I believe one of the biggest advantages to having technology in the classroom is the way that it can help students with special needs reach their full potential. It feels like we have come a long ways in this area. Not only do we have more inclusive classrooms but we have found ways to make …

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That dreaded word…ASSESSMENT! So much of what we do revolves around assessment now. Pre and post assessment, summative, formative and so on. There are a million and one different ways to collect assessment and yet so often we find ourselves struggling to use the many different tools out there. As a student support teacher, a …

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I really wasn’t sure what to expect when I pressed play on The Social Dilemma. I honestly did not realize it was recently released. I could have sworn it was from a couple of years ago. I found myself so engaged in the information they were sharing and also a little mind blown. I thought …

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The whole online learning world came crashing down on me as I came back from my first maternity leave. I was so excited to be back in the classroom and have some of my regular routine back. I remember feeling like I had been gone for years after my first week back. In just one …

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After watching “Single-tasking is the New Multi-tasking” I found myself laughing a little bit at the points that were made. I found a few of the points hit home with me while others are maybe not so accurate. I had to laugh when I thought of people sharing their screens in our class. I do …

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So many people have memories of watching Sesame Street growing up.  I, however, was not one of those kids.  I am sure I watched it a little bit but it is not one of the shows that I really remember watching growing up.  I knew the characters but that was likely more from people talking …

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Looking at this weeks blog prompts, I thought I would write about the chrome extensions because I had no clue what LOGO was and I didn’t want to mess around with it. However, I have very little to no experience with those so really I was a newbie either way. After Alec gave us some …

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I have found myself really reflecting on our class this past week. I keep sitting down in an attempt to write my response but yet I find I am stuck. There is so much to think about from last class that I do not know where to begin. The discussion was deep and thought provoking …

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When I think about educational technology, I find it has changed a lot over the past year due to the circumstances we are currently in.  Some teachers may have already been doing this but others were forced to move our classrooms online. Now that we have returned to school and things are still different.  The …

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