It’s hard to believe we’re already at the end of this course and the end of the inquiry project! The inquiry posts and overall project were definitely a highlight of this class for me. It was fun to be able to learn about something I wanted to learn about and I ended up enjoying it…
Here is my final reflection from this course! I chose to highlight some of the concepts and tools that will stick with me and that I will take into my future teaching.
This week I watched videos from group 6, 8, 10, and 15. I thought they all had interesting topics and found it nice to hear from so many groups during class. My favourite video that I watched was from group 15 which was Jack, Will, Refano, and Byron. They looked at using Slido in the…
This week’s topic was about EdCamps! EdCamps were an unfamiliar concept to me before this class so I’m glad I got to learn about a new concept and will now be on the lookout for EdCamp opportunities that I can attend. In class, we all put suggestions up on Padlet to brainstorm what kind of…
Here is the link to our video for our group inquiry project: Ed Tech Presentation Below is our video script with linked resources we were able to find to support our inquiry. Video Script Chris: Our group’s inquiry topic asks the question, “What are the potential uses of virtual reality in the classroom?” When VR…
This week I learned a tune called Flop Eared Mule. This is a classic novice tune that I often hear at fiddle dances still to this day. In my current fiddle group, we play it for schottische dances. All of the sheet music I could find online was a bit different than how I’ve heard…
This week we looked at computational thinking and gaming in education! Here are some screenshots of what I tried out on code.org. I had done some of this before in high school so it wasn’t completely new. I remember students really liking it so I can definitely see it being used in classes in different…
A concept I chose to focus in on a bit this week was intonation. Being “in tune” is referred to when playing with others but because I am playing by myself, good intonation is what I’m after. Being a flute player, I am no stranger to good and bad intonation. Flute is a hard instrument…
Pictures by Amy Simons Today we were lucky enough to get to have a tour of The Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry (PSII)! It was a fun field trip and was nice to get out into the community to explore other education avenues. Everyone we talked to during our visit welcomed us and was…
For this week’s Pro D Day session, I attended the Black Canadian Learning Resource zoom for grades 6-9. There were many great resources presented in the resource that could be used in my future classes. Black representation is something that has definitely been lacking in my education throughout my whole life so I found this…