This is the category to apply to your Weekly Reflection posts from the course.
Reflection of Coding in the Class In the context of science especially when exploring complex fields like microbiology, cell reproduction and biology coding and computational thinking can shift the student from a classic student listener to a creator which can help to deepen their understanding of the topic. Rather than just memorizing how bacteria reproduce,…
Often Missed Digital Accessibility Practices When browsing the internet, or social media, there are many commonly missed practices when it comes to digital accessibility, which is difficult for educators as we must ensure our students have reliable, functional information for all. The most common one I see is the lack of meaningful link text such…
The biggest thing I took away from this professional development session is that we need to teach kids to keep their hands on the wheel when it comes to AI use. AI is an amazing tool for our students, it gives them the ability to have a 24/7 tutor/learning partner that can help a student…
In my first week of pursuing my inquiry goal, I thought it would be a good idea to set up a schedule of what exercises I will be doing each day. This week I tracked the current forms of exercise that I do so that and found they are as follows: Soccer (2-3 times/week), Gym…
Our trip to The Pacific School of Inquiry and Innovation gave us insight into how education can be shifted from the standard, rigid model to a more fluid student centered approach promoting discovery and interests. By utilizing an emergent curriculum, the school allows students to co create their learning paths alongside teachers based on personal…
While AI is a very powerful tool to use when making the scaffolding of an assignment or research, it comes with many limitations which many people don’t fully grasp. With students becoming more and more reliable on AI with every new GPT update, I think its important to cover its fallbacks so that people understand…
Including H5P videos within a lesson or, as an activity for students to create for themselves would most certainly be beneficial for any science classroom, and could even be utilized within math. These interactive videos allow students the opportunity to show what they have learned in the video, and help to challenge there critical thinking…
When observing the current school system, many concerns are often repeated: Student Anxiety, Teacher Burnout and Assessment Difficulties. These concerns point me in the direction that something about the education system needs to be tweaked, not a full overhaul as I think that’s unreasonable and not feasible. I do think however that by implementing more…