“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Aristotle
Confused, sad, surprised, left out, shocked, embarrassed, lonely … Today, guest speakers Kaori Lau and Tracy Humphreys gave a presentation on Technology and Inclusion. I found it an inspiring and valuable session. Introduction The introductory exercise cleverly put us in the shoes of students that are excluded from activities at school because of a disability….
Honestly, my brain was mush this afternoon after working on my Philosophy essay, so I played around with Gentype (see title above), created a few AI images on Canva (see featured photo), and then asked ChatGPT to write my reflection for me: Could you pls give me a 250 word reflection on the use of…
Zoom Our class today was on Zoom. It certainly missed the buzz of our usual classes, but it was great to round off the half-semester in PJs. It was interesting for me to hear that Zoom can be used for Screencasting, and I will certainly be looking into this. I think Screencasts would be a…
Rich McCue from UVic’s Digital Scholarship Commons was a guest speaker this week. I was unaware of this group within the McPherson library and ended up spending most of the lesson diving into their website rather than getting on with the workshop tasks (I will get caught up!). The purpose of the Digital Scholarship Commons…
Well today was a fun lesson. I came away feeling positive and exited – quite the contrast to last week’s lecture! After my somewhat negative last post, I need to clarify that, although I personally hate social media, I’m not remotely a technophobe and really enjoy the aspects of our digital age that can work…
Phew, Jesse’s presentation was quite the ride! He packed an enormous amount of information into two hours, and had some strong (!) opinions. It was a lot to absorb, and I came away with an unsettling sense of the dangers of this age of “ubiquitous connection”, but no clear idea of how to address them….
It was inspiring to listen to the knowledge sharing that takes place online. This is so important for teachers as we would never manage the workload without collaboration and sharing of ideas and materials. Here’s a small contribution from me so that others won’t need to reinvent the wheel when trying to embed a prezi……
This article identifies Open Education Resources (OER) that are suitable for teaching middle school students about the Holocaust. Background British Colombia has committed to mandatory Holocaust education for Grade 10 students from the 2025/26 school year onwards, and UVic is currently offering an online course, Teaching the Holocaust, to help prepare teachers for this requirement….
