This week in EDL 829, our conversation deepened around the themes of connection and community. We had the privilege of hearing from Risa Naytowhow, whose reflections on her experiences as an Indigenous student in urban education resonated deeply with the themes explored in our readings from Chapter 8 & 9 of Teaching Each Other: Nehinuw … More Week 6: Relationships & Ethical Spaces
Should schools be responsible for teaching students how to be good digital citizens? This debate goes beyond the digital and tech debate. At a surface level, sure, this seems like a conversation around the role and responsibilities of the teacher in relation to tech and digital citizenship, however I think that it goes far beyond … More It’s fine they’ll learn it in school…
As we start to read through the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime students are going to be focusing on the theme of Identity. Not only will we be learning about Christopher’s identity but we will be exploring our own identity as well. In this exercise we will start to explore … More This Is Me: Symbolic Self-Portrait
The video below is a summary of the experience Robyn and I had for our ECS 200 CBSL experience:
After watching the Tedx talk by Dan Habib about his son Samuel and reading Kelsey’s blog it strikes me how important inclusion of people of abilities is not only in school but in society. This week’s topic is one that I truly am passionate about. I have been fortunate enough in my life to have … More Inclusion and different abilities
Will Whitten 