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Group A- Guoying Zhang (Rose), 03/04/2020 You leave foot trails every time you get online, Paul Davis made it clear that the internet is not a safe place. Internet safety is an issue now, scam, cyber bullying are happening everyday. Since avoiding internet will not be an option, we as educators and parents should prepareContinue reading “Educate students on being safe/smart online”

This past week, we had presentations discussing chapter 4 and chapter 5 of the Zhao’s book “Never Send a Human to do a Machine’s Job”.  My group discussed the importance of teaching our students to be digital citizens.  As educators, we need to teach our students to become contributing members and creative leaders in theContinue reading “Group D – blog post 2”

Hey guys, Today I learned that Pinterest could be a great tool for teachers. We were able to find lesson plans from others online. This app can be used for more than just lesson plans and can be used for inspiration to help spice up our teaching strategies. Pinterest could also be used to monitorContinue reading “Pin It”

After enjoying two days of spring-like weather, we had our Tech Ed class on Wednesday with 15 cm of fresh powder snow! Since we didn’t have class last week, we had to do 4 presentations in one class. Our group (group D) did our presentation on Chapter 4 – The Wrong Assumptions, and taught theContinue reading “February 26 Chapter 4”

Hello Readers! Happy (snowy) weekend! I hope you are all keeping warm. The wind is blowing and I’m very glad to be inside where it is warm.  As you all know, it’s winter here which means… germs! Combine the usual amount of germs in the air at this time of year, with the reality ofContinue reading “Teaching Students to Be Digital Citizens”

Week of February 26th – Claudia Argento Today as educators, we are lucky enough to be able to find and share our ideas online, from/with people all over the world. One of the greatest websites/apps I think many teachers would say to ever exist is Pinterest. In every classroom that I have been in (forContinue reading “Blog #2 – Group D”

It was very snowy today. As a result the atmosphere seemed to be a tense hurried one. We also went into a new room that gave us more space. We technically had some windows, blocked off with white stuff as they were. During my section of my group presentation I enjoyed taking part in theContinue reading “Feb 26 Blog entry”

Group C: Claire McKinnon In a world where technology is constantly evolving and changing there are so many opportunities to incorporate technology in the classroom. The use of technology in the classroom brings forth so many possibilities that support teachers and enhance student learning. In todays Instructional Technology class we discussed the importance of havingContinue reading “Teaching in a Digital World”

In class we discussed the expectations of technology, which showed how society as a whole tends to heavily depend on technology for various aspects of daily life. This dependency on technology can also be seen in a variety of North American schools. We put a lot of pressure on technology being able to increase student’sContinue reading “Technology Expectations”