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 …
Tag Archives: Distributed & Open Learning
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 …
Data mining/ Information security
Unit 4 focused on our digital footprint and data security The idea that all of my information is collected by companies is not foreign to me. I will admit, however, that it is not a topic that I spend much of my time thinking about. It seems innocuous at times, I am just one person, …
Online and digital tools-Blog 1
While reading Teaching online: A guide to theory, research, and practice ( Major, 2015) I found myself thinking about the online tools I use in my practice and what tools I wish to add to my existing kit. As an elementary teacher, the ways in which I use online tools look different than they do …
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