Category: EC&I 833- Weekly Reflections

Virtual Reality is one type of technology that still baffles my mind. I read the book Ready Player One a few years ago and I am still surprised of the amount of power that technology has on society. Ready Player One takes it to the extreme where most p…

Before taking EdTech classes, I never really knew what Coding or MakerSpaces were. I had heard of these concepts, but was never really interested or took the time to understand them. After a few years in the classroom and the chance to take classes abo…

The Education System has come a long way when it comes to accessibility and education rights for all. With time, assistive technologies have become more known, more advanced, and at times, more attainable so that everyone can have access to an educatio…

Since this was my week to present, I decided to test out a platform I had never used before. A couple weeks ago, I gave Pear Deck a try. I presented to my classmates a rundown on this assessment technology during class, but I wanted to go more in-depth…

I never got to watching “The Social Dilemma”, so I thought I would take the time and watch it, since the social part of the internet has had a pretty big impact on my life and my students’ lives. Sometimes in a good way. However, it h…

I first tried online learning when I took a high school biology class on my school’s television. We were a small school, so some of our options were to be taught classes by teachers in other schools. This was in 2012 when there were not as many t…

I’m a multitasker. I’ve always been a multitasker. If I’m watching tv, I’m scrolling, coloring, painting, or solving a Rubik’s cube. If I’m cooking, I’m listening to music or reading between breaks. If I’…

Now that I am a teacher, I ask myself the question ” have you ever even been in the classroom?” very often. This quote to my mind when I started thinking about how some people may not have the same idea about the use of technology in school…

I didn’t really take into account many educational theories until I started my first year of teaching. Learning about educational theories at University didn’t really mean much until I actually got to us them in the classroom. Now, 5 years …