I’ve just reached the end of a student presentation cycle in my senior Social Studies class at work which was an intentional foray into project-based learning (PBL) with a focus on personalization… sort of. Students could choose their topics and I coached them on appropriate specificity (think of them focusing on interactions between climate and…
1. Platform choice and justification: for my social learning platform (SLP) analysis, I’m going to be examining the platform I’ve watched and interacted with the most of the given choices by far – YouTube. I’ve used the site for essentially my whole adult life after university (I graduated in early 2006; Youtube launched in late…
While reading C. Thi Nguyen’s piece this week on the difference between epistemic bubbles and echo chambers, I wondered how this model would apply to my workplace as a teacher. In public school employment you will see the same people very regularly: you work in neighbouring rooms, talk in the hallways, and attend meetings. Especially…
I’ve never owned more than about 20% of a cat, growing up in a family of 5 and being a regular traveller of the pacific rim area for most of my young adulthood since leaving home. While cat-sitting for a friend on holiday, though, I was presented with a small dainty by one of the…