This reflection post will summarize the Gordon Terrace Elementary School Innovation Hour. What is the Innovation Hour event? The Innovation Hour event is a full-day activity that involves the entire school. We set up a variety of stations in the Gordon Terrace gymnasium for students to explore. Stations at the event: Innovation Hour gives students…
This week, I will highlight my experience in the SD#5 Design Lab while also covering Innovation in Education. The SD#5 Design Lab Photo by Jakub Żerdzicki on Unsplash. The SD#5 Design lab is a creative, hands-on maker-space filled with exciting tools and gadgets. The gadgets inside the design lab are designed to support exploration, design…
This week’s reflection will summarize our group presentations based on the educational technology prompts chosen. Alt+ernative Travel Cowgirls Photo by Getty Images on Unsplash. The first group explained how virtual field trips offer students a way to explore new places without leaving the classroom, using tools like VR, 360° videos, augmented reality and live streams….
This week, I am going to talk about GenAI. Photo by Philip Oroni on Unsplash. GenAI can be helpful for learning and creativity, but it also raises important concerns that teachers and students need to consider. GenAI The promises and challenges in education Environmental Issues. Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash. AI systems consume significant…
What is Computational Thinking? Photo by jaro education Computational thinking is a way of solving problems by thinking logically and creatively. This concept breaks bigger problems into smaller steps, noticing patterns, and making clear plans to solve them. For example, planning a group project would involve splitting tasks, figuring out what comes first, and making…
For this week’s reflection, I used a Venn diagram from Pathways to Understanding: Patterns and Practices in the Learning-Focused Classroom by Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman, to reflect on these two Take Me Outside Day experiences. This tool helped me compare and contrast my two Take Me Outside Day experiences, one at Kootenay Orchards Elementary…
This week, we explored graphic creation and how it can be used as an educational tool. I created a visual using ChatterPix Kids. ChatterPix is a fun and simple app that allows you to bring images to life by adding a talking mouth while also adding a voice recording so you can make your creation…
For this week’s reflection, I have chosen to talk about our in situ trip to Marysville Elementary while using Gibbs Reflective Cycle to reflect on my experience. Description This week, during our in-situ experience at Marysville Elementary, my cohort of student teachers worked in a grade 3 classroom. I was partnered with two other teacher…
In my group, we created a stop-motion video using the Stop Motion Studio App that told the story of a deer and a moose who eat a ladybug and a squirrel. At first, my group and I were planning a calmer scene where the ladybugs and bees come in and pollinate the flowers in a…
For my first weekly reflection, I will be discussing my personal experience using social media. I was introduced to social media in grade six; all my friends had it. At first, I was making Musicallys (TikTok) at lunch hour with my friends and then moved to taking photos and sharing them with others on Snapchat….