Image from Pixabay One of my big passion areas is ethics and the ethical dilemmas we continuously face both as educators and citizens living in todays ubiquitous age of technology. Ā So, when scanning through some of the readings for the week, I was immediately drawn to the topic of social media and education. Ā Do we Read more about Ethical Dilemmas[…]
Image by Pexels from Pixabay This week’s post will be short, for now. Ā After spending some time considering what to write about, I have decided to include some awesome things from this week, Ā as many weeks in my present history have not been so awesome. The inspiration for the use of the word awesome, Read more about Awesome Things[…]
Image by S K from Pixabay āImagine, Create, Play, Share, Reflect and back to Imagineā, the kindergarten approach for learning discussed in Resnickās (2007) paper is applicable not only to the students we teach but to teachers themselves, especially within the transition from face-to face to online teaching currently happening due to the COVID-19 Read more about “Not Yet”[…]
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The initial shock and panic of the last few weeks has now settled into new routines of living; my new normal. Ā Within this new normal are the constant streams of COVID 19 data fed through the internet and the “wicked problems” that have arisen as part of this crisis. Read more about Mindful Designs, Wicked Problems, Data and Digital Stories[…]
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay I wake up and roll over, determined to sleep further and then wonder if things have suddenly improved overnight. Pulling myself out of bed, I grasp my phone, quickly flipping it over to see what Iāve missed throughout the night. Yes, I know grabbing your phone first thing in Read more about The Internet: Helping or Hurting?[…]
Image by Krzysztof_War from Pixabay What changes can occur in just a few short days. I’m sure that for most of us, our visions of how the week would unfold, were different than the reality that emerged. Ā For me, my vision of an intense week of musical theatre rehearsals followed by two productions on Read more about The Importance of Digital Literacy[…]