Friday, February 6th 2026

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 […]

Friday, January 30th 2026

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 […]

Friday, January 23rd 2026

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 […]

Friday, January 16th 2026

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 […]

EdTech Inquiry

This is where Assignment 2: Educational Technology Resource Development will be presented when complete.

Free Inquiry – Lets get the ball rolling!

Part 2 – Off to a good start This week I got started on making my toque. One of the mistakes I made with my last project was not starting with a centre pull from my yarn. The centre pull means instead of starting with the end of yarn that sits on the outside of […]

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