Author: Jennifer Owens

Working through my major project, I tried to bring in learning that came up in our weekly topics. An example of that was AI. This is something that we weren’t really talking about when I did Module 1 and 2 in 2021, and now it’s something that you can’t NOT talk about when talking digitalContinue reading “Project “Fake News” Reflections”

I think my project is finally ready to share. For this project, I chose to develop an interdisciplinary digital citizenship course that includes integrated ELA, Health and Religion outcomes. This was a fairly large undertaking because I wanted something that is classroom ready. I wanted teachers to have a resource that they could open upContinue reading “Major Project EC&I 832”

I’m still chipping away at my major project.  As I mentioned in my last project post, I decided to finish a digital citizenship course that I started a couple of years ago. When I started, I wasn’t sure how much work it would be, but I’m happy to discover that there was still a significantContinue reading “Major Project Continued…”

I’d like to start by saying thanks to all of my EC&I 832 classmates and to Dr. Alec Couros for another great EdTech class! It’s been an exciting time to take this class with all of the emerging generative AI technology. I’ve enjoyed our weekly presentations and discussions and hope that this video properly highlightsContinue reading “My Summary of Learning”

We often talk about fake news and misinformation we are exposed to online, but the truth is, the issue of fake news is so deep and systemic, it’s hard to ever know what’s really true.  As Kim mentioned in her video, the issue of fake news is as old as the written word…and I’m sureContinue reading “Making Sense of it All”

You’ll have to excuse my overdue journal entry about how my major project is going.  It’s not that I haven’t been thinking about it.  It’s more that I have be OVER-thinking about it. Originally, I thought it would be fun to choose option 4…exploring generative AI, as I thought it would be interesting to diveContinue reading “A Long Overdue Reflection…”

When I chose this topic for the catalyst assignment, I knew I wanted to explore beyond the digital aspect of what it means to be media literate today’s world. When we think media literacy, it’s no surprise we immediately think of Digital Citizenship and digital literacy. Afterall, in a digitally-rich world, technology allows us toContinue reading “Do You See What I See?”

When I began my teaching career over two decades ago, the idea of digital identity was not even on my radar.  I was familiar with my dial-up internet, personal emails, Windows ’98 and a touch of Google.  This was before the existence of mainstream social media.  Today, my digital identity is an integral part ofContinue reading “Interconnected Identities”

I am fortunate that throughout my career I have been influenced by strong leaders in the world of Education Technology.  Almost 10 years ago, my school division introduced a “Connected Educator” program whereby successful candidates received 1:1 devices.  However, the beauty of the program was in not the technology, rather the outstanding professional development andContinue reading “It’s About Empowering Students”