Digital Communication: enlarging perspectives and sharing inquiry
Communication is a large part of what teachers do and it is important that we consider how we communicate, what we communicate and with whom. In this post, I look at professional communication in an Inquiry classroom with UBC instructor, Dawn Allen. With her EDUC 450 class, we discussed innovative uses of social media, blogs and other digital tools to support inquiry sharing. At the same time, we ‘troubled’ the benefits and issues involved in digital tech integration.
Creating an Inclusive Environment through Digital Tech (LLED 360 – ELL)
BC’s classrooms and school populations are evolving which includes a growing number of English Language Learners who are entitled to support. To help Teacher Candidates in LLED 360 begin to consider this need, we worked with some instructors and their classes with some digital tools that will help ALL students, including ELLs. We discussed the […]
Tech Integration for Secondary Science (EDCP 467 – Junior Science)
Walking away from this afternoon’s session working with Secondary Jr. Science Methods TCs and their instructor Leslie Johnstone, I realized I hadn’t taken a single photo to help capture the engagement in the classroom. Ah, well, the moment will live in my brain at least ;D. Below are some promised links and notes about our […]
Multimedia Presentation and Storytelling
BEd Teacher Candidates (TCs) this year will have opportunities to flex their digital technology muscles by creating presentations for course assignments and by planning ways to engage their own students on practicum in using digital technologies. In particular, elementary TCs in most sections of LLED 350 Classroom Discourses will create a multi-media presentation in response […]
MakerSpace et Cyber Café : Septembre
Au mois de septembre les candidat.e.s du BEd français ont participé à deux ateliers : le “MakerSpace” et le premier atelier de la séries Cyber Café. Les deux ateliers ont permis aux candidat.e.s d’explorer les différentes façons d’inciter les élèves dans les écoles élémentaires et secondaires à participer. MakerSpace – est géré par Yvonne Dawydiak […]