Again, I am not the librarian, will not be working at this school in September, and have no authority to actually do any of the things I said in this video. This is me roleplaying someone who actually has a library. Questions for feedback: How would you present a redesign to your colleagues and entice […]
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New additions around media arts are in orange. 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 TED. Retrieved April 26, 2021, from https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_brown_tales_of_creativity_and_play Canadian School Libraries. (2020). Standards of Practice. Retrieved April
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I make no claims to the quality of this production. I only claim that Premiere Pro has a learning curve approaching infinity. Sources: Fleischer, D., Wolf, B., & Johnson, T. (1933). The Old Man of the Mountain. United States; Paramount Productions. Ludlow, D. (2014, July 7). How to shoot better video on your iPad and
I made a DIY soundbooth for this library course. The instructions said to use proper acoustic foam panels to dampen noise, but I couldn’t find them anywhere within the time needed (the long weekend has cursed me), so I improvised – we’ve got moving blankets instead. I look forward to taking it home and testing
This is a throwaway podcast about an animated television series that I felt a strong emotional connection to. They said “a subject of your choice”, and my choice was Mob Psycho 100. Enjoy my gushing. Like half of the teaching population, I’m sure, I got to experience the joy of Audacity when the pandemic started
Okay, the production values are not great, but hear me out on this one. This is a comp sci education classic from Nick Parlante at Stanford back in the 1990s. This was used in my university coursework to teach pointers, a concept than can be tricky to grasp when you’re new to computer science. What
We actually use Explain Everything a lot in my school. Within my cohort, we’ve been using it extensively in math to have students explain how they solve problems as a final assessment for units. This is great, because we can figure out who copied from their friends, see who is mimicking rather than deeply understanding,
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UPDATE: I have received some friendly feedback from my classmates. They have suggested a few additions worth looking into: Labeling and categorizing bins/shelves Including a large poster explaining the design process (I feel that this would need to be very stripped down to be something that students actually pay attention to) Replacing painting large words
You know what I like about this article? It acknowledges knitting as a STEAM activity. Often, as with makerspaces, only certain types of activities are held up as “STEAM” (usually those that are attractive to boys) and others are dismissed as “arts and crafts” (usually those that are attractive to girls). This is an ongoing
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This week, we’re looking at the 2017 Horizon Report (Freeman et al.), a document outlining issues and trends in technology and K-12 education. I’ve just got a new job at a brand-new school of Integrated Arts and Technology, and I think it will be interesting to look at the issues that could come up in
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