friends, take time for myself and prioritize hobbies that provide me with so much.
This week my EdTech class had Chantelle Morvay-Adams from BCEdAccess as a guest lecturer on the topic of assistive technology.
Continue reading “Reflection 8: Inclusion and Assistive Technology”
This week I took a break from knitting. With the pressure to work towards finishing my cardigan, I found myself avoiding wanting to knit altogether. I realized that this defeated the purpose of why I chose to do this project in the first place and so I chose to allow myself to take a break from knitting for the week. I felt that giving myself the space to step away from my cardigan for the week would help me to come back to knitting next week feeling more motivated and encouraged to move forward.
Our cohort was lucky enough to have a guest lecture on inquiry based learning recently presented by Trevor MacKenzie. After this lecture I found myself thinking of different ways to incorporate inquiry based learning in primary classrooms and the benefits that this could bring to students.
Continue reading “Reflection 7: Inquiry and Project-Based Learning”