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Aris project at Kits High School An interactive learning experience for students to learn about Kits students in 1944 who were making decisions about going to war or staying home. Video: ARIS and Dilemma 1944 HP Reveal Tutorial video: Making… Continue Reading →

Fresh Grade: Jessica S., Mitra, & Sam video: Communication platform between teacher, parent, and students Lesson plans Save time with easy-to-use tools Align activities to standards, frameworks, and assessments Not readily used among teachers Digital portfolios Store and highlight learning… Continue Reading →

Why engage kids in learning to code? Useful tool to know in life Understanding code helps explain the world Learning how to code develops problem solving skills and computational thinking skills Coding is fun! CodeBC Linking coding applications to the… Continue Reading →

Technology in Outdoor Education by Denee, Jessica P., Dane, and Tessa Apps for: Species identification and information Contributing to citizen science …   Research Recommended readings: 1: How technology can undermine the aim of being outdoors, but how it can… Continue Reading →

Reflections How to do inquiry Try not to focus on subjects – focus on “the thing” that they want to learn about If you focus on the thing that they want to learn about, like trains for a child in… Continue Reading →

Area of expertise: Open Education practices – expanding learning beyond the walls of a classroom Real learning happens when we are doing – collaborating, exploring, questioning Open Learning Design Intervention: how to expand learning in high schools using OEP Problem:… Continue Reading →

Protip: just type in “doc.new” or “slides.new” in google search bar when you’re signed in to automatically create a new document or slide set.   George Jay visit debrief Free inquiry for younger grades is more about creating choice in… Continue Reading →

Stop Motion Animation  How can it be used in the classroom? Used during collaborative task by directing kids to run and move post it notes across the picture field. They can also use their bodies to create stop motion video… Continue Reading →

Jesse Miller  What did you find most interesting? Talk made us a bit anxious about the potential lack of control of what goes on online. Sometimes you don’t have control over what other people post and it’s easy for things… Continue Reading →

Citizenship Online: Privacy, Safety, Bullying, Consent Reflections Documentation of personalized content Teachers have a huge responsibility as professionals working with vulnerable groups. Teachers have important connections with students, but this connection is primarily professional and not personal. When we engage… Continue Reading →