Module #1 – ECI834 Course Creation

Hi everyone, Here is my first shot at an online course module and overview! I think there is too much content for one module, but it is hard to find a healthy balance of expectations when there are so many ideas I want to implement from the EC&I 834 course content!! Perhaps this module could

Digital Identities

This week, our group discussed the concept of online / digital identities within the umbrella of digital citizenship. I felt our group did a great job of presenting a variety of viewpoints when analyzing our digital identities. Rae looked at Dr. Alec Couros‘ video Article #4, Brenda discussed young people’s social media interactions here Article

Student Collaboration and Interactions

Building off of what I learned with Alec Couros in ECI 831, I plan to incorporate blogging and reflections into my course prototype. At this point, my general idea is centred around what Dr. Valerie Irvine discussed in class about having some f2f time, asynchronous work time, and small pods of groups that can create

ECI 832 Major Project update

The last few weeks have been hectic with report cards, broken refrigerators, and shovelling snow! My project is gradually taking shape, with a variety of lesson ideas and ways that I can slightly adjust previously taught units/projects to have a stronger focus on Digital Citizenship. As I have started thinking about integrating Digital Citizenship with

Content Creation and Teaching Tools

In my division this year, grade 7&8 teachers have been invited to join the rest of the elementary staff to start using SeeSaw instead of MyBlueprint. It has been a learning curve for me thus far, as almost every year I have been able to pilot and use new platforms! One key criticism of the

Creating a Course Profile

I have been wracking my brain for the best subject to focus on for the digital learning course. I bounced back and forth between a digital book club/novel study, arts education semester, and finally settled on looking at Water Systems for grade 8 science as that is my upcoming unit for science. If we do

A “pivot” in education…

I really enjoyed reading 9 Things That Will Shape the Future of Education and really got me thinking about what the future of education will look like! In some ways, the last few years have changed some aspects of education, and in other ways has shifted us back in time. As we have seen over

Experiences in Blended & Remote Learning

My experiences have varied over the last few years with supplemental learning, remote learning pivots, and an element of blended learning with students coming and going with illness. At the beginning of the pandemic and the indefinite classroom shut down from March to June 2020, my knowledge and understanding of digital learning were very narrow

A few introductory thoughts for the Major Project in 832

I feel a little better after reading Kelly’s Blog and finding out she has also been struggling with ideas for the Major Project this semester! To echo Kelly’s thoughts, I usually come up with ideas almost immediately for the Major Projects in Alec’s classes, but this semester I am a little stumped! I have been

Gearing up for EC&I 832 & 834

Hi everyone! Looking forward to a highly successful and engaging semester in #ECI834 and #ECI832. I am excited about working with Dr. Alec Couros again and my first class with Dr. Katia Hildebrandt This is my 7 & 8th classes in my Masters of Education program at the University of Regina in #ECI My goals