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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Describe coding and Pair Programming. Did you experience Pair Programming in class? What did you think of it? In your future classroom, do you think you would prefer a 1:1 student to device ratio or do you think fewer devices … Read More
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This week I decided to explore how technology can support Social Emotional Learning in the classroom, and what that may look like. Firstly, I found the website that goes in depth about Edtech and the correlations with SEL (https://www.eduporium.com/blog/eduporium-weekly-edtech-and-its-place-in-social-emotional-learning/) Typically … Read More