The innovation hour event was held at Gordon Terrace Elementary School, where the teacher candidates, instructor for the class EDCI 336, and the head of the Design Lab of SD5 hosted this event. There were three time slots for specific grades that had around an hour to go through the five stations. The groups that…
TheĀ SD5 Design labĀ is located in the basement of the Kootenay Orchards School, where classes can go to participate in activities that explore transformative learning. The Design Lab has many resources that are made available to schools for teachers to use when they request them. The resources include LEGO building kits for coding, VR sets, robotics,…
Group One- From screens to scenes: engaging every learner with virtual field trips “How can Virtual Field Trips enhance accessibility and engagement for elementary students with diverse learning needs?” Virtual Field Trips (VFTs) are interactive, tech-powered experiences that let learners explore places virtually. This type of technology offers students the opportunity to explore places, concepts,…
“Talk about how you have found GenAI useful or not for educational purposes”. “General AI (or AGI) is an artificial intelligence that can think, learn, and adapt across many different tasksāmuch like a human. Unlike narrow AI, which does one thing well, general AI can reason, understand context, and solve new problems without being retrained.”…
Prodigy is an educational role-playing game designed to help students practice their math and English skills in a fun, story-based world. This game platform is developed by the company Prodigy Education and is used in elementary and middle schools. How It Works is that players create their wizard character who goes on adventures, explores maps,…
This weekly reflection is comparing the two in-situ days we have had for this week between two classes For EDCI 250 we had are in-situ at Kooteney Orchards Elementary school. Where teacher canidates came up with an activty to incorporate I Love A Challenge, where we had challenged students from kindergarten to grade 6 to…
Graphic creation is the process when designing and producing visual content to communicate ideas and messages. This can include logos, posters, illustrations, infographics, and more. Some software that can be used to make graphic creation could beĀ Canva, Adobe Illustrator, Figma, and more. Different types that graphic design that could be used are digital graphics (websites,…
Stop motion videos are videos that are an animation technique where you move objects slightly in small steps, and you physically move them. Each movement is photographed frame by frame, and when the photos are played in sequence, it creates the illusion that the objects are moving on their own. This video was taken in…
The use of Epic! Books is a platform where students and teachers can go to find online books from all genres and reading levels. This site has multiple resources when reading, such as read to me, videos, and audiobooks. Epic! Books also has a feature that you are able to heart your books or books…
When using social media nowadays, it is seen in everyday life between TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, and Facebook. With my experience with social media is I am on it every day because of my phone. With the new generations, everyone has a phone from a young age, which can be an issue. Constantly being on…