Let’s Conclude – My Summary of Learning

I can’t believe seven weeks has come and gone already. I have learned so much and I can’t thank everyone enough for pushing my conscience to think and reflect on all the wonderful topics related to the contemporary issues related to educational technology. I have grown as a teacher and as a person all thanks...

Are Teachers Supposed to be Social Activists?

Our last debate topic clearly is a tough and thorough subject to elaborate on. Mike and Jacquie and Michala and Brad had their work cut out for them with this one. I lift my hat up to them because they did a great job defending their point of view. Mike and Jacquie started of the...

My Thoughts on Openness and Sharing in Schools

https://media.giphy.com/media/AFPFgFBXvj88tBZM8x/giphy.gif The topic, Openness and sharing in schools is unfair to our kids, up for debate last Tuesday was a bit confusing for me. “What does this even mean?”, was the first question that popped in my head and I was anxious and excited to see how my colleagues, Melinda and Altan, and Sherrie and...

Educate, Don’t Forbid: Using Cellphones in Class

Here's why cellphones can be a great tool to foster in school settings and why it’s important for teachers to create an environment where students know when and how they should be used to enhance learning. When they aren’t used properly, phones can be detrimental to learning but banning them can be fruitless because students...

The “Portraiture” of Social Media…

https://media.giphy.com/media/lW1KdE0faiQ8g/giphy.gif Have you ever searched “Ted talk social media” on YouTube? I have… what comes up isn’t at all positive. I find it sad that, once again, negativity drowns out positivity. Concentrating on the positive effects of Social Media on children, without batting an eye on why it could be used negatively, could possibly help...

Does Google Have a Bachelor of Education Degree?

Photo credit: "Laptop" by @DaskBlogs is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The answer to this question is: NO! The teacher using Google is the one with the pedagogical skills. This means it is the teacher’s responsibility to find pedagogically researched ways to use Google to help students learn! This also means, for most of the time (not all the...

Techology = Equity?

First, I would like to state that Victoria, my debate partner, and I worked hard to research this topic because we both were more inclined to think that technology IS a force for equity in society. Together, we read over 30 articles and broadened our knowledge and awareness on this topic to find ways to...

Technology in the classroom…. Yes or No?

Technology is part of our lives, whether we want it to be or not because people have to use technology for some reason or another. We are surrounded by it! The question is, does technology in the classroom enhance learning or does it curtail it? Now, here is the thing, this is a pretty controversial...

A day in the “technological” life of Madame Jazz

First blog post… I am a little nervous about this but here we go... As some of you might know, I teach for the Conseil des Écoles Fransaskoises. Our school district asks that we use Microsoft Teams to connect face-to-face with our students. Slowly but surely, I am learning how this program works and what...