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Learning to Teach Online : An Open Educational Resource for Pre-Service Teachers
Teacher candidates at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Education will be doing all of their course work online this fall. Their experiences will give them new opportunities to consider not just what it means to learn in online environments, but also how to teach online. To support their thinking and learning over time this…
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In a click: Podcast with Jamilee Baroud
I had the chance to meet up with Jamilee Baroud this week to record an episode for her new Podcast called In a Click. Jamilee is an up-and-coming superstar in the ed-tech/critical digital literacies research community and it has been such a privilege to work with her during her PhD program at the University of…
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Thinking Tech with new Teacher Candidates at the University of Ottawa
Ed Tech at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Education Back-to-school means I get to meet another group of new teacher colleagues this week. It also means I get to talk with them about our Digital Hub Strategy in the Faculty of Education and about Making as a promising pedagogical approach. I’ve put together two…
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Design Ideas for Integrating 3D Printing in K-12 Classrooms
I teach a course at the University of Ottawa called Integrating Technology in Classrooms to second-year teacher candidates. At this point in the program, our candidates have completed months of evaluated practicum teaching experiences in schools, and have seen a lot of digital technologies used in classrooms for diverse purposes. So far, however, it has…
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Pedagogical Designs for Digital Literacies Learning in Schools
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Digital Hub Q & A for B.Ed. Students
If you’re a B.Ed. student at UOttawa designing a Digital Hub, but at this moment feel like you would benefit from a little guidance, and the opportunity to hear other students’ questions…please join our Q & A session on Zoom. When: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 2 PM Eastern time. Where: https://zoom.us/j/6711552822
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Open Houses and Parent Teacher Conferences: Tips for Teacher Candidates
One of the most memorable and useful professional learning workshops I did as a classroom teacher focused on building constructive parent-teacher relationships. The independent school at which I then worked hired Dr. Michael Thompson, a psychologist, to help us (the teachers) think deeply about who independent school parents are, who their children are, and how,…
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TC Question: “How do I create a digital hub without feeling like a shameless self-promoter?”
Teacher candidates have asked me this question in a variety of ways. Sometimes, they say they’re not comfortable putting themselves “out there”. Other times, they tell me they’ve never really shared their ideas publicly before, and this makes them nervous. Sometimes, they say they just want to keep their thoughts private. In conversation with experienced…
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“What’s the deal with teachers’ obsession with Twitter?”
It’s a question I often get from student teachers. Twitter? What’s the deal with teachers and their obsession with this platform? Why not Instagram or Snapchat or something else? Given all of the fundamentally problematic issues with this platform including the fact that it can feel like an avalanche of information, that it is full…