Weekly Reflection #10 – Innovation Hour
We had the privilege of visiting a local school and hosting “Innovation Hour” with the whole school! What a cool opportunity, not just to introduce fun high and low tech gadgets with students but...
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Weekly Reflection #9 – Design Lab
I’m not sure where to start with reflecting on our tour of the School District #5 Design Lab today! We learned so much and saw so many cool gadgets (both high and low tech)...
Weekly Reflection #8 – EdTech Presentations
Presentation #1 – Virtual Field Trips “How can virtual field trips enhance accessibility and engagement for elementary students with diverse learning needs?” Our classmates provided some really thorough information about how Virtual Field Trips...
Assignment #2 – EdTech Presentation: Unplugged or Unprepared?
As student teachers, Dakota, Shae, Grace and I all immediately connected on our stance that meaningful learning doesn’t require constant technology use. We all prefer classroom environments grounded in traditional, hands-on practices, and we...
Weekly Reflection #7 — GenAI in Education
Artificial Intelligence is everywhere! I don’t think you can search anything online anymore without an AI answer popping up. You have to really search for non-AI feedback, which is so strange. As far as...
Weekly Reflection Post #6 – Math Gamification
This week we explored the world of gamification! I’m pretty sure this word was not in the dictionary when I was in elementary school. gam·i·fi·ca·tion ˌgā-mə-fə-ˈkā-shən : the process of adding games or gamelike elements to...
Free Inquiry Week #7 – Project Summary
I have to be honest, I’m a little sad this project is over. I thoroughly enjoyed researching, gathering and compiling my weekly blog posts. I chose a topic that is near and dear to...
Free Inquiry Week #6 – An Interview!
This week I dove into video editing. At the beginning of the planning process for my free inquiry process I wrote down that I was going to do a video interview as one of...
Weekly Reflection #5 – In-Situ Compare & Contrast
This week we had some invaluable experiences in two different in-situs at two different elementary schools in Cranbrook. The first one we planned as a group in our Field Experience Class. The theme for...
Free Inquiry Week #5 — The Past & Future of Down syndrome
Sadly, the narrative around Down syndrome is not entirely as positive as I have made it sound in my blog posts. The past is full of horrific stories of people with Down syndrome (and...