This week, as we explored Chapter 9 of Teaching Each Other, I found myself reflecting again on what it means to connect students to learning through relationship and relevance. The case studies in this chapter focused on learning in the community, learning on the land, and learning from Elders bring to life the principle that … More Week 7: Learning with the Land, the Community, and the Elders
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
This week we took a look at digital story telling and as much as I wanted to post a video about it. I feel like that will take away from the simple stories created by using Five Card Flickr. For those of you who don’t know Five Card Flickr is a great way to practice digital story telling. … More A Stolen Moment (Why my Creative Writing Class finally Paid off)
Here is my Vlog about Social Justice and Social Media: Here is Jonathan Mann’s Social Justice Warrior Song (*Warning there is some adult language in the song*) Check out The Canadian Journal of Education article Shifting Out of “Neutral”: Beginning Teachers’ Struggles with Teaching for Social Justice And in case you missed it you can always … More #SJW and The Risks of Teacher Neutrality
Hey guys here is another ECMP 355 video blog for you! This week we’re looking at Coding. If you want to take the easy way to Master Ed Tech you can play my Scratch game here. Video Links: Check out Mashable’s 10 Programming Languages You Should Learn Right Now View the full Mario Maker Video Cave photo … More Maybe I Could’ve Created Super Mario Brothers®…
Will Whitten 