It’s finally done. Below you will find my major project in which I explore the ethical dimensions of AI use. I would like to thank everyone in the course for providing such rich discussion on this topic, and our instructor … Continue reading
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Major Project Update 3: Exploring Peter Liljedahl’s “Thinking Classrooms”
THINKING CLASSROOMS AND DIGITAL LITERACY As many of my fellow classmates live in Regina, the name Peter Liljedahl or the concept of “Thinking Classrooms” might ring a few bells. Liljedahl frequently hosts PD in Regina (three of which I thoroughly enjoyed attending last year). If I may make a shameless plug for my Division Curriculum…
Continue readingMatt’s Summary of Learning
If you have a chance please take 5 minutes to watch my summary of learning. Thank you for all of your insightful discussions throughout the course.
Continue readingThe Case of Jekyll and Hyde: My Daily Struggle for Digital Literacy in a Fake World
Reflecting on my digital skills, navigating between reality and rhetoric often feels like a tale of two personas. By day, during the work week, with my family, I’m an advocate for balanced, informed tech use and digital literacy in our homes and schools. Yet, by night, on the weekends, alone, I must confess to being…
Continue readingFake News: A Day-long Timeline of Unquestioned Algorithm-Driven Mayhem
4:20 AM My interaction with media begins the moment I get out of bed (this is a generous description – it is more akin to a military crawl with more cursing). I am ashamed to say it, but after regaining … Continue reading
Continue readingWeek 9: Analyzing “News”
As is my concern for most topics, at what point do we move from primarily
focusing on pre-service teachers and looking at in-service educators for
education on all things anti-oppressive and digital evolution?
Final Project- Vlog Update
Vlog Update on my final Digital Citizenship Course
Continue readingMedia Literacy and the Algorithm “Behind the Curtain”
In the classic book and movie, The Wizard of Oz, Toto rips back the curtain for the big reveal: The so-called GREAT and POWERFUL OZ is just a stout, balding white male. It’s all been a ruse! The entity we believed was in control is something else entirely! In our media literacy class discussion this…
Continue readingMedia Literacy and the Algorithm “Behind the Curtain”
In the classic book and movie, The Wizard of Oz, Toto rips back the curtain for the big reveal: The so-called GREAT and POWERFUL OZ is just a stout, balding white male. It’s all been a ruse! The entity we believed was in control is something else entirely! In our media literacy class discussion this…
Continue readingWhat if you were “Media Illiterate” for a day?
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” – Daniel J. Boorstin Why are people so dumb? Seriously. Why can’t they see it? This morning I saw this video on YouTube about this politician … Continue reading
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