When I started this blog, it was for my work going through a diploma in personalized learning with specialties in information technology communication and teaching ELL. Never did I imagine I would be using it while I homeschooled my kids through a pandemic, but here we are. A little about us: I’m a first year …
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Collaboration and Connectedness in the classroom-Unit Plan
I was incredibly fortunate to work with the wonderful Shelby Conner (@shelbyp1116) https://thirdgradetheatrics.edublogs.org/ to develop this unit plan. Our focus was to create a unit that builds bridges between two classes in the same school district. We use Padlet to facilitate a ongoing dialogue on how students can create a solution about a common problem. …
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Changing the conversation around being a bystander.
In our age of technology it it so important that we are teaching our students how to be leaders online. Not to just passively engage with content and other people, and especially not to turn a blind eye to bullying online. The effects of bullying can be severe, either online or face-to-face. They can lead …
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Social LEADia Chapter 1 My Response
As a teacher, I like to be able to control what my students are experiencing. I don’t believe that I am alone in the fear of what my students might experience online that I cannot control. I had never thought about the tough situations online as a learning opportunity as is presented in Social LEADia …
Inclusion and Special Education Online
The topic of inclusion and special education is a conversation that has been at the forefront of education for the last few decades. In today’s diverse classroom it is of the utmost importance that all students’ educational needs are being met. This is a seemingly endless task of balancing emotional, behavioural and learning needs. The …
Inclusion and Special education research post-Draft
The topic of inclusion and special education is a conversation that has been at the forefront of education for the last few decades. In today’s diverse classroom it is of the utmost importance that all students’ educational needs are being met. This is a seemingly endless task of balancing emotional, behavioural and learning needs. The …
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Social Media and Learners- Showcase post
This is a revamped version of a previous post by the same name. The previous post can be found at https://dominiqueonline.school.blog/2019/08/05/social-media-and-learners/ The vast majority of our learning happens in social networks, whether they are digital or in person. Humans are social creatures and, as I talk about often in my posts, relationships are an important …
Participation in open classes
No experience in this world has ever been cathartic without the willing participation of the individual. Life does not automatically bestow wisdom or growth on anyone just for showing up. – Elizabeth Gilbert In the first few days of EDCI 339 we were asked to pose a question around online classes. Mine centered on relationships, my …
Social Media and learners
Social media as a learning tool Social media allows us as a population to engage with others in a way that was unthinkable only a few years ago. The thought that you can have a meaningful interaction with someone who lives on the other side of the world, via a box is mindblowing. My generation …
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