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Hi everyone and welcome to my edtc 3oo final summary of learning.
I started this class with a little bit of different lesne than the average student. I have been working as a remote learning teacher for almost two whole years now with my division. Here is a class picture of me and my remote learning students.
This course was delivered on my FAVORITE platform Zoom, where I could learn from the comfort of my own home. Contrary to many beliefs, I LOVE learning from home!
Throughout the course, we used Twitter as a way to communicate and share ideas. This was great professional learning network for us and we were even able to aparticapte in Saks ed chat, something that I hope to continue to participate in throughout my education career. I really enjoyed the professional development and the ability to see what others in the province were feeling and thinking about education at the same time as me !
This course started off with a whole bunch of essential questions that we would be exploring. First off, I had to find something that I am passionate about and want to learn more about. I knew that I liked plants, and I have this monstrosity of an aloe vera plant, and somehow, some way I had the idea to try and make soap with my aloe vera plant. What a learning experience that was!
Throughout the semester, I recorded videos for my learning project, learned how to use both iMove and Inshot, spent time almost daily on twitter. I tweeted about resources, and edited videos and I created high quality content for my blog!
The hardest part of the course was creating an e-portfolio in order to post my reflective blogging pieces and to document my learning project. I am not going to lie, creating an online blog was a hard task for me, but it was worth the effort and perseverance I had to collect! Using wordpress, I created Karlee Scott’s Education Learning blog and that’s when the fun started!
The SAMR mode was very interesting to me and I was able to make many connections with the model. Currently, as a remote learning teacher, I use technology at all four levels of the model, but I can definitely see that there is a time and place for technology in the classroom. For example, read alouds are sooo much better when the teachers and students in a classroom are able to experience it, but this year I have had to do most of my read alouds off of other sources because of the sheer volume in the space I am in. As i move back into the classroom, I hope to navigate and incorporate technology in my classroom that is transformational for my students’ learning!
When we looked at Ribble nine elements, I was able to make many connections to the grade six curriculum and the nine elements. It was during the learning of the nine elements that I decided and realized the benefit of creating a class blog next year for my students. These nine elements will be the forefront of my teaching in this regard. The curriculum lends itself to these nine elements in so many ways that I hope to integrate them into a variety of subject areas next year.
Shortly after, we started talking abou cybersleuthing. I feel like I have already been a cyber sleuth for many years now and that the FBI should have already scouted me out,but this was also an interesting perspective. It is so important as professionals (even those outside of teaching) to realize what people see about them on the internet. As soon as I see innaportirapte comments or hurtful things on my social media, the first thing I do is cyber sleuth. What could and would happen to a professional if they got caught writing nasty things online? What would I think if I saw my doctor writing inappropriate stuff online? Probably I would switch doctors. I cybersleuthed my sister for our blog posts, and unfortunately came up with no deep dark secrets, contrary to my FBI level skills.
The final topic of discussion that really sparked my interest was when we talked about fake news. I know that I have people in my life that believe merely everything they see on the internet. Part of the reason that they have these belief systems is because I believe they lack digital fluency. They grew up without technology, and sometimes they do not understand that Buzzfeed, Wikipedia and TikTok have little regulations about what is actually posted on these sites. I think that if we can, again expose students to these opportunities and ideas, they will be informed and able to make their own decisions before spreading misinformation on the internet.
My key takeaways from this course are based on three ideas, knowledge, relationships and exploration. Students need knowledge to make their own judgments, assumptions about what they see and do on the internet. Second, the more knowledge students have about how to use a variety of social media platforms. Students also need to know how to build effective and appropriate relationships both online and offline. Teaching students build relationships within themselves and with others is the key to a good decision making process. The last key element is exploration. Students need to have the chance to explore new opportunities. They need to learn how to explore social media and they need the chance to explore their own values and ideas about the world. We are entering into a generation of young people that will always have access to information and media at their fingertips. Restricting students access to these will only prolong their opportunities to learn, make mistakes and grow.