In class today we discussed computational thinking and gaming in education. During our hands-on lab time I tried the “Learn to code with Anna & Elsa from Frozen”. Below I’ve attached a screen shot of how far I was able to make it with this activity.  I have very minimal experience with coding so I was challenged […]

Why is assistive technology not more common? This week our topic was assistive technology (AT) and intentionality in technology enabled learning design. While reading through today’s topic I thought about why digital accessibility practices are not more commonly used. We watched a video from the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium about how technology can be used […]

Today I attended a Pro-D day workshop hosted by Cari Wilson about AI literacy. She explained how AI works by collecting data and transforms it into tokens. Each is given a value depending on its location and probability, then these tokens are reassembled into responses. To explain this to student, she recommended using the “once […]

Today we had the opportunity to tour the Pacific School of Innovation & Inquiry (PSII). It was interesting to hear about a different style of teaching and learning, and be able to see what that looks like in a non-traditional school setting. I appreciate how there is equal opportunity for students to attend the school […]

In class today we discussed the use of generative AI for student learning and teacher productivity, and had the opportunity to try out some AI tools ourselves. I used NotebookLM to create an infographic using this video from our pre-class activities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unPKJJjQP0A&t=1s  Overall I think it did a good job of summarizing the information from […]

Today we discussed multi-media principles and how these can help us create more effective instructional videos and tutorials. This principle states that the audio and the visual should compliment each other and not compete. For example, visuals and audio should be paired together instead of audio and text. Another example of competing is having a […]

This week we watched the film “Most Likely to Succeed”. The film highlights the school High Tech High where students engage in inquiry project -based learning, using a student-centred approach. This style of teaching emphasizes critical thinking, creativity, communication and problem-solving. In our breakout rooms we discussed some of the pros and cons of this […]