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Category: Course Work
Where’s The Evidence?
One thing that I enjoyed about this class was the amount of social interaction we were able to engage in via an online class. This post will summarize how I have contributed to the learning of others via the ways I have engaged online up until this pos…
Continue readingTerrarium Closing
I would like to begin by saying thank you to anyone who followed along with my learning project. Starting this project, I was reminded of the self-directed studies I was tasked with for various classes. I was also reminded of a similar project I had c…
Continue readingTeaching Digital Literacy
Teach students about some of the different kinds of ‘misleading news’ such as click bait, sponsored content, and conspiracy theories and what motivates them as depicted in the Beyond Fake News Factsheet. Break the Fake is an online quiz that challenges…
Continue readingTime to Sleuth
For EDTC300, we were asked to partner up and cyber sleuth one of our classmates. I started my sleuth by simply googling my partner’s name. A bunch of different online profiles came up, meaning I had to sift through a couple of different users to see if…
Continue readingTerrarium Talk Time
The charcoal terrarium is still doing well. I have yet to see Mr. Grub and Sneak since they’re first appearance; however based on the diversity of life flourishing within the jar, I believe that they are still doing just as well as the other species in…
Continue readingCoding Success & Technology Struggles
This week we were tasked to explore some online coding software. I decided to check out Mario’s Secret Adventure: Build Your Own 3D Mario Game on Hour of Code. I found the program really easy to follow along with. One feature I appreciated was the smal…
Continue readingBreaking My Most Important Rule
I opened the terrarium… Did the world end? No… but it could have. Monday, my parents and I were in our garage examining some wood we have drying for a project. Upon further inspection, we spotted a rather large “grub” laying on top of one of the bark p…
Continue readingIntegrating Digital Citizenship in K-5 Curriculum
Digital Citizenship In class, we have been recently discussing digital citizenship. Specifically, we have examined Ribble’s definition and understanding of what it means to be a digital citizen. Ribble categorizes digital citizenship using three guidi…
Continue readingCyber Safety & Anti-Bullying
I was introduced to cyber safety in school through a couple different formats, but most commonly I remember it being taught alongside anti-bullying campaigns. I remember listening to various guest speakers who came to the school to discuss anti-bullyin…
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