Universal Design for Learning (UDL) considers designing educational environments from the start to be accessible to most students, if not all. The article “XR from a UDL Perspective” by UC Berkley, explains how Extended Reality (ER) strongly supports UDL through the core principles: representation, action and expression, and engagement. XR allows students to learn concepts…
This week, we explored gamification and game-based learning. We had an informative session with Kara Dawson, who showed the unique and creative ways that Mindcraft can be used in the classroom as an educational tool. I personally played Minecraft when I was 10 to 12 years old, mostly in creative mode, building houses and farms….
This week, I explored EdTech integration models, including the SAMR model, TPACK framework, Technology Integration Matrix (TIM), and the Community of Inquiry Model (COI). The SAMR model describes different technology integration. I can imagine myself using this model as a teacher to identify and reflect on how technology supports learning tasks. The TPACK framework describes…
This week, I attended two Focused Ed webinars where I learnt more about the resources that Focused Ed offers online to teachers and students. Focused Ed is a Canadian organization that provides teachers, students, schools and districts with education resources. During these webinars, I learnt about useful resources for elementary and secondary school, such as…
I have to be honest, thinking about the use of GenAI and all its benefits and drawbacks hurts my brain. Like many things in this world, there are always pros and cons. As Kali, a classmate of mine shared, think of electric cars. They are considered environmentally friendly because they don’t emit CO2; however, the…
This week in class, we further discussed AI and our experiences with AI-generated lesson plans. We were instructed to create a lesson plan using a GenAI platform, and after speaking with my peers, I foundout that many people were not pleased with their results. My peers used ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude and Magic School. They…
What are some of the major limitations of GenAI? Professor Randy Labonte highlighted a major limitation of GenAI, which I think many people either choose to ignore, forget or are unaware of. That is, it does not always provide accurate information, though it comes across very convincingly. Honestly, I often don’t look deeper into what…
Today I visited Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry (PSII) and to say it changed my view on education would be an understatement. The experience was insightful, inspiring and transformative on my perspective on teaching. PSII uses an inquiry process of learning approach, where students are the leaders and designers of their own learning. They…
After class, I created my blog on WordPress and familiarized myself with the layout and tools. I changed the background photo of the title of my blog to better suit me and I added to my About Me page. Using AI, I was able to cartoon a picture of myself and upload it to my…