Reflection #4: UDL
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UDL: What is it and how has it changed over time? UDL stands for Universal Design for Learning: UDL is a framework that aims to make learning accessible and beneficial for all students by providing multiple opportunities and routes to … Read More

Reflection #3: Reflecting A Demonstration Using Driscoll’s Model
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My Reflection: Driscoll’s Model: Science Demonstration Reflection: 1. What stage? What happened? In our science class Andrea and I completed a science demonstration for grade 3 on the topic of heat conduction. We started by showing the class the difference … Read More

Blog Post #3: Story Vines
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The Benefits Of Using Story Vines In The Classroom: Story vines are a great hands on way to connect Art curriculum components with the English Language Arts curriculum. while I completed this assignment I was personally able to make connections … Read More

Blog Post #2: Classroom Takeaways
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Today in grade 1/2, we started with a writing prompt. The students came in and this photo was on the smart board: Students immediately began writing based off this prompt. During this time we walked around to help any students, … Read More

Blog Post #1: The One Book That Changed Everything
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The book that changed everything for me was The Land of Stories: The Wishing SpellĀ from The Land of StoriesĀ series by Chris Colfer. This book truly changed the way I felt about reading. I can remember exactly when I was hooked. … Read More

Blog Post #1 Part 2: My favourite hobbies outside of school
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Jan. 13th 2025 Skiing A little bit about me! Outside of school I really enjoy skiing! I grew up skiing in Banff and Castle Mountain and have skied since I was in grade 2. When I moved to Vancouver Island … Read More

Reflection #2: Provocations and Soft Starts
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Soft Starts: ROCK STORY PROVOCATION: Today we tried a new provocation, we were allowed to work individually or in partners and we were shown a list of different prompts. We drew a card to then randomly be assigned a story … Read More

Reflection #1: January 13th 2025
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What is a worldview? A worldview is a combination of different aspects in ones life that heavily impact an individual’s approach to life and their perspectives and actions. There are many different aspects of someone’s world view; spiritual perspectives, political … Read More

Field Experience Reflections
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EDCI 250 Assignment #3 Assignment Overview: For this assignment, we chose two experiences of any experience we have had in the classroom during our first year in the UVic EKTEP program. This reflection has been done following the Gibbs Reflective … Read More

Weekly Reflection #9 – Design Lab
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This week’s class topic is ‘Innovation in Education’: On Tuesday we went to SD5’s Design Lab with Ryan Mackenzie and explored what they learn within the space and the resources accessible. Some tech we explored in the design lab included: … Read More