Today, I read âUnderstanding Curriculum Amidst Doing Curriculum Researchâ by my professor at UVIC, Dr. Jennifer Thom. In class, we were thinking about where we are as a person, learner, and/or teacher, and where we could be. We started thinking about key experiences in our lives that shaped who we are and about what ideas […]
Read more "Invisible Connections?"After reading Chapter 20, âReflections of a Japanese Canadian Teacher Experiencing Ethnicityâ from Curriculum in a New Key, I was reminded of my family history as a settler in Canada. I related to the idea of viewing my life not in a âmonovisionâ (Pinar & Irwin, 347) and not even in a double vision as […]
Read more "Branches and Roots of a Family Tree"Winter is coming to an end, and I find myself reflecting on the frosty mornings and moonlight evenings when sailing on the water taxi these past months. Winter is a wild time to travel by boat to school. There are many windy days where sailings are canceled. There are also icy mornings with frost-kissed docks […]
Read more "Winter on the Sea: Online Learning vs. Face-to-Face"The learning theory of constructivism best describes my beliefs as a teacher and what I focus on whenever possible when I am working directly with students and planning lessons. A text that I found useful to place my understanding of constructivism in the field of online teaching was a chapter called Foundations of Educational Theory for […]
Read more "Constructivism and Online Teaching"When I think about my favorite structured learning experience, I think about two classes that I took as part of my undergraduate degree. They were called IDEA 3100 and IDEA 4100. IDEA stands for Interdisciplinary Expressive Arts. Both classes were taught by the same person, Ross Laird, who is to this day, one of my […]
Read more "An Exceptionally Memorable Learning Experience   "Hi, Iâm Kylie. I am a graduate student at UVIC working on my M.Ed. in Educational Technology. I have a hybrid career, working part-time as an educator and as a project manager. As an educator, I teach online at a school called 64GO in the Southern Gulf Islands. I teach many different courses from grades […]
Read more "My Connection to âResearch and Practice of Learning Designâ"As I finish the first semester for my M.Ed. in Educational Technology and am beginning to engage with research, I am organizing my digital space and my thinking. What I consider to be my âdigital spaceâ consists of my laptop and the programs and files within it. I have not used paper files or notes […]
Read more "Organizing my Digital Space and my Thinking"As part of EDCI 570/571, I researched online asynchronous learning in K-12 with my new friend and classmate, Krista. We both work at online schools. Krista works in Alberta, and I work in BC. While working on our presentation we had the chance to share our thoughts about feeling isolated. We also helped each other […]
Read more "Want to Create a Presentation on Research Literature? Read this to learn about my process."What is it like to take a water taxi to school? I work at an online school that serves the Southern Gulf Islands. Students in grades 10-12, and sometimes younger, have the option of travelling to Salt Spring for their education. As a teacher, I generally travel one day per week since my school is […]
Read more "Sea to School by Water Taxi"Online learning is very different than in-person learning. As an online teacher, I have done research on what it takes for students to be engaged. One interesting article that I recently read on this topic was the âTrifecta of Student Engagement: A Framework for Engaging Students in Online Coursesâ written by Heather J. Leslie at […]
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