My understanding of inquiry-based learning has really evolved throughout the past semester. Inquiry has been a big topic of discussion in several of my classes, and I am also working on a couple of inquiry projects that have been assigned for class. The idea that I currently have about inquiry-based …
When in doubt, sketch it out. I wish I had learned about sketchnoting closer to the beginning of my University career. While I often incorporated drawings into my notes, I never considered the possibilities of sketchnoting as a specific method of notetaking. Throughout school I have found notetaking to be …
I was excited by the idea of learning about Gaming in Education this week, because, like many people, I think that games can be really fun. While I can’t recall ever playing games in High School, I can imagine that it would have been an exciting addition to learning in …
While 3D Printing was certainly around when I was in high school, I always saw it as something that was far off from my current reality- a fancy technology accessible only to the fanciest of engineers or scientists. Even in university, while I was vaguely aware of 3D printing becoming …
I enjoyed participating in an edcamp as part of our Edtech class this week! What I love about Edcamps is how they encourage collaboration between educators in a way that is inquiry-driven and learner-directed, a style which reflects the ideas of authentic pedagogy that we’ve been learning about in several …
Podcast Possibilities? This week, doing the workshop on audio editing has got me thinking about the educational possibilities that could be explored by bringing programs like Audacity into the classroom. Podcasts, for instance, reflect the creativity that can be applied when doing the seemingly simple act of recording and editing. …
Jesse Miller’s talk last class was very informative and really made me think about the importance of incorporating digital literacy into our work as teachers. Just as students learn the difference between communicating with their friends and communicating in a professional or academic setting, they also need to be given …
1.Add Some Pizzazz to Your Posts! In general, adding images to blog posts is a great way to make them more engaging and appealing to your readers. Sites like Unsplash often provide collections of photos that are high quality and aesthetically pleasing, perfect for adding a professional flare to your posts. …
“This is going to be simple,” I thought naively, while navigating to the opened.ca website. “I’ve made accounts and blogs before! I’ll probably be done early!” How to Create Your Blog (Personalized Instructions) Step 1: Go to opened.ca website and make account Step 2: “Well, we’re making blogs so I …