A caveat: I’m supposed to be writing about the computational thinking experiences I have observed at my school. Because I started my teaching career the same year as that pesky global pandemic, I haven’t really had much of an opportunity to observe others’ teaching of computational thinking and participation besides one two-week practicum during my […]
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Having looked at the floorplan for my school’s library and identified some needs of our users, here are some thoughts around redesigning the library. Sources BC Ministry of Education. (n.d.). Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies 8. Building Student Success – B.C. Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/adst/8/core Brown, T. (Performer). (2008). Tales of Creativity and Play [Video file]. In
For this assignment, I surveyed staff on their current views of our school’s LLC, as well as their design thinking and maker-related practices. I did not get permission to survey students for this. The goal was to see where the library could be improved, and where a makerspace could fit into that vision. I only
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I found that my thoughts mostly steered toward curation and professional development. I feel like I have a lot of specific skills in ADST and familiarity with processes (e.g., V model, Scrum) around software development to offer to my colleagues which may be applicable in other areas. I’ve colour coded ideas that I feel connect
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