The Videos Here are the videos I have created for my summary of learning, what I learned from the debates and more … The Resources One thing these classes never fail to produce are amazing collection of resources. Classmates do amazing research that always provide important data, opinions, and resources. People were sharing these freely […]

The Debate The Pre-Vote The Thoughts It was another timely and thoughtful debate. Both teams did incredible jobs with the research, presentations, and delivery (Thanks Mike, Jacquie, Brad,and Michala). One thing that has struck me about the debates and it’s that one word usually sticks out to me and this time was ‘promote’. Are you […]

The Great Debate The Intro Video The Aftermath My partner, Sherrie, and I stayed on the Zoom for a little post debate breakdown / reflection. We had a blast researching, planning, creating, and delivering our debate. We also felt that our esteemed opponents did a fantastic job presenting their side. Here’s our postmortem vlog … […]

‘Don’t Ban, Make a Plan‘ lets make some bumper stickers for this. Granted I sometimes wonder about cell phones being in the classroom too and the ‘ban’ side made many great points … especially the whiteboard tally with the amount of distractions. I can’t see a ban but do see a need for a plan. […]

The Debate The Intro Video The Results Are In A Few Words of Reflection It’s a fact that social media has become woven in the fabric of not only youth today, but society as a whole. So instead of slamming the use of social media by children, we need to understand it ourselves and model […]

On tap for this debate the statement of … ‘Schools should not focus on teaching things that can be easily googled.’ The team of Curtis and Lisa kinda went up against the team of Daina and Jocelyn but the result was actually something I think was appropriate for this topic. Check out the the video […]

On Tuesday May 26th, 2020, the ‘epicness’ of the best Great Ed Tech (G.E.T.*) debates continued. This night’s topic was ‘Technology is a force for equity in society.’ On the pro side was Nataly and Kalyn, and on the con side was Victoria and Jasmine. Even a prairie storm couldn’t cause a power outage on […]

In the middle of March, something very ‘interesting’ happened in education.  In the midst of a world-wide pandemic, our schools were closed and remote / supplemental learning began.  The virtual classroom became the only classroom for our students.  The conditions of closures included students moving on to the next grade, ‘bumped ‘to a pass if […]

On Tuesday May 18th, 2020, one of the best Great Ed Tech (G.E.T.*) debates was had. The topic ‘Technology in the Classroom Enhances Learning. On the pro side was @NSmith and @amandajebrace, and on the con side was @MattBresciani and @trevorkerr7 . Check out the ‘epicness’ (made up a new word nice) below. The scouting […]

For this week’s blog entry, I did a vlog entry. I went through some of my go to tools I have used in the past and have been a great help to me in my remote learning journey. I have also had the chance to teach and learn online and although not the same, it […]