My weekly reflections from EDCI336.
As this course wraps up and we work on our final presentation, I wanted to reflect on what I’ve learned in this course! As a reminder, I’ve linked my previous posts below so you can check out a more detailed description of the topics we’ve covered in class. Overall, this class has been a great…
This week in EDCI 336, we looked at inclusive and adaptive technology for students with learning differences. We watched two videos on accessibility and assistive technology from both students’ and educators’ points of view. The videos were extremely moving. I highly recommend giving them a watch! After the videos, we split into breakout groups to…
Today, we talked about the gamification of learning and different educational games that can assist in learning. One thing in particular that I want to talk about in my blog today is Minecraft Education. We had Kara Dawson, the District Information Technology Support Teacher from the Comox Valley school district, give us a presentation about…
This week, we saw the initial findings on my classmates’ group inquiry projects. Some topics covered included the effects of social media on students’ learning and mental well-being, gamification of learning, and digital footprints/online safety. It was cool to hear what everyone else was discovering with their topics. My group presented on the effects of…
I wasn’t able to attend the Focused Ed Digital Classroom Pro-Ds on the day they were happening, but I caught up on recordings later. One of the recordings I watched and the one I am reflecting on is about Student Cyber Security Awareness from Fortinet. One of the first things I noticed was how there…
This week, we viewed the resource Focused Ed. This resource looks amazing for teachers and has a bunch of quicklinks to some educational resources. We checked out the different levels of World Book. Something that jumped out to me was the fact that students can change the language of the articles. This offers equity in…
In class on week 3, we had a guest speaker talk about AI usage in School District 63, and what they’re doing to implement AI and technology use correctly in the classroom. We also looked at the Focused ED AI Curriculum and digital literacy resources surrounding AI from the BC Ministry of Education. Something that…
The past two weeks in EDCI336 have been introductory classes. I chose my free inquiry project (making loom band animals) and learned about privacy and consent in the classroom. We got some good resources in the form of the online platform BlueSky, a space similar to Twitter/X that has pages just for educators to connect….