Over the past week, we have been looking at the digital classroom and online software that can help teachers teach students in different ways and engage them in online learning. The main resource we explored was taught to us by Mike Silverton. The website is called Focused Education Resources, which can be found here. This…
After completing the first full week of my inquiry, I want to explore different ways to track my workouts to stay accountable and monitor my progress throughout this inquiry. I would like a simple visual of my progress that is easy to enter while I am working out, such as how many repetitions I did…
This week was all about Designing for Learning (UbD), which includes Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) model. In general, these acronyms are all ways to implement inclusive learning in the classroom, ensuring all students’ needs are met. These are essential for teachers to implement in their…
What are some of the major limitations of GenAI? GenAI is not perfect and not always right. When using generative AI for image generation, I have come across many spelling mistakes and inperfections on the images. See image below. I generated this image using the free version of ChatGPT, so trying the same prompt in…
For my free inquiry project, I have chosen to focus on the inquiry question of “How might the strategies and technologies used in my personal fitness inquiry inform my future teaching practice?” This means that I plan to integrate fitness into my daily schedule/ life, and to use technology to guide me, I will plan…
Do we need to reimagine education? After visiting the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry and hearing why Jeff created the PSII, I do believe change is necessary. The idea behind the PSII was that the public school system is large-scale, which made it challenging to change. In the independent school system, this change was…