The end is here! Well, for Course 1, at least… HERE IS THE LINK to my final project for COETAIL course 1. It’s a grade 7 ELD unit called “Social Justice Heroes” that I plan to start teaching tomorrow (Monday, April 5th, 2021). Why did I choose this unit? The beauty of being an…
Why are scholarly texts so hard to read? And why are they mostly all written by older white men? This week, we read scholarly articles about learning theories. This is all fine and dandy when you are twenty years old and in college and you have all night to spend at the library and nothing…
“Watch the process whereby the prisoners are set free from their chains and, along with that, cured of their lack of insight.” – Plato, The Allegory of the Cave So, why am I talking about Plato this week? The readings this week reminded me of the four stages of competence theory developed by Noel Burch.…
Ok, so the title of this post might be a bit of hyperbole, but I was pleased to learn this week that the big take away from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers book – the idea that you need to practice something for 10,000 hours to learn it – has been misinterpreted and corrupted over time and…
The readings we were assigned this week were all about how to use personal learning networks and research skills to grow as an educator. I found many of the tips and suggestions quite helpful. Here’s the quote that resonated with me the most from the articles and links: “In order to be a node within…
This week’s readings were all about stepping out of the shadows in the digital world, with the aim of becoming a connector and a creator of content – not just a lurker. I reflected on my own internet behavior after reading the articles, and I am definitely more of a lurker in many spaces. For…