Year: 2019

Problem Identification   For this assignment, I identified the issue that students wanted more experience with financial literacy and opportunities to apply these skills in real-life contexts. To help me explore how I can use digital tools to support this, l used The University of British Columbia’s draft planning tool …

Checklist After reading the literature for this week, I created the following short 5 point checklist to help me evaluate the suitability of new digital tools for the course I am currently teaching (Careers and Digital Communications 11) Checklist Does the digital tool allow students to… Save/import or embed their …

Experience of congruence: Description of a good or bad example Google Certified Educator Level 1 Last year, in order to develop my expertise in Google, I took the Google Certified Educator Level 1. I found this to be a good example of congruence in education. From the onset it clearly …

What Do You Think About Digital Literacy? Activity: Students have been working on networking and creating their ‘brand’. In preparation for an up and coming panel interview with a member of the community, students will design their own business card to present at the interview. How does it develop digital …

Technology Help In the UK I barely used technology other than PowerPoint and YouTube to support lessons. However, with my current job I was really thrown in the deep end and had to learn a lot of technology and fast. This past year alone I have to learn and use …

The course I am currently teaching is Careers and Digital Communications 11. It is a blended learning approach with about 70% of my time now spent in face-to-face instruction and the remaining 30% online. However, when teaching online I am always visible on the large screen and there is always …