My friend Jules came over to my place with a black plastic garbage bag full of sheep’s wool I had given her from the farm I worked at about a year and a half ago. It had been sitting in her studio for all of that time and as we poured it out on a…
This week I signed up for the seminar about the National Film Board of Canada. I really appreciated how interactive the seminar was and how our host got feedback in real time for what teachers and future teachers would like to see in film to support elementary school classroom learning. Looking through the resources of…
This week, our class visited PSII for a presentation and tour of the school, led by founder and co-principal Jeff Hopkins. In a downtown building, we walked through the different areas of learning, including a tech room, a recording studio and an open room with students working away at their computers. A grade 12 student…
I felt a little overwhelmed at first trying to get my WordPress blog started. I can struggle at making decisions on the fly, and didn’t know how I should structure or name parts of it. I gave myself time after class to play around with editing and eventually understood how the categorization works. Looking at…
This video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfOLUJeh0II brought a fresh perspective on technology use in classrooms. I think more recently, the words technology and AI are used interchangeably, where I think they should be spoken about in relation to education as two separate resources with differing opportunities to support and challenge. The reference to the philosopher Socrates being “anti-book”…
Usnea “Old Man’s Beard” On a hike through ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱ (John Dean Park) on Sunday, I gathered some Usnea for my project. Wild harvesting is something I do with intention and respect. I never take more than I need, and always leave plenty for others. Sometimes it’s not my place; plants used in First Nations medicine-making…
I am a teacher candidate inquiring about both personal and professional interests to build my future career in education. Before deciding to pursue education, I studied both Permaculture and herbalism, after which I became a manager of a small farm focused on food and herb production as well as animal and land care. While I…
I am inspired by movements to “go analog” and the way that creating things with my hands has personally affected my learning to consider how I can use this in my own teaching. I want to explore fibre arts, including dying and creating items from start to finish. Previously working on a farm where we…