ECMP 355 has been quite a learning journey! This video highlights my key learnings and depicts my ups and downs in picture book format. I made it using Storybird, Screencastify, and iMovie.
I started to actively construct my PLN (personal learning network) about two years ago as a part of ECS 210, a course about the complexities of curriculum. Since then, I’ve had off-and-on relationships with both Twitter …
This semester has flown by, and so has this learning project! As part of ECMP 355, a class about using technology in the classroom, I was required to use online sources to learn a skill of …
I decided it would be useful to put all the resources I used throughout my ECMP 355 Chess Learning Project into one place. I used Padlet, which allows you to create a visual wall with …
Previous Experiences With Coding I’ve been hearing about the benefits of coding in the classroom for a while now, mostly through talking with my co-workers from EYES Camp, where I worked last summer. At the end …
These last few weeks, the topics of slut-shaming and sexual extortion have been weighing on my mind. These are huge problems facing girls in schools and I’ve been thinking a lot about how they tie …
This week, I decided to use Smore to show my learning project update! Smore is a website that allows you to create beautiful flyers and share them online. It was really easy to use and I love …
Activism vs. Slacktivism Social media campaigns have been widely critiqued for reducing activism to hitting the retweet button or sharing a Facebook post. This article suggests that slacktivism can be counter-productive, as sharing on social media might …
Co-written by Raquel Bellefleur & Meagan Dobson Originally posted via UR S.T.A.R.S. What does ‘reconciliation’ actually mean? Like many, we entered our post-secondary education with limited information about Treaties and the ways in which the two of us are …
Yesterday, I took the opportunity to challenge my fiancé to a chess game! This is a rare occurrence, as he is a much higher rated chess player than I am, so I always lose to …
