Extend was a great resource to explore. As my project focus shifted, so did the direction of my Extend assignments. Initially, I thought I would explore the technologist and/or collaboration modules as they felt applicable to my initial ideas. I’m experiencing a change in my teaching position which may not leave me with a full …
When I was reading about the different Empowered Educator anatomies presented by Extend, I felt that the Teacher, Curator, and Experimenter categories are reflective and correlate to my own teaching practices. For instance, the teacher’s anatomy is where I feel most comfortable. I know what motivates my students, how they learn best, and I’m always …
Initially when I started to explore Extend,well, I was overwhelmed. I wish I had a few weeks to read through everything because my first impression was that it’s obviously a useful, valuable, and meaningful resource when it comes to all things teaching. I like that there is a visual for the framework. I looked at …
I read and reviewed the Master’s paper from Kathleen Pettit titled: Implementing e-portfolios to support formative assessment in early primary education, which was published in 2019. I chose to go more in depth reviewing this paper because it focused on building a website that teachers could refer to when looking for more ways to digitize …
Revisiting the community of inquiry allows for constant reflection, and of how I incorporate the three key categories (teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence) into my teaching practice. A community of inquiry is defined as “a group of individuals who collaboratively engage in purposeful critical discourse and reflection to construct personal meaning and confirm …
The EdTech industry and the corporatization of learning has been affecting both my students, and my teaching experiences. This past November (2021) I received an email informing me that I am almost at the end of my annual $250.00 limit for classroom consumables and resources. What this means is that if I want to do …
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Mentimeter is an online tool used to build interactive presentations that encourage student participation. Traditional presentation lecture models often offer little opportunity for students to share their thoughts and opinions. Mentimeter break that cycle. With Mentimeter, students are able to use tablets, smartphones, or computers to connect to the presentation and directly input their thoughts, …
After much discussion, research, laughter, and debate, Marlee and Pamela decided to focus their project on an exploration of how plastics pollution impacts ocean habitats at the Grade 3 level. We both have motives for how passionate we are about developing a course that inspires students to take part in a positive and necessary change …
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers were forced to develop emergency online teaching resources, mostly without any background in instructional design. After completing the readings above, what are your thoughts on instructional design as a discipline, and what might be its wider relevance for teaching, whether designing for face-to-face, blended, or online settings? Instructional design …
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